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.................................................ENIGMA/PAT................................................................................................SJOR/INVICTUS
TEAM ENIGMA/PAT
Formation: 4-3-3.
Style: Direct, balanced in possession looking to capitalize at every opportunity. Pressure the opposition midfield and force them into error by overloading that area.
Player Profiles:
GK: Gordon Banks - Complete keeper, one of the best ever with the most famous save in the game.
LB: Roberto Carlos - Attacking full back. One of the best in history providing width in attack and also being solid at the back. One man flank.
RB: Philipp Lahm - Playing his natural role as balanced right back.
CB: Gaetano Scirea - Libero. The ultimate reader of the game - grace, elegance, composure, intelligence, pace, the almost Zen-like Juve man had all of these in spades. He will carry out the ball from the back and add numbers to the midfield too.
CB: Karlheinz Forster - As a stopper - he's right up there with the very best. Intimidating, reliable and fantastic pure defender, 2 times WC finalist and EURO winner, German player of the year in 84, he will dovetail Scirea nicely in the heart of defence.
DM: Pirri - defensive midfielder. Protects the back four drops back when Scirea surges forward. He was well known for his ferocity, leadership skills, tactical acumen and versatility.
CM/B2B: Jean Tigana - one of the finest B2B midfielders and part of the famous carre magique. Tigana was the defensive workhouse of the team and would also venture forward to create opportunities for his teammates and he was also deployed on either flank due to his fiery pace and killer passes to slit open opponent’s defence. A perfect box-to-box midfielder who contributed to every aspect of the team.
AMC: Sir Bobby Charlton - United legend - raised in the north-east, he began as a winger, but morphed into a marauding forward playmaker. He will pull the strings in midfield and also provide significant danger in front of the goal
RW: Luis Figo - In his natural right winger role. His service for Spencer, who is reknown for his ability in the air is clear route to goal.
SS: Ferenc Puskas - roaming second striker in his natural role, playing off Spencer. Creative forward and exquisite finisher he will be in his peak incarnation as a focal point of the attack.
CF: Alberto Spencer - Complete CF and fantastic finisher in the box and outside it. Spencer possesses top notch finishing ability and especially aerial threat that could provide advantage, especially with Figo's delivery on the right. Alberto Spencer is the top scorer in the history of the Copa Libertadores and one of the best South American players of the twentieth century. In 1959, he joined Penarol where he was to become a legend. He scored 326 goals, won three Copas Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups and seven championships during his stay in Montevideo. Four times top scorer in the Uruguayan league and still holds the record for being the top scorer in the history of the Libertadores Cup with 54 strikes. In the Intercontinental Cup, Only Pele has scored one more goal than him.
Defence: Great unit that plays to its strengths. Bobby Carlos will be an attacking LB, whilst Lahm will provide balance on the other flank. Scirea and Forster is a classic sweeper/stopper combo with Scirea marshaling the back four.
Midfield: Pirri and Tigana are well oiled unit with Pirri able to play as a DM in holding role, whilst Tigana is a bundle of energy that can cover an awful amount of grass. Sir Bobby and Figo are well known for their work rate and they will also contribute to the midfield being able to dominate that part of the pitch, providing us with advantage there and pressuring the opposition into error, whilst launching quick counters when the ball is recovered.
Attack: Puskas/Spencer is a very similar unit to Puskas / Kocsis. Spencer is again reknown for his heading ability and one of the best in history for that matter. Both will dovetail nicely and play to their strengths. Figo will be our creative outlet on the right with his ability to find Spencer in the box, but also create advantage in one on one situations. Sir Bobby will provide threat from deep and starting from his favorite deeper position.
Advantages:
1. Team that plays like a unit with clear and designated roles - a back four that is in their zone and in natural roles. A midfield that dovetails with a holder, classic B2B in his favorite right side and Sir Bobby working both the left channel and pulling the strings in the center. Puskas / Spencer combo that combines the creativity, pure strength and aerial ability that Puskas can work off and a natural right winger to stretch the defence on the right.
2. Numbers in midfield and controlling the proceedings - Apart from Pirri / Tigana, we have a lot of players able to contribute in the middle of the park(Figo, Sir Bobby, Scirea, etc) and gain control there, suffocating the opposition players and launching quick breaks.
TEAM SJOR/INVICTUS
Formation: 5-3-2/5-1-2-2
DEFENSE
RUUD KROL, CIRO FERRARA, PAOLO MALDINI, DANIEL PASSARELLA and ERIC GERETS form a robust and complete platform for the team, with 2 World Cup titles, 3 World Cup final appearances and 9 European Cup titles between them. Krol is well positioned to provide an exquisite attacking threat on the left flank while being remarkably secure and efficient in the defensive phase...
Alongside him is the best left-sided defender in football, Maldini — renowned for his technical ability, athleticism, sliding tackles, stamina, composure, energy, marking, awareness and ability to anticipate a threat from the opposition.
Through the middle is Passarella, who is tasked with organizing the defense and bringing the ball out from deeper zones. Since this is a final and space will be at a premium everywhere on the pitch, even one key moment could define the proceedings — and Passarella didn't take take long to convert defense to attack — be it carrying the ball, or pinging it directly into team-mates positioned in final third with a great deal of precision (like in the 1978 World Cup final where he created an opportunity for Argentina's 2nd goal):
MIDFIELD
VALERY VORONIN, KEVIN DE BRUYNE and ZINÉDINE ZIDANE offer an exquisite blend of technique and up-tempo playmaking ability in the central portion of the pitch. Voronin reprises his fabled holding midfielder role, which he perfected at his peak — capable of being a factor in possession as well as negating the influence of the likes of Eusébio, allowing the players alongside-ahead of him the freedom to exert maximum creative influence on the match.
Through the right half-space is the decisive and efficient De Bruyne. A quick and elegant player on the ball, his positional sense, tactical intelligence, movement, workrate and direct style of play enables him to take advantage of spaces in the opposition's defense, and subsequently create chances and goalscoring opportunities for himself or his teammates. In this setup, he should be able to explore the full extent of his simple yet remarkable playmaking skill set through the half-spaces as someone who is adept as co-existing with other playmakers without hogging the ball, and he should positively thrive in the presence of Seeler and Müller further up the pitch as they will gobble up a fair percentage of the chances he invariably creates. Like Passarella, he has a knack for creating something in a split second — and could be another target for the former's passes forward in terms of creating gilt-edged chances for the strikers...
Through the left half-space is Zizou, playmaker and game-controller supreme. There always was an intrigue about him. His introverted but unflappable demeanour, his assured elegance on the ball, his blessings and his curses combined to form a player whose talent was almost hypnotic. To watch Zidane was to watch a theatrical display of immaculate ball control. And for all his grace, there have been few players that have possessed such a powerful and accurate shot.
STRIKE FORCE
In the second-striker position is UWE SEELER. The greatest striker Germany has ever produced behind Gerd Müller, he possessed the unique ability to form a telepathic understanding with his co-attackers and involve himself in the deeper or wider game to a point where he was almost a dual striker-winger/forward — all while establishing himself as one of the best examples you'll ever see of aerial prowess at the position, working hard on and off the ball and being an extraordinary natural goalscorer — to date, Seeler boasts the second highest goal tally of a German footballer with 575 scored in competitive matches, second only to his team-mate in this team.
Up top is the machine-like GERD MÜLLER — renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, arguably the most goalscorer of all time with 1 World Cup Golden Boot, 1 EURO Top scorer title, 4 European Cup Top scorer titles, 2 European Golden Shoe titles, 7 Bundesliga Top scorer titles — as well as holding the all-time goal-scoring record in the World Cup with 14 goals for 32 years. Key here is the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where Golden Boot Müller combined with Seeler to plunder 10 goals for West Germany in just 6 matches!
TEAM ENIGMA/PAT
Formation: 4-3-3.
Style: Direct, balanced in possession looking to capitalize at every opportunity. Pressure the opposition midfield and force them into error by overloading that area.
Player Profiles:
GK: Gordon Banks - Complete keeper, one of the best ever with the most famous save in the game.
LB: Roberto Carlos - Attacking full back. One of the best in history providing width in attack and also being solid at the back. One man flank.
RB: Philipp Lahm - Playing his natural role as balanced right back.
CB: Gaetano Scirea - Libero. The ultimate reader of the game - grace, elegance, composure, intelligence, pace, the almost Zen-like Juve man had all of these in spades. He will carry out the ball from the back and add numbers to the midfield too.
CB: Karlheinz Forster - As a stopper - he's right up there with the very best. Intimidating, reliable and fantastic pure defender, 2 times WC finalist and EURO winner, German player of the year in 84, he will dovetail Scirea nicely in the heart of defence.
DM: Pirri - defensive midfielder. Protects the back four drops back when Scirea surges forward. He was well known for his ferocity, leadership skills, tactical acumen and versatility.
CM/B2B: Jean Tigana - one of the finest B2B midfielders and part of the famous carre magique. Tigana was the defensive workhouse of the team and would also venture forward to create opportunities for his teammates and he was also deployed on either flank due to his fiery pace and killer passes to slit open opponent’s defence. A perfect box-to-box midfielder who contributed to every aspect of the team.
AMC: Sir Bobby Charlton - United legend - raised in the north-east, he began as a winger, but morphed into a marauding forward playmaker. He will pull the strings in midfield and also provide significant danger in front of the goal
RW: Luis Figo - In his natural right winger role. His service for Spencer, who is reknown for his ability in the air is clear route to goal.
SS: Ferenc Puskas - roaming second striker in his natural role, playing off Spencer. Creative forward and exquisite finisher he will be in his peak incarnation as a focal point of the attack.
CF: Alberto Spencer - Complete CF and fantastic finisher in the box and outside it. Spencer possesses top notch finishing ability and especially aerial threat that could provide advantage, especially with Figo's delivery on the right. Alberto Spencer is the top scorer in the history of the Copa Libertadores and one of the best South American players of the twentieth century. In 1959, he joined Penarol where he was to become a legend. He scored 326 goals, won three Copas Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups and seven championships during his stay in Montevideo. Four times top scorer in the Uruguayan league and still holds the record for being the top scorer in the history of the Libertadores Cup with 54 strikes. In the Intercontinental Cup, Only Pele has scored one more goal than him.
Defence: Great unit that plays to its strengths. Bobby Carlos will be an attacking LB, whilst Lahm will provide balance on the other flank. Scirea and Forster is a classic sweeper/stopper combo with Scirea marshaling the back four.
Midfield: Pirri and Tigana are well oiled unit with Pirri able to play as a DM in holding role, whilst Tigana is a bundle of energy that can cover an awful amount of grass. Sir Bobby and Figo are well known for their work rate and they will also contribute to the midfield being able to dominate that part of the pitch, providing us with advantage there and pressuring the opposition into error, whilst launching quick counters when the ball is recovered.
Attack: Puskas/Spencer is a very similar unit to Puskas / Kocsis. Spencer is again reknown for his heading ability and one of the best in history for that matter. Both will dovetail nicely and play to their strengths. Figo will be our creative outlet on the right with his ability to find Spencer in the box, but also create advantage in one on one situations. Sir Bobby will provide threat from deep and starting from his favorite deeper position.
Advantages:
1. Team that plays like a unit with clear and designated roles - a back four that is in their zone and in natural roles. A midfield that dovetails with a holder, classic B2B in his favorite right side and Sir Bobby working both the left channel and pulling the strings in the center. Puskas / Spencer combo that combines the creativity, pure strength and aerial ability that Puskas can work off and a natural right winger to stretch the defence on the right.
2. Numbers in midfield and controlling the proceedings - Apart from Pirri / Tigana, we have a lot of players able to contribute in the middle of the park(Figo, Sir Bobby, Scirea, etc) and gain control there, suffocating the opposition players and launching quick breaks.
TEAM SJOR/INVICTUS
Formation: 5-3-2/5-1-2-2
DEFENSE
RUUD KROL, CIRO FERRARA, PAOLO MALDINI, DANIEL PASSARELLA and ERIC GERETS form a robust and complete platform for the team, with 2 World Cup titles, 3 World Cup final appearances and 9 European Cup titles between them. Krol is well positioned to provide an exquisite attacking threat on the left flank while being remarkably secure and efficient in the defensive phase...
Alongside him is the best left-sided defender in football, Maldini — renowned for his technical ability, athleticism, sliding tackles, stamina, composure, energy, marking, awareness and ability to anticipate a threat from the opposition.
Mirroring Paolo on the right is another renowned ambassador of the Italian school of defending, Ferrara — who excelled as a quick and combative centerback, and peaked as the leader of the vaunted Juventus defense under Lippi...A real monster… I find it incredible he has never been World or European Footballer of the Year. Alongside Franco Baresi he was the best defender I’ve ever seen in my career — Marcel Desailly
On the extreme right Gerets is widely regarded as one of the top fullbacks from Europe, with his mentality and workrate earning him the nickname "The Lion of Flanders".First, I learned by watching the best. When I got to Napoli, I played alongside Ciro Ferrara — one of the greatest defenders in the history of Italian football — Fabio Cannavaro
Certain performances standout from Ferrara; a game between two Italian giants in Juventus and Inter in the 97/98 season saw Ferrara come up against an on fire Ronaldo. The rest is history.
Ferrara occupied an unenviable position, marking often regarded the greatest Brazilian striker of all-time behind Pele. Regardless, he managed to get forward, play key passes and outmuscle Ronaldo on several occasions, keeping the attacker relatively quiet.
Through the middle is Passarella, who is tasked with organizing the defense and bringing the ball out from deeper zones. Since this is a final and space will be at a premium everywhere on the pitch, even one key moment could define the proceedings — and Passarella didn't take take long to convert defense to attack — be it carrying the ball, or pinging it directly into team-mates positioned in final third with a great deal of precision (like in the 1978 World Cup final where he created an opportunity for Argentina's 2nd goal):
In goal, SEPP MAIER was the core of Germany’s World Cup and European Championship winning defense and Bayern’s trio of European Cups — and was voted 4th in the World Keeper of the Century poll.He was called "El Gran Capitán" (the Great Captain, nickname of Argentine independence hero José de San Martín), "El Kaiser" (an allusion to Franz Beckenbauer) or "El Caudillo" (the Chief) because of his leadership ability, his passion, and his organisational prowess on the field. He was a defender who often joined the attack, and helped generate and finish offensive plays. He was the top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches His aerial game was effective both defensively and in attack. Passarella and Chilean Elías Figueroa are considered the best defenders in the history of South America.
MIDFIELD
VALERY VORONIN, KEVIN DE BRUYNE and ZINÉDINE ZIDANE offer an exquisite blend of technique and up-tempo playmaking ability in the central portion of the pitch. Voronin reprises his fabled holding midfielder role, which he perfected at his peak — capable of being a factor in possession as well as negating the influence of the likes of Eusébio, allowing the players alongside-ahead of him the freedom to exert maximum creative influence on the match.
Through the right half-space is the decisive and efficient De Bruyne. A quick and elegant player on the ball, his positional sense, tactical intelligence, movement, workrate and direct style of play enables him to take advantage of spaces in the opposition's defense, and subsequently create chances and goalscoring opportunities for himself or his teammates. In this setup, he should be able to explore the full extent of his simple yet remarkable playmaking skill set through the half-spaces as someone who is adept as co-existing with other playmakers without hogging the ball, and he should positively thrive in the presence of Seeler and Müller further up the pitch as they will gobble up a fair percentage of the chances he invariably creates. Like Passarella, he has a knack for creating something in a split second — and could be another target for the former's passes forward in terms of creating gilt-edged chances for the strikers...
Through the left half-space is Zizou, playmaker and game-controller supreme. There always was an intrigue about him. His introverted but unflappable demeanour, his assured elegance on the ball, his blessings and his curses combined to form a player whose talent was almost hypnotic. To watch Zidane was to watch a theatrical display of immaculate ball control. And for all his grace, there have been few players that have possessed such a powerful and accurate shot.
The best player of the last generation. He would control games, but most importantly, he always performed on the big occasions — Ruud Gullit
STRIKE FORCE
In the second-striker position is UWE SEELER. The greatest striker Germany has ever produced behind Gerd Müller, he possessed the unique ability to form a telepathic understanding with his co-attackers and involve himself in the deeper or wider game to a point where he was almost a dual striker-winger/forward — all while establishing himself as one of the best examples you'll ever see of aerial prowess at the position, working hard on and off the ball and being an extraordinary natural goalscorer — to date, Seeler boasts the second highest goal tally of a German footballer with 575 scored in competitive matches, second only to his team-mate in this team.
8 official matches together
23 goals (scored in every game)
16 goals between them
Up top is the machine-like GERD MÜLLER — renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, arguably the most goalscorer of all time with 1 World Cup Golden Boot, 1 EURO Top scorer title, 4 European Cup Top scorer titles, 2 European Golden Shoe titles, 7 Bundesliga Top scorer titles — as well as holding the all-time goal-scoring record in the World Cup with 14 goals for 32 years. Key here is the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where Golden Boot Müller combined with Seeler to plunder 10 goals for West Germany in just 6 matches!