Colleagues pick Barcelona players in 2008 team

Like Lionel Messi (read more here), several other European players have picked picked their team of last year in the uefa.com users' Team of 2008 contest.

They all chose at least one Barcelona player to be part of their team. It should be reminded that four Barcelona players were nomintad: Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.




Sergio Agüero
(Atlético Madrid) :

Central midfield: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)
He is the best central midfielder I have seen in recent years. Barcelona's most colourful play starts at his feet. He always has excellent positioning.


Marcos Senna
(Villarreal) :

Left midfield: Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
It is so easy to play alongside Iniesta, he makes his team-mates better and he's improved a lot during 2008. He's become a very, very important player for Barcelona and Spain.


Javier Zanetti
(Inter Milan) :

Central midfield: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)
He has clarity, intelligence and lots of presence in the middle of the pitch – where most of the ball is seen.

Forward: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
He is the best player in the world. He is the sort of footballer you are grateful to have in your team because, as an opponent, he is unplayable.


Pepe
(Real Madrid) :

Forward: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
He is fantastic, the way he dribbles at speed is astonishing and it is very hard for defenders to steal the ball from him.



See Messi's team here
You can pick your own team of the year here