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Originally Posted by demonrail666

So UEFA has named Iniesta its player of the tournament and named its 23 man 'dream' squad.

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservic...d=1838241.html

Not much to argue with over the 23 but I'm not sure I'd agree that Iniesta was the tournament's best player. I'd have to give that to Pirlo.

i guess if i had to choose a single superhero of the tournament, pirlo stands out as a single-man team. but here's the thing-- was pirlo really the best? or did he just stand out because he was so central to italy? because iniesta was amazing but you could take him out & spain wouldn't collapse the way italy wouldn't work with pirlo under pressure.

still though the two players that made the greatest impression for me were pirlo and buffon--the way buffon commanded his team, damn!!

btw someone already put together iniesta's reel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNgNmaOHg4U

(you might wanna play that on mute, but the visuals are amazing)

(wow, that guy is really extraordinary)