BBC's Pick Your All time World Cup XI

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They have a shortlist and you pick your team.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27395654

Quite fun, my team is as follows:

Banks
Cafu
Moore
Beckenbauer
Maldini
Matthaus
Charlton
Zidane
Cruyff
Maradona
Pele

Won 11 tournaments from a possible 18.
Appeared in 18 finals from a possible 23.
Kept 39 clean sheets from a possible 47
Scored 43 goals

Attacking strength 8 (8 out of ten with zidane, cruyff, maradona and pele)
Defensive strength 6
Discipline 3
Experience 7
 
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That was fun, thanks for the link.

My team:

Dino Zoff
Cafu
Fabio Cannavaro
Franz Beckenbauer
Carlos Alberto
Bobby Charlton
Zinedine Zidane
Zico
Diego Maradona
Pele
Ronaldo

My stats at the end:

Attacking Strength- 10
Defensive Strength- 5 (?)
Discipline- 3
Experience- 6

Won 12 out of 18 World Cups
Appeared in 17 finals out of 23
Kept 31 cleans sheets out of 47
Scored 55 goals
Played in 14 tournaments
 
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Good team Marcred, not sure about the inclusion of Frank Beckenbauer though ;)
 

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Lev Yashin
Lilian Thuram
Franco Baresi
Franz Beckenbauer
Lothar Matthaus
Bobby Charlton
Johan Neeskens
Garrincha
Diego Maradona
Pele
Johan Cruyff

My stats at the end:


Attacking Strength- 8
Defensive Strength- 6
Discipline- 5
Experience- 6

Won 10 out of 18 World Cups
Appeared in 17 finals out of 23
Kept 28 cleans sheets out of 47
Scored 50 goals
Played in 13 tournaments

That was hard! So many names I wanted to pick!
 

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D'oh! I've edited it.

There seems to be a lack of Ronaldo on the expert's lists. How can the World Cups all time top scorer, a player who is regarded as one of the best forwards ever seen, not make it into the team!?
 

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Thisistheone said:
Lev Yashin
Lilian Thuram
Franco Baresi
Franz Beckenbauer
Lothar Matthaus
Bobby Charlton
Johan Neeskens
Garrincha
Diego Maradona
Pele
Johan Cruyff

My stats at the end:


Attacking Strength- 8
Defensive Strength- 6
Discipline- 5
Experience- 6

Won 10 out of 18 World Cups
Appeared in 17 finals out of 23
Kept 28 cleans sheets out of 47
Scored 50 goals
Played in 13 tournaments

That was hard! So many names I wanted to pick!
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Leaving out the likes of Baresi, Matthaus, Cruyff, Maldini, Eusebio, Moore etc, was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
 

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Buffon-Cafu-Thuram-Matthaus-Maldini-Dunga-Pele/Jairzinho-Zidane-Maradona-Linekar

Mostly wanted to keep it to the ones I've seen more of.....but obviously made an exception for Jairzinho....then realized I couldn't not have Pele. Or Ronaldo in reality, but yeah, Linekar shat himself and still continued, total respect.
 

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MarcRed96 said:
D'oh! I've edited it.

There seems to be a lack of Ronaldo on the expert's lists. How can the World Cups all time top scorer, a player who is regarded as one of the best forwards ever seen, not make it into the team!?
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Yeah it's incredibly hard to leave out Ronaldo, Eusabio, Didi, Carlos Alberto etc etc

Could easily pick about 10 different sides from that shortlist and be happy with all of them.
 

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I've only picked players that I've seen play before. I know this team would get destroyed in real life, but I couldn't pick a 5 man midfield with two holding players.


Buffon

Lahm
Cafu
Desailly
Roberto Carlos

Dunga
Xavi
Zidane
Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo
Klose


Attacking Strength - 7 (really? ...)
Defensive Strength - 7
Discipline - 3
Experience - 6

Played in 6 World Cups
...but Won 8 World Cups
Appeared in 15 finals
Kept 35 clean sheets
Scored 38 goals
 

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Why is Cristiano Ronaldo an option on this list? Compared to the other options, he's done nothing at the World Cup aside knocking England out on penalties, and who hasn't done that!?
 

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MarcRed96 said:
Why is Cristiano Ronaldo an option on this list? Compared to the other options, he's done nothing at the World Cup aside knocking England out on penalties, and who hasn't done that!?
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Looking at the description they've put him in there because of the wink. Pathetic BBC.
 

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Dino Zoff
Carlos Alberto
Bobby Moore
Franz Beckenbauer
Claudio Gentile
Bobby Charlton
Zinedine Zidane
Socrates
Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele
Ronaldo

My stats at the end:

Attacking Strength- 9
Defensive Strength- 3 Stuff it Attack Attack Attack :lol:
Discipline- 5
Experience- 5

Won 10 out of 18 World Cups
Appeared in 13 finals out of 23
Kept 24 cleans sheets out of 47
Scored 48 goals
Played in 13 tournaments

That is hard having to leave out so many all time greats.
 

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Makes you wonder why Podolski isn't....beat him (unjustly maybe) to the Young Player award, and went further in 2010, and almost certainly has more assists in doing so on top of 5 goals to 2.
 

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.Phil1968 said:
Dino Zoff
Carlos Alberto
Bobby Moore
Franz Beckenbauer
Claudio Gentile
Bobby Charlton
Zinedine Zidane
Socrates
Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele
Ronaldo

My stats at the end:

Attacking Strength- 9
Defensive Strength- 3 Stuff it Attack Attack Attack :lol:
Discipline- 5
Experience- 5

Won 10 out of 18 World Cups
Appeared in 13 finals out of 23
Kept 24 cleans sheets out of 47
Scored 48 goals
Played in 13 tournaments

That is hard having to leave out so many all time greats.
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Cristiano should be nowhere near it if we're talking World Cups.

I would say good team, but I think it's impossible not to pick a good team from their list.
 

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Bill.s.preston said:
Yes, a bit strange that.
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Most notable World Cup moment was his wink after Wayne Rooney's early sending off in 2006.
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They say it as if anyone in the world other than a few Daily Mail readers in London or Liverpool actually care about the incident. It wasn't even the biggest incident of the tournament that year.
 

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Zen said:
Makes you wonder why Podolski isn't....beat him (unjustly maybe) to the Young Player award, and went further in 2010, and almost certainly has more assists in doing so on top of 5 goals to 2.
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Exactly. Podolski shouldn't be on the list either but he's got more right to be there than Ronaldo based on World Cup performances.

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Looking at the description they've put him in there because of the wink. Pathetic BBC.
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Really? Says it all really. To be fair, the wink was hilarious though.
 

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.Phil1968 said:
Dino Zoff
Carlos Alberto
Bobby Moore
Franz Beckenbauer
Claudio Gentile
Bobby Charlton
Zinedine Zidane
Socrates
Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele
Ronaldo

That is hard having to leave out so many all time greats.
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You think Cristiano is more worthy of a place in a best ever World Cup team than Maradona? Not having a go or anything, just curious.

At least you have big Ronaldo on your team though, what a player. And Zidane, every team should have Zidane.
 

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Buffon

Maldini
Baresi
Beckenbauer
Thuram

Matthaus
Zidane
C. Ronaldo

Maradona
Ronaldo
Pele

Stats
Attack 10
Defence 9
Discipline 3
Experience 7

Won 10 from 18
Appeared in 17 from 23
41 clean sheets from 47

Goals 55

So difficult to pick but tried to restrict myself to players I have seen, the only exception being Pele.
 

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----------------Kahn
Thuram---Desailly----Cannavaro----Carlos
-----------------Xavi
----------Zidane-----Iniesta
----------------Rivaldo
--------Ronaldo-------Romario

Attacking Strength: 6
Defensive Strength: 9
Discipline: 4
Experience: 5
38 World Cup goals
Won 9 out of 18
Appeared in 16 finals out of 23
Kept 38 clean sheets from 47
 

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MarcRed96 said:
You think Cristiano is more worthy of a place in a best ever World Cup team than Maradona? Not having a go or anything, just curious.

At least you have big Ronaldo on your team though, what a player. And Zidane, every team should have Zidane.
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Well to be honest it was a straight choice between Ronaldo and Maradona for me and Diego has a huge world cup history compared to Ronnie but would love to see Cristiano floating around Pele and the big fella.
 

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.Phil1968 said:
Well to be honest it was a straight choice between Ronaldo and Maradona for me and Diego has a huge world cup history compared to Ronnie but would love to see Cristiano floating around Pele and the big fella.
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Fair enough, it's just down to preference. I'd still pick Maradona over Cristiano in that sense as well though. Diego, Pele and big Ronaldo up front would utterly devastating to watch.
 

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Punta del este said:
Buffon

Maldini
Baresi
Beckenbauer
Thuram

Matthaus
Zidane
C. Ronaldo

Maradona
Ronaldo
Pele

Stats
Attack 10
Defence 9
Discipline 3
Experience 7

Won 10 from 18
Appeared in 17 from 23
41 clean sheets from 47

Goals 55

So difficult to pick but tried to restrict myself to players I have seen, the only exception being Pele.
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Are you not shoehorning players in there playing Ronaldo as a central midfielder, also someone like Xavi is far more worthy of a place than Ronaldo.
 

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not one Irish player in it....

shocking! Where is Packy Bonner or Paul McGrath heroes of Italia 90
 

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Nanook said:
Are you not shoehorning players in there playing Ronaldo as a central midfielder, also someone like Xavi is far more worthy of a place than Ronaldo.
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True I am shoehorning players in, but I was looking at Zidane and Matthaus as central midfielders. Cristiano is only in my world cup team as he can be a stunning winger and goal threat, rather than a proven world cup performer
 

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How is every one obtaining stats for the team? When I confirm my team nothing really happens except a window of text appears.
 

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Buffon
Brehme
Maldini
Gentile
Beckenbauer
Jairzinho
Matthaus
Iniesta
Zidane
Pele
Muller

I'd like to think that side is well balanced. Mixture of players I've seen and legendary players that I've heard about from various resources or seen clips of. Not sure about gentile but he kept maradonna quiet and may complement Beckenbauer. The front two should complement eachother well. I love Germany for some unknown reason hence they are littered throughout the side. Omissions of others were due to team balance and taking into consideration that this has to be based on world cup performances and success.

Would be great if a simulator was created to test each team against eachother. Maybe we could debate it like they do with the drafts.
 

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-------------------Yashin
Cafu----Beckenbauer---Baresi----D. Santos
-----------------Pirlo
----------Xavi---------Charlton
Cruyff-------------------------Maradonna
----------------Pele




They didn't give me the stats, I'm gonna have to re enter it.
 

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Zoff
Brehme - Beckenbauer - Baresi - Maldini
Matthaus - Xavi
Charlton
Pele - Ronaldo - Cryuff

Went for a team that can play good football and can attack in a variety of ways.
 

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@Lynk; Any joy getting the stats? I'm using mobile devices and have had no success after multiple attempts and maybe that's the problem.
 

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@Lynk; Any joy getting the stats? I'm using mobile devices and have had no success after multiple attempts and maybe that's the problem.
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Nah no luck for me, I'm on chrome on my laptop too.
 
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