International Insider: Euro 2008: Casillas to Nikopolidis: the players who defined the tournament

TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon
Defenders: Fabio Grosso, Yuri Zhirkov, Philipp Lahm, Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Giorgio Chiellini, Josip Šimunić, Robert Kovač
Midfielders: Wesley Sneijder, Arda Turan, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Hamit Altıntop, Marcos Senna, Daniele De Rossi, Andrei Arshavin, Michael Ballack, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta
Forwards: David Villa, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Semih Şentürk
Coach: Fatih Terim

4-1-3-1-1: Casillas; Lahm, Šimunić, Chiellini, Zhirkov; Senna; Altıntop, Xavi, Sneijder; Arshavin; Villa


COMMENDABLE PERFORMERS

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev, Artur Boruc
Defenders: Daniel Pranjic, Hakan Balta, Vedran Ćorluka, José Bosingwa, Gökhan Zan, Denis Kolodin, Dorin Goian, Christian Panucci
Midfielders: Ivan Rakitić, Lukas Podolski, Tranquillo Barnetta, David Silva, Darijo Srna, Valon Behrami, Gökhan Inler, Cristian Chivu, Sergei Semak, Konstantin Zyrianov, Luka Modrić, Libor Sionko, Deco
Forwards: Fernando Torres, Hakan Yakin, Eren Derdiyok
Coaches: Guus Hiddink, Luis Aragonés


SHAME OF THE TOURNAMENT

Goalkeepers: Antonios Nikopolidis, Petr Čech, Ricardo
Defenders: Éric Abidal, Lilian Thuram, Andrea Barzagli, Marco Materazzi, Willy Sagnol, Marcell Jansen, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, William Gallas
Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani, Simone Perrotta, Sidney Govou, Florent Malouda, Simão, Claude Makélélé
Forwards: Luca Toni, Mario Gómez, Thierry Henry, Marco Streller, Nicolas Anelka
Coach: Raymond Domenech

3-4-3: Nikopolidis; Thuram, Materazzi, Abidal; Govou, Aquilani, Perrotta, Malouda; Gómez, Toni, Henry