FIFA's team of the year for 2013 is as follows:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich - Germany)
Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich - Germany)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid - Spain)
Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain - Brazil)
Dani Alves (Barcelona - Brazil)
Xavi Hernández (Barcelona - Spain)
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona - Spain)
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich - France)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid - Portugal)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint Germain - Sweden)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona - Argentina)
As usual, Barcelona are overrepresented as FIFA continue to brown-nose the big teams instead of taking into account actual performance and contribution to the teams of the players. What Xavi and Iniesta are doing in there I genuinely do not know. Their reputation has gone before them. Xavi has played 55% of barcelona's games in 2013 and Iniesta has played at a fraction of his form in previous years. I also think Franck Ribery plays in a similar role for Munich as Ronaldo plays for Madrid (wide left of an attacking trio). If you're going to ignore any kind of formation in order to fit all the best players in, why not play 3-4-3 have Bale in there at left-back and play Yaya Toure in there too. I can only assume that FIFA categorise players as defenders, midfielders or attackers and simply pick who they think is best based solely on that. Also worth noting that Vincent Kompany is a far better centre-back than Sergio Ramos and has a much better disciplinary record.
My 2013 team of the year -
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich - Germany)
Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich - Germany)
Vincent Kompany (Manchester City - Belgium)
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona - Spain)
Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain - Brazil)
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich - Germany)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid - Wales)
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich - France)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid - Portugal)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint Germain - Sweden)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona - Argentina)
*Footnote*
Franck Ribéry is overrated and shouldn't have been in the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.
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