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UEFA Cup All-Star XI

With the final upon us, I decided to name an all-star XI from this season’s UEFA Cup competition. I will name a Champions League all-star XI on the eve of that final. So, here are my picks:

GK – Sébastien Frey (Fiorentina)
D – Leandro Grimi (Sporting Lisbon)
D – Manuel Friedrich (Bayer Leverkusen)
D – Carlos Cuéllar (Rangers)
D – Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)
MF – Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
MF – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (FC Zenit)
MF – Timmy Simons (PSV Eindhoven)
MF – Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen)
ST – Pavel Pogrebnyak (FC Zenit)
ST – Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)

Subs: GK – Vyacheslav Malafeev (FC Zenit), FW – Andrei Arshavin (FC Zenit), FW – Adrian Mutu, MF – Pablo Hernández Domínguez (Getafe), MF – D – Cosmin Contra (Getafe), D – Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven)

Feel free to leave a comment on who you would have included or left off this list.

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