Casillas IS The Best In The World

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Quote :: Iker Casillas was voted as the Best Goalkeeper in the World of 2008 by the IFFHS, defeating Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon and Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar, who came in second and third, respectively. The Real Madrid goalkeeper received the award in Valdebebas this morning.

Casillas received 249 votes from 85 experts in five continents. Each voter had to choose four goalkeepers, granting his favourite four points and the fourth just one. Buffon earned 170 points and Van der Sar got 143. Chelsea's Peter Cech came in fourth with 108 votes.

Iker Casillas
“I hope this isn’t the last time I receive this award. I’ve come close to winning it several times unsuccessfully. I think the 2008 season was fabulous for Real Madrid both on an individual and collective level. A player always wins awards when he wins important titles. I will always try to do my job as best as I can to win more titles.”

Iker Casillas was undefeated for six consecutive games in the 2007/08 season, totalling 573 minutes without conceding a single goal. This incredible feat helped him win the Zamora trophy at the end of the campaign. The goalkeeper is now two games and 173 minutes short of breaking that record.

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He IS good but 6 clean shhets in a row and 573 mins is not that impressive,a run of nearer 10 clean sheets would impress me,but a voting system like that can't be argued with even if cech who came 4th would never get anywhere near that now with all the mistakes he makes nowadays.

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Yeah hes good but buffon is best in the world in my opinion.
Its just that casillas plays for a better team club and internationally