Torres in UEFA select squad

Fernando Torres, scorer of the winning goal in the Euro 2008 final, has been rewarded with high praise from UEFA. They released a 23 man select squad from the competition, and Torres leads the forward line in it.

Despite struggling for goals, being substituted off early in matches, and taking a backseat to David Vila’s exploits, the graft and movement of Torres did not go unnoticed by UEFA.

Absent from the list is Christiano Ronaldo.

The UEFA select squad:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).

Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).

Midfielders: Hamit Altıntop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain).