QUOTE (LaPalma @ Apr 9 2007, 01:32 AM)
IMO Ballack is world class, and Van Bommel is just a solid player. Ballack is superior to him in any department. Shooting, heading, passes, crosses, etc.
Btw, he was the most important player for Bayern in the last two seasons (especially the last one). Sagnols crosses and Ballacks header, with that Bayern dominated the Bundesliga. Everyone knew what would happen when Sagnol once again played one of his great crosses and Ballack was in the penalty area almost no one could prevent him from scoring.
But Ballack is not a playmaker, he never was, he's something between that and a second striker IMO, and his headers might be the best in the world.
Ballack in Leverkusen was much better than when he was at Bayern. At Leverkusen, he played as a CM, somewhere between Kaka's position and Pirlos ... But never seemed to bring in that performance too Bayern.
That is as far as I know for Ballack, but what he did with Bayern, he has definitely become a more attacking player than when he was at Leverkusen.
Van Bommel isn't a super star as Ballack is/was ... And Van Bommel will never be one. To compare both players, I don't know much about them, just from what I'v heard and seen (CL games and a couple Bundesliga) ...
In the end, I don't doubt Ballacks shooting or heading, but wha this Bayern fan was telling me was that Van Bommel is more effective and a team player than Ballack is. And that Van Bommel is playing in his own position, while Ballack played (at Bayern) at a much more forward position than the one he was used to at Leverkusen (IMG:
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Other than that, I have no idea (IMG:
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