"Barcelona" stars dominate in the symbolic selection of visitors to the UEFA portal © EuroFootball.com

More than 400 thousand official UEFA portal visitors chose six football players from the club as the symbolic best team of the year.

Although the Catalan team did not win the Champions League, the Spanish triumph at the World Championships opened the doors to defenders Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol, midfielder Xavi and Andres Iniesta, as well as strikers David Villa and Argentine Lionel Messi.

The goalkeeper position was given to Iker Casillas representing Real Madrid, among the defenders there are Maicon from Inter Milan and Ashley Cole representing Chelsea from London. In the midfield - Inter leader Wesley Sneijder and Real star Cristiano Ronaldo.

This impressive team should be coached by Real strategist Jose Mourinho.

Interestingly, Puyol made it to this team for the sixth time and thus set a record. Messi, who individually received the most votes, and Xavi are in it for the third consecutive time.