In order to be the best, you have to beat the best, goes the tiring old saying - which is not even true in many cases. Italy deserved world champions in 2006, for example, even though they only had to face Ghana, the United States, the Czech Republic, Australia and Ukraine before eventually meeting Germany and finalists France. Top dog | Alexander Hassenstein / Getty ImagesSo, maybe because be the best, you have to beat or not meet the best, is more accurate. We're really getting closer ...The Champions League is a…