Shevchenko has got to be in the running for an award this year.

haha ... i am confident that he's got a big chance of winning uefa best striker ... his performace was outstanding

Best of luck to our boys, but stiff competition:

Best Goalkeeper nominees
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC)
Petr Cech (Chelsea FC)
Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool FC)

Best Defender nominees
**Cafu (AC Milan)
Jamie Carragher (Liverpool FC)
Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC)
**Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
**Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)

Best Midfielder nominees
Michael Ballack (FC Bayern München)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
**Kakà (AC Milan)
Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC)
**Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven, now FC Barcelona)

Best Forward nominees
Adriano (FC Internazionale Milano)
Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona)
Ji-Sung Park (PSV Eindhoven, now Manchester United FC)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
**Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

I'm a bit confused ... Is Ji-Sung Park a forward?

amancik, I think you're confusing "forward" with "striker". The two are not necessarily the same; ie, all strikers are "forwards", but not all forwards are strikers.

Ji-Sung Park has a similar position to Ronaldinho. Technically speaking, the two occupy midfield positions (usu. in the hole)...one doesn't have to be a striker to be considered a "forward".

If I'm explaining this wrong (I probably am), anyone can feel free to correct me...

No I agree, but why then have they classed Kaka as a midfielder.

Not that it matters now! Would be nice for a Milan player to take home an award though.

shevchenko has got a very big chance of winning this award adn hopefully he does

you're correct but what I meant was ... r u sure he plays in that position? cuz I thought he's a center midfielder ...

nah park is a attacking mid or forward agianst milan he was playing up front for PSV thats wat i thought anyway im pretty sure he has a similiar position to ronaldinho :S

Park did play a more attacking role against Milan but I believe he plays on left-midfield for South Korea, he is an extremely versatile player.

I guess this just confuses matters even more, but for Man U, looks like he'll be playing down the left side as well (as he did yesterday to great effect against Debrecen).

I think the Milan players (esp. Sheva) deserve to take home awards, but I have a sinking feeling that Liverpool's CL final display & Chelsea's dream season might have something to say about that. I think it's going to come down to the people who "omfg he had an outrageously out-of-the-ordinary good season!" as opposed to the consistently good & dependable & well-rounded players...which is why I think Liverpool & Chelsea will get awards.

Sheva should win the "Best Forward" award, though, he's certainly performed the best in UEFA competition out of those nominated.