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Formation: 4-3-1-2
Tactics:
Team built on solid defensive foundation, thus allowing attacking players freedom to express themselves on the pitch
- Buffon, one of the best GK of all time, is in between the posts
- Central defense is marshaled by Shesternyov and Stam, a perfect combo of sweeper-stopper
- Two attacking full-backs in Reuter and Nilton Santos. Both are defensively resilience and possess great tactical awareness, while also capable of marauding forward and joining attack
- Redondo as holding midfielder, to screen the back four, while also play out the ball from the back with his vision and passing
- Giles as center midfielder. Diminutive, fleet-footed and quick-thinking, he is tasked to probe the midfield, snuffing out opposition attacks and building moves. Belied a combative streak, he is not afraid to get stuck into challenges as well
- Keane as defensive box-to-box midfielder. His overwhelming presence on the pitch will help to win the midfield battle
- Iniesta as attacking midfielder. His dribbling, first touch and close control are second-to-none, and always rises to the big occasion
Moby
Key Highlights:
- Star studded midfield unit with the best player on the pitch in Michel Platini running the game with two other stalwart CMs in Robbo and Suarez bringing in a plethora of tenacity and workrate, defensive nous and the ability to break play with a juggernaut going forward.
- Suarez takes up his deeper incarnation here, controlling the game from the middle of the park and pulling the strings, while his dynamic approach to the game complements Platini and serves as a powerful creative unit in the middle. While Robson's tireless all action contribution on both ends of the pitch makes this an incredibly balanced unit on and off the ball.
- Continuing with the hard working and direct style of play, the kind in which the likes of Platini excelled, the two wingers out wide are workhorses in their own right. Both will be providing a lot of energy and shield down the flanks, and Schurrle will be tasked with pressing Nilton throughout the game using his energy and stamina and not letting him get any passes forward.
- The left flank is devastating going forward, with Roberto Carlos overlapping Hristo Stoichkov, with the Bulgarian going inside and providing a goal threat like he did at his prime and Carlos whipping in unstoppable crosses and cut backs.
- The defensive unit sees the addition of arguably the greatest right back of all time in Djalma Santos. A powerhouse for Brazil in their world cup wins in late 50s and early 60s, Djalma is one of the greatest defenders of all time and is expected to massively bolster the backline.
- With the kind of creativity flowing through the team, Vava is the ideal striker to lead the line. Top scorer of the 1962 World Cup and a vital fixture of the conquering Brazil WC winning teams, he provided a great foil to Pelé back then allowing him to both create and score freely, and he is expected to combine similarly with Platini here.
- Quality goal threat in the team, with all of Stoichkov, Vava and Platini being proven goalscorers having shown their pedigree in the biggest of tournaments like the World Cups, Euros and European Cups, without counting out the likes of Robbo smashing one in from distance, or Carlos getting on the scoresheet with a thunderous free kick. The same can't be said of the opposition who were said to lack the firepower in front of goal to swing the game in their favour.
- Seeler has great aerial ability, however, in Santamaria and Lucio, I have two brilliant headers of the ball which would be a very good counter to the German's prowess in the air and help in curbing quite a bit of the sole goal threat that exists in that team.