Xavi emerges as EURO's top man

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Xavi
Published 6/30/2008 by Derek (noreply@blogger.com) at a pretty move
... an outstanding Euro 2008, and obviously UEFA thought so as well, as Xavi was named best Player of the Tournament. Brilliant. Nine Spanish players in all were named to the 2008 team of the tournament as well: Casillas, Marchena, Puyol, Senna, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Torres, and Villa. What a great, great tournament. I need some space and time to think, to soak it all in before writing about it more.... In the meantime, you can read more about the player of the games here.

Euro 2008 Final Thoughts
Published 7/1/2008 by jamesey at Soccer
... Another aspect I found interesting was that not one player dominated the tournament. A few had stellar matches (Villa, Podolski, Arshavin, Pepe, Altintop, Sneijder) but overall all the teams had team efforts that dictated their success or failure. Xavi from Spain was voted player of the tournament which exemplifies the team mentality of the cup. He didn't stand out in any match, but he worked all over the field and was generally brilliant. ...