“Here it is, the first edition of European Soccer’s Top 20, a weekly ranking intended to engage and hopefully amuse. A word of caution before hitting the launch button: This is a subjective ranking based on one person’s opinion — mine. It is not democratic and does not pretend to be. Feel free to disagree, preferably politely. That said, every effort will be made to be fair. There are rough guidelines. The teams in the five top leagues — alphabetically England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain — carry more weight than those in, for example, Portugal, the Netherlands or Turkey.” (Los Angeles Times)