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Overall Plan
- An absolutely mouth watering midfield foundation set to dominate the opposition on both sides of the pitch with FOUR absolutely mercurial midfielders on show here.
- A tough as nails defensive partnership at the back with the Brazilian fullback duo providing the balance on the flanks, and two absolutely sizzling forwards to tear it up at the front.
- Set out to be compact and combative in defense, force constant turnovers and break quickly with incredible transitions from front to back through the middle as well as out wide.
- Overload the creative engine in the middle with an array of unpredictable passing moves to cut through the opposition lines, with some absolutely tremendous ability on the ball on show.
Magic Square
- Michel Platini is the best player on the pitch in this game, and the team has been setup to bring the absolute best out of the three time Ballon D'or winner. He'll be in his element.
- The base is solidified with one of the greatest holding midfielders ever in Fernando Redondo, who brings in his incredible passing and vision from the back as well as plugging the gaps in front of the defense.
- Alongside him is Captain Marvel! Robson takes up the all action box to box duties in the middle - taking on Lothar Matthaus head to head in what would be an absolutely titanic battle in the middle of the pitch. Two absolutely complete midfielders, and we aim to win that and put a massive dent on the opposition ability to get a foothold in the middle.
- Partnering Platini is another Ballon D'or winner in Luisito Suarez, a creative genius throughout his career, combining incredible passing and creativity with tireless running and defense, as well as the ability to push out wide on the flank.
- The entire balance of the unit and the individual quality makes this a massive mountain to climb. We expect them to control the game throughout and create ample chances for the forwards or themselves to get on the scoresheet.
Left Flanked Punch
- The flank of Stoichkocv and Carlos will be a massively difficult combination to stop, with Hristo's constant movement, darting inside as well as running the channels and shooting and Carlos ability to overlap and provide some incredible service for the forwards.
- Having Djalma tucking in on the other side will help Carlos more freedom in attack, however we expect him to put in the required defensive shift as he usually does.
- Hristo's off the ball effort will be useful in helping out at the back in case of any danger.
- Together the two of them will be a road for chance creation either for the forwards or laying it in front of the midfielders coming forward.
Goals From Anywhere!
- An incredible array of goalscorers across the parks, enabling us to not rely on fewer names to perform and always having enough weapons to break down the opposition.
- Suarez spearheads the attack with a menacing presence in the box, the ability to twist and turn defenders and score some absolute worldies.
- Stoichkov coming in from out wide latching onto the passes from the playmakers would be another constant goal threat.
- And then there is the talismanic goal scorer who dazzled Euro 84 and the 80s Serie A with his scoring exploits in Michel Platini. With the forwards dragging defenders around, Platini will be always in with a chance here.
- Suarez and Robson contributing from midfield. Robson's darting late runs into the box being picked out by any of the passers or a cross from Carlos, and Suarez with his strong shot from around the box always being a threat.
- And finally, the set piece threat with Platini and Carlos providing two elite free kick taking option, and well capable of scoring a thunderous free kick.
Feature of the Game
The massive battle in the middle of the game between a prime Robson and prime Matthaus would be an incredible watch, with either players being capable of winning that and providing the differential. Leaving a quote from the awesome write up by @Joga Bonito on this forum as an ode to the quality of these two juggernauts who will be battling it out the whole game.
MSTQ
We will be playing a 2-3-2-3 formation more commolnly known as a WW in order to have more numbers centrally to deal with what we anticipate being our opponents narrow approach while keeping our strength on the flanks. While more known as an old formation, journalist and author Jonathan Wilson who wrote about the history of tactics in his 2008 book "Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics" argues in a 2010 article that the formation has experienced a resurgence being used both by Mexico and Pep Guardiola's Barcelona (link: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/oct/26/the-question-barcelona-reinventing-w-w). According to Wilson some of the benefits of this formation is that it has interlocking triangles which offer simpler options for passing and its an easy formation to build out of the back with. One element that both the original WW and the modern version have in common is that on the flanks one player stays wide while the other player cuts inside into more central area's (In the original the wingbacks were inverted while the wingers stayed wide while in the more recent version the wingbacks stayed wide while the wingers cut inside). Our team will be using a combination of these two approaches. On the lefthand side Breitner will be cutting inside while Gento will stay wide. On the right hand side however, Zanetti and Figo will alternate which of them will cut inside and which of them will stay wide. Breitner and Zanetti's experience as both fullbacks and midfielders will enable them to fulfill their roles while Figo was known to be able to both stay wide and cut inside. Voronin's experience as both a DM and a CB will enable hin to fulfill his centre half role which in both versions of the WW have elements of both a DM and a CB.