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20.01.2010 11:59

Barça dominate UEFA.com vote

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Visitors to UEFA.com have chosen 6 Barça players and manager Pep Guardiola for “The Team of the Year 2009”. Once again Barça has swept aside the competition.

More than 4 million votes were cast by 320,000 users (an increase of 30% on last year). The team of the year contains 6 Barça players who last year won 6 titles.

6 players and the manager

Daniel Alves and Carles Puyol were chosen in defence, Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta in midfield and Lionel Messi and summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimović in attack. Josep Guardiola was chosen as best manager, coinciding with the announcement that he was extending his contract for another year.

Two years in a row

Three of the six Barça players, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernández and Leo Messi, were also chosen in the 2008 vote. For Leo Messi it’s yet another accolade to add to the Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player, among many others.