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.............................................SJOR/INVICTUS...............................................................................................MICHAEL...................................................
TEAM SJOR/INVICTUS
Formation: Up-tempo 4-3-3 with asymmetric flanks.
DEFENSE
Ciro Ferrara, Velibor Vasović (Ajax's captain for the first European Cup in club history), Guido Buchwald and Ruud Krol form an accomplished and robust platform for the team, with three or the quartet winning the European Cup and the fourth the World Cup. The instructions are fairly straight-forward — Krol is well positioned to provide a supplementary attacking threat on the left flank while being secure in the defensive phase and Vasović will organize the defense — in our opinion, their chemistry while at Ajax will be an added bonus:
MIDFIELD
Paul Scholes, De Bruyne and Valery Voronin offer an exquisite blend of technique and playmaking ability in the central portion of the pitch. Scholes reprises his fabled clockwork regista role — allowing him to regulate the proceeding in inimitable fashion and form an exhilarating axis for the forwards.
ATTACK
Up top 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. In our opinion, the ideal pivot for the attackers wide of him.
On the right is the man, the myth, the legend — Garríncha. One of the finest dribblers in the history of the sport, Mané played a pivotal role in Brazil's triumphs in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups (with the latter ranking as one of the best and most dominant by any individual). A flying right-winger who frequently roasted his marker(s) with a combination of quickness and change of directions, he also a superb crosser of the ball and capable of scoring spectacular goals from long range.
Key Talking Points?
1. @Michaelf7777777 has assembled a fine midfield and attack, but there might be an overabundance of ball-dominant central playmakers in Platini, Redondo and Didi (who were all usually the architects of their teams). Whether that proves to be an insurmountable concern cannot be practically discerned, but the entire combination is not exactly ideal, in our opinion at least.
2. Pelé and Garríncha are well positioned to exploit the gaps in Michaelf's defense, and we intend on setting a manic tempo to start the game and put the opposition defense under huge amounts of pressure with the combination of those two and Seeler in the middle.
4. Seeler + Pelé is the most irrepressible and potent goal-scoring combination on the pitch, with over 1400 goals between them.
TEAM MICHAEL
My team will play a magic square formation based on those used by Brazil and France in the 1980's in which Platini absolutely excelled scoring 9 goals in 5 games at Euro 84 for example. My team will also look to use the attacking skills of Dani Alves to take full advantage of the oppositions lack of a quality specialist left winger in their squad
TEAM SJOR/INVICTUS
Formation: Up-tempo 4-3-3 with asymmetric flanks.
DEFENSE
Ciro Ferrara, Velibor Vasović (Ajax's captain for the first European Cup in club history), Guido Buchwald and Ruud Krol form an accomplished and robust platform for the team, with three or the quartet winning the European Cup and the fourth the World Cup. The instructions are fairly straight-forward — Krol is well positioned to provide a supplementary attacking threat on the left flank while being secure in the defensive phase and Vasović will organize the defense — in our opinion, their chemistry while at Ajax will be an added bonus:
To their right is Ferrara (a tough centerback who emerged as the leader of the vaunted Juventus defense under Lippi), and Buchwald (who is being asked to maintain a more defensively predicated role than Krol and keep Blokhin at bay as an old-school destroyer).What stood out most about Vasović - and it is a trait possessed by the game's greatest sweepers - is a confidence that not only bordered on arrogance it actively invaded and settled there. In his more subdued moments he claimed to be the central architect behind the totaalvoetbal philosophy, but it is undeniable that his pace and intelligence allowed Michels to implement the ruthlessly efficient offside trap that became a hallmark of Ajax's defensive strategy.
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.Diego Maradona fell victim to the bad mood. The Argentine was the greatest football player of his time, despite being only seventy with studs, but as the game progressed, his tormentor reports, "he has gotten smaller and smaller". And at some point, after another lost duel, the disenchanted magician crouched on the ground, shook his head - and never, Buchwald says, will he forget this sight when the small, tall Gaucho gathered up all of his English and groaned in resignation: "You again? You again?"
MIDFIELD
Paul Scholes, De Bruyne and Valery Voronin offer an exquisite blend of technique and playmaking ability in the central portion of the pitch. Scholes reprises his fabled clockwork regista role — allowing him to regulate the proceeding in inimitable fashion and form an exhilarating axis for the forwards.
To his right is De Bruyne — who will seek to serve as a supply line for the attackers. 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. What he lacks in all All-Time stature according to some, he makes up for in terms of fit — 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 Pelé further up the pitch as they will gobble up a fair percentage of the chances he invariably creates.He is the complete midfielder. Scholes is undoubtedly the greatest midfielder of his generation. If he was playing with me, I would score so many more. Scholes is a great man — Pelé
And supporting the base is Voronin, performing the holding role he perfected in his peak — capable of being a factor in possession as well as negating the influence of the likes of Eusébio, allowing Scholes and De Bruyne the freedom to exert maximum creative influence on the match.Kevin De Bruyne made Premier League history on Tuesday as he became the first player to provide 15 or more assists in three separate seasons.
ATTACK
Up top 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. In our opinion, the ideal pivot for the attackers wide of him.
On the right is the man, the myth, the legend — Garríncha. One of the finest dribblers in the history of the sport, Mané played a pivotal role in Brazil's triumphs in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups (with the latter ranking as one of the best and most dominant by any individual). A flying right-winger who frequently roasted his marker(s) with a combination of quickness and change of directions, he also a superb crosser of the ball and capable of scoring spectacular goals from long range.
And on the left, as an inside, forward is Pelé..."He is considered a retard," wrote Nelson Rodrigues, "but Garrincha proved in the World Cup that we are the retarded ones - because we think, we rationalise. Next to him, next to the prodigious instantaneity of his reflexes, we are luggards, bovines, hippopotamuses." The poet Paulo Mendes Campos compared him to an artistic genius: "Like a poet touched by an angel, like a composer following a melody that fell from the sky, like a dancer hooked to a rhythm, Garrincha plays football by pure inspiration and magic; unsuffering, unreserved and unplanned."
The greatest player in history was Di Stéfano. I refuse to classify Pelé as a player. He was above that — Ferenc Puskás
Key Talking Points?
1. @Michaelf7777777 has assembled a fine midfield and attack, but there might be an overabundance of ball-dominant central playmakers in Platini, Redondo and Didi (who were all usually the architects of their teams). Whether that proves to be an insurmountable concern cannot be practically discerned, but the entire combination is not exactly ideal, in our opinion at least.
2. Pelé and Garríncha are well positioned to exploit the gaps in Michaelf's defense, and we intend on setting a manic tempo to start the game and put the opposition defense under huge amounts of pressure with the combination of those two and Seeler in the middle.
3. Someone of Platini's caliber will always be a threat, but in our opinion the rhombus of Maier, Vasović, Ferrara as well as Voronin should do a very good job of limiting his influence as a deep-lying forward.The third match was against the USSR. It was the era of the Sputnik satellite. Cold-war propaganda fuelled a fear of the Soviets' scientific approach. Vicente Feola, the coach, shook up the team sheet and dispatched his secret weapons. From the kick-off, Garrincha fired himself like a missile into the Soviet defence. After 40 seconds of dribble after mesmerising dribble, he shot at the post. Before 60 seconds, Pelé also hit the woodwork, from a Garrincha pass. The onslaught of the opening three minutes, ending with a goal by Vavá, showed an audaciousness and skill not seen before in international football. They are considered by many as Brazilian football's greatest three minutes of all time.
4. Seeler + Pelé is the most irrepressible and potent goal-scoring combination on the pitch, with over 1400 goals between them.
TEAM MICHAEL
My team will play a magic square formation based on those used by Brazil and France in the 1980's in which Platini absolutely excelled scoring 9 goals in 5 games at Euro 84 for example. My team will also look to use the attacking skills of Dani Alves to take full advantage of the oppositions lack of a quality specialist left winger in their squad