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Reactions: World Soccer Top 10 Users sound off on last week's rankings
Posted: Monday November 01, 1999 10:13 PM
CNN and World Soccer magazine release their votes each Monday for the Top 10 club football teams worldwide, and we want to know your opinion. The weekly feature has generated tremendous response. Below is a selection of some of the best from the last week. Check back next week to see the response to this week's Top 10.
AC Milan is a better team than Lazio. It is great that Rosenborg is finally recognized as the good team it is. Juventus is a better team than Leeds, and I think Leeds will have problems with staying in the top three in the PREMIER LEAGUE at the end of the season.
Arsenal doesn't belong after losing at home to Fiorentina in the Champions League. Barcelona is definitely not #1. Lazio is clearly the best team in the world with a high powered offense that can explode at any moment as evident by the 3 goal in 4 1/2 minute outburst against Lecce last Sunday.
I think the poll is too reactionary -- based too much on the past week's action. I could just look up the fixture list's big club winners and predict who's going to be picked. But at least it's better than Reuter's ridiculous computer-based rankings.
Just remember that S.L. Benfica is the team in Europe that has the best defense, suffering only 2 goals in the 14 matches played this season! And it has also the best goal scoring in Portugal.
I like the poll, but it seems somewhat biased, favoring European teams rather than some traditional L.A. powerhouses.
You guys really need to get out of Europe and realize that South American futbol is just as good if not better than the European game. River Plate and San Lorenzo of Argentina could contend with and probably beat most European clubs any day.
It's truly fascinating that a news org can rival FIFA when it comes to compilation of ratings of football clubs. Keep it up.
I'm really disappointed with the way Inter played this year, and what is going on with AC Milan, I've always expected better play out of them considering they were a force just a few years back. Barcelona is definately the top dog of the pack, though. They just have too much talent at too many positions to be challenged in my opinion. I'm happy for them.
Bayern Munich is the best, they should be on top. No one in the world can beat them.
Any South American teams up there, I've seen them before -- San Lorenzo is kicking it in Argentina and Mercosur but no recognition? (By the way I'm not even Argentinian). Arsenal lost to Barcelona and Fiorentina, so what are they doing at #6?
Why is AC Milan still ahead of Juventus? I am not saying Juve should be higher than 10 but how can AC Milan be ahead of them. They trail Juve in the Serie A and have done nothing so far in the Champions League. Also, I think it's time to drop Bayern Munich. They are not even the bet team in Germany at this moment and are not impressing anyone in the Champions League.
I think Rosenborg deserves to climb past Man United and Arsenal. Arsenal are out of Champions League, while Man United has not impressed anyone the last month.
There is absolutely no way Arsenal or Bayern Munich deserve to be in the Top 10 because of their poor showings in the UEFA Champions League.
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