Best European Team

[Guest Ross17]

Who would you say are the best european side to have visted Anfield in the last ten years?

[Extraordinary Swindle]

Easy: Rafa Benitez's Valencia

[Spion kop]

Valencia?

[Mondavi]

Who would you say are the best european side to have visted Anfield in the last ten years?

 

valencia then roma in terms of performances. barca had a good 2nd half too, but the other 2 I remember as being real quality, especially valencia. with roma, they just looked so dangerous every time they came forward, great incisive passing. valencia, we just couldn;t get the soddin ball off 'em

[Guest Ross17]

I always thought the Barca team of the Champions League group stages in 01/02 were one of the best, the goal they scored with all the passes was easily one of the best I've ever seen at Anfield

[_00_deathscar]

[ricflairandy]

Valencia or roma in the treble season.

 

The roma side in that season where rated by many as the best team in europe, capello had just built them up and in the same season won the league and the cup(i think).

[_00_deathscar]

Not quite visited Anfield, but "that" Milan 1st half performance still gives me the shivers...

Edited February 28, 2007 by _00_deathscar

[jimmylibel]

When you think back to those Valencia matches Rafa really did have us completely and utterly figured out didn't he?

[scoose]

I think AC have been consistently good for a very long time

[Guest Nav]

 

Salid Diao at centre back

Edited February 28, 2007 by Nav

[Zoob]

Salid Diao at centre back

 

 

Even Diao just stood there and admired the move.

[Guest BigChief]

Even Diao just stood there and admired the move.

 

Unfortunately, he just 'stood there' for most of his Anfield career.

[Leo No.8]

Rafa's Valenthia by an absolute mile.

 

That game was actually pretty embarrassing at the time.

[Dog]

Would agree. Valencia under Raffa.

 

Even when we played any of the others, we always looked as if we were in with a possible shout.

Valencia played us off the pitch and made it look so easy too. It may have been embarrasing but it was definately a masterclass.

 

Probably the game that prompted the board to go get Raffa for us.

[McBain]

Thinking back to those two games makes you realise that we still have some way to go before we can say we're as good as that. That team could control games and control the opposition so much more than we're able. We're getting there but until we can be that efficient we'll always be just behind the leaders

 

The current coach there is trying to emulate Rafa but he's finding even harder than Rafa is right now. It doesn't just happen automatically it takes so many things falling into place. We still have a few players here who treat the ball like it's their enemy

[Leo No.8]

Thinking back to those two games makes you realise that we still have some way to go before we can say we're as good as that. That team could control games and control the opposition so much more than we're able. We're getting there but until we can be that efficient we'll always be just behind the leaders

 

The current coach there is trying to emulate Rafa but he's finding even harder than Rafa is right now. It doesn't just happen automatically it takes so many things falling into place. We still have a few players here who treat the ball like it's their enemy

 

That was the thing about Rafa's Valencia team that struck me on the night; every single player in their side without exception was completely comfortable on the ball, and they looked like they could hurt you from anywhere on the pitch with a few quick passes.

 

As you say, we're a little way from that yet but a couple of players could change that and everything could click into place. For one thing, that Valencia side didn't have one player as good as Steven Gerrard, although the general level throughout the team was extremely high.

[Guest]

Barca - even though they had some schite players in their first team they played some brilliant football

[Guest L4 Lad]

Barca team in 2001-02 season

[EL_corazon]

Barca team in 2001-02 season

 

The Celta Vigo team in 98 gave us a total lesson too, Mostovoi and Karpin ran us ragged

[Guest FinnMacCool]

Grazer AK

[magneto]

Grazer AK

 

The only team to beat us at Anfield during our CL 2005 winning campaign.

[fyds]

Rafa's Valencia - unbelieveably good and on a budget.

[Snookie]

Valencia. They were just perfect. They reminded me of a side managed by Paisley.

[anny road]

Barca - even though they had some schite players in their first team they played some brilliant football

 

 

i would concur

 

that game they were fantastic.....

 

then Rafa's Valencia