I didn't understand this comment, tbf. Brehme instead of Kohler because he can play LWB? I already have Cabrini, while Kohler helps with the aerial threat - Gentile would've been a question mark in that aspect against Gullit and Van Basten. And I don't have 4 CB's on the pitch, I have 3 CB and one player that is freed for man-marking duties.
I thought about playing the loopsided formation again, of course, but I knew that my defence isn't rated as highly as Edgar's, my attack isn't rated as highly as Edgar's and even my midfield is now, somehow, inferior to Edgar's (this was a surprise for me).
Brehme as a RWB.
I know you don't have 4 CBs but I think three of Bergomi, Scirea and Gentile/Kohler would have been enough against EAP's attack of Van Basten and Gullit. Also, Its not the peak Gullit EAP has here. He has the post injury Gullit, who while a good player wasn't the same player he was in eighties. Not to mention he and Capello didn't get along that well either. So, your three of CBs of Bergomi, Scirea and Gentile/Kohler would have been enough to deal with Van Basten and a waning Gullit, IMO.
Also, I don't agree your defence isn't as good as EAP's. All of your defenders and midfielders played their best football and had their peak under Trap. A couple of EAP's players though didn't. I know I am clutching straws here but in a close match like this, that could have been the deciding factor.
This would have been my team:-
-----------------------Batistuta-----------------------
---------Baggio----------------------------------------
-------------------------Platini------------------Boniek
----------------Tardelli-----------Matthaus-------------
Cabrini----------Kohler-------------Scirea----Bergomi---
--------------------------Zoff--------------------------