GodShaveTheQueen
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Team Pat Mustard (Michael)
Formation: Carré Magique
A familiar set up for two of our best players, the consumate midfield all-rounder Paulo Falcao and our rapier point Michel Platini. The swashbuckling FB pairing of Facchetti and Junior will provide plenty of attacking impetus from their respective flanks, with a solid central defensive core of Schmeichel, Bossis and Nesta bulwarked by the monstrous Voronin/Edwards duo holding the fort.
Falcao has supreme pedigree in these narrow, playmaker-centric midfield set ups, firstly tying together Brazil's 1982 WC Magic Square, and then starring for an outstanding Roma team alongside the likes of Cerezo and Di Bartolomei. He'll free up Platini to weave his match-deciding magic further up the pitch. Stoichkov and Gullit assume crucial roles here as roving forwards. They'll peel wide to provide width and create space for Platini to exploit, and Gullit in particular will provide a huge physical presence to trouble the opposition CBs.
Substitutes: Carrizo, N'Kono, Samuel, Greig, Khurtsilava, Essien, L. Enrique, Rivaldo, Jairzinho, Joya, Cavani, Charles
Team Sjor Bepo (Jim Beam)
Subs: De Bruyne, Mbappe, Cherenkov, Ederson, K.Navas, Goncalves, Suarez Miramontes, Leandro, Kempes, Mazurkiewicz, Alisson, Vasovic, D.Pereyra
Tactics: 4-4-2 diamond/4-3-3 hybrid;
Mentality: high-tempo, extremely aggressive and attacking;
The idea and the inspiration: Sir Alex Ferguson and Jurgen Klopp sides;
Run, run, run.... and then run some more.
The front-three of Samuel Eto'o, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Park Ji-Sung have the freedom in attack to express themselves but they also position themselves very high to keep constant pressure on the opponent's defence. In the center of the park, the team is supported with world-class trio in Igor Netto, Sir Bobby Charlton and Paul Breitner who revives one of the best partnership the world has ever seen with Karl Heinz Rummenigge. Not only does he have Rummenigge in front, but he also forms a complimentary partnership with Manchester United and England's best ever player in Bobby Charlton. This duo can run, pass, score... you name it, they have it. Their runs from midfield of the park will be pretty much impossible to handle.
Netto will play deeper to recycle possession but also to collect the ball from defence and feed those in front of him.
Back 4 compliment the rest of the team in a perfect manner with Rio Ferdinand and Paul McGrath forming a brilliant central partnership full of skill, intelligence, speed, techical ability and no nonsense defending. Bixente Lizarazu and Javier Zanetti support the team from fullback positions and can cover their flank up and down the whole day being exactly what's needed for this formation. Goal will be kept by three-time IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award winner in Jose Luis Chilavert.
Why Park Ji-Sung?
One of the biggest Alex Ferguson bargains and the ultimate big game player. While Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo often stoled the headlines it is Park Ji-Sung who often made it work to devastating effort providing a necessary balance to the team and allowing those around him to thrive. An unsung hero and a perfect team player Park will play in the hole for this team. But why not Luis Suarez Miramontes? Why not Bobby Charlton? Because we see him being perfect for the job.
In the defensive phase, he will be the furthest forward attacking the opposition backline. We needed someone who will excel in such job hunting and harassing along with Kalle and Eto'o. If the opposition manages to get the ball out he will attack Pat's and Michael's DM (presumably Voronin) not letting him to dictate the game. Also, in defensive transition he will be an great asset for covering both Breitner and Charlton if they end high up, both have great engines and work rate but having a safety via Park is a great bonus for both.
In the offensive phase, he will drop down pulling the opposition CB's on him and allowing Eto'o and Kalle to attack central areas. If the opposition CB's don't follow him he will position himself in the hole between the attack and midfield providing another outlet for Charlton and Breitner who will use his presence to link up and attack from deeper areas while Park occupies opposition DM.
Having this profile of player alongside Breitner and Charlton should really elevate their own game and put them in the best possible position to shine - something Park done all his career, the ultimate team mate.
Park Ji-Sung or "Three-Lungs" Park was not only known for his endless energy, brilliant attitude and strong determination to win the ball back. He also had a brilliant pass in him, exceptional off-the-ball movement and link up game. To cut it short, by bringing Park in the heart of our team, the intention is to fully release all around him (especially the likes of Eto'o, Rummenigge, Charlton and Breitner).
In May 2020, former teammate Wayne Rooney said that Park was as important to the Manchester United side of 2006–2009 as he and Cristiano Ronaldo were, commenting: "It's crazy but if you mentioned Cristiano Ronaldo to a 12-year-old, they would immediately say,
'Yeah, he was a brilliant player for Manchester United.' But if you said 'Ji-sung Park' they may not know who he was. Yet all of us who played with Park know he was almost as important to our success. That's because of what Park gave to the collective and I want to talk about teams. They – not stars – are the most important thing in sport. People say our United team had all these great players. In reality our biggest strength was as a pure counterattacking machine. We would sit back in our shape, win the ball and just go. Park or Fletch [Darren Fletcher] – or both – were always involved. They were vital to us. Players like me, Ronaldo, Tevez got the headlines but they [Park and Fletcher] were as important as us if not more, because of what they did for the team. We knew that inside the dressing room — and also that because they were so good at sacrificing themselves, their actual individual quality was often overlooked."