The reason Maniche is given the nod ahead of Deco is because he shined at EURO 2004 and his performance over 3 to 5 games was very memorable. Matter of perception of course because Deco carried Porto for more than a year.Originally posted by Rob
Say I would of put Deco ahead of Maniche in the midfielder roll because he was one of the class midfielders but when you make the MC a defensive minded player like that, I would of given it to Gerrard.