His Chelsea did so well, broke many goals record and had good competition with us.
Zidane (Juventus)? Carlo didn't do that well with Juve. I wouldn't include Zidane nor Neuer. Bayern players revolt wanted him out.
Otherwise it's a fair go of a tough selections.
Not including Zidane would be criminal, it's when he was at the peak of his powers. They narrowly missed out on the title a couple of times and Carlo bit the bullet. Despite the revolt I can't remember Neuer completely losing the plot.His Chelsea did so well, broke many goals record and had good competition with us.
Zidane (Juventus)? Carlo didn't do that well with Juve. I wouldn't include Zidane nor Neuer. Bayern players revolt wanted him out.
Otherwise it's a fair go of a tough selections.
Can't remember Drogba ever been seen as a weak link, even when he wasn't scoring at a great rate, his all round contribution was amazing. Jose's dream striker. iirc it was always thought that Shevchenko was a Abromovic signing rather than a Jose one.
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Capello
Buffon
Cafu Costacurta Baresi Maldini
Rijkaard Desailly Redondo
Gullit Nedved
Van Basten
At Porto his main players were Fernando Couto, Vitor Baía, Aloisio, Kostadinov, Domingos or Drulovic.
Trap's side is missing Brehme, one of Bergomi and Kohler needs to go. I'm also not quite sure either of them should make the team in the first place, or Passarella for that matter. Gentile or Ferri might have a better claim. I'm also not convinced about 3 CBs
It’s between Trap and Cap for me.
Trapattoni
Zoff
Kohler Scirea Passarella
Bergomi Matthaus Tardelli Cabrini
Platini
Batistuta Baggio
More of an old school 5-3-2 which is probably quite fitting. Could throw in Gentile and Boniek to remake existing partnerships with Scirea and Platini respectively.
Capello
Buffon
Cafu Costacurta Baresi Maldini
Rijkaard Desailly Redondo
Gullit Nedved
Van Basten
Could ‘upgrade’ Costacurta with Hierro, Thuram or Cannavaro, but the latter two were ageing and the partnership is gold dust.
Probably Capello - too solid all round.
Just, No. None of the dutch players make sense, first of all they sucked under him. And second, he managed better players than most of them at barcelona anyways. Iniesta was Deco's backup. Abidal iirc was only there for his last season, where they sucked and he basically wasn't even their manager anymore
Netherlands was very good at Euro 2000. They beat eventual winners France in the group stage, and they dominated Italy in the semifinal, only losing on penalties.
Ah you're right. For some reason i remembered hiddink being neteherlands manager in 2000 and rijkaard being the one who failed to qualify for the WC in 2002
But he was in the previous seasons and Deco was better for Rijkaard than Iniesta. Or at least he was just good for longer, and in winning teams. Still: VVD-Puyol-Stam-Marquez-Giovanni-Davids-Xavi-Deco-Messi-Eto'o-Dinho
Good team, but IMO, Woodyinho is a must for Klopp, probably over Mané.
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Yea, never forgive Mhiki for missing those countless chances. Reus is the best attacker Klopp has ever had, better than Salah, Lewandowski, Aubamayeng, Coutinho etc. On the level of Robben when in peak form (in the season you mentioned), and one the tier below Messi and Ronaldo.
They would indeed be able to compete against anyone. However, Salah is a much better footballer than Mane. Mane isn't very consistent, and has never had more than 13 goals in a league season. I'll admit that Salah hasn't started this season well, but he still strikes me as a much more dangerous player than Mane.Jurgen Klopp
Alisson
Piszczek Van Dijk Hummels Schmelzer
Gundogan Milner
Mane Gotze Reus
Lewandowski
Not as many shiny names as the others have, but I still believe this side would be competitive against almost any side out there. Klopp is king in turning his sides into the ultimate game raisers.
Reus Gotze Lewandowski combination in 2013 was a stuff of dreams, add Mane who can hurt any side with his pace and pressing.
The best part of that side is the midfield though, Milner of 2018 and Gundogan of 2012 is pretty much the perfect pressing double pivot. Just endless energy to harass the opponent and quick transitions to the forwards.
CB and RB is pretty good, weak spot is LB and GK, which have been weak spots for years for both Dortmund and Liverpool
It's got to be a back 3 with Trap IMO given the success he had with it in Turin and Milan. The only problem is finding a RWB better than Reuter or a more defensive type like Bergomi. You're right about Brehme, I'd got my timeline mixed up there. I'm not sold on the defence as you can take the decision to build round Scirea rather than combine him with Passarella in a 3. In the modern game though I think they'd both play alongside a man-marker. Kohler is a must - he was at the peak of his powers for Juve around 1992. If it's about the best fits in a zona mista, I'd go for:
Not sure you can suggest Savicevic on one hand while saying Gullit shouldn't be there given his personal relationship with the player.
Incredible player obviously, but in and out the team a lot and he was never the centrepiece of Capello's 4-4-2.Capello said:
Savicevic was better for Capello than Gullit(also he had more rows with Savicevic but never as bad as with Gullit). Albertini was the brain of his milan sides, far better and much more important to the team than Desailly. Boban was a better player too. Totti as i said was the second best player he's ever managed(under him).
Not sure you can suggest Savicevic on one hand while saying Gullit shouldn't be there given his personal relationship with the player.
Incredible player obviously, but in and out the team a lot and he was never the centrepiece of Capello's 4-4-2.
Disagree on Desailly, especially if you're suggesting Albertini and Boban who were pretty powderpuff in comparison. I think he's one of the more straightforward picks to be honest.
A lot of options with a Capello team, particularly in the attack and you could easily sub out Nedved/Gullit for Raul/Totti for instance. I thought about Raul who would be really tasty in that inside-left channel in his 96/97 form. Would form a great partnership with Van Basten (which is the advantage with Gullit to be fair).
Which Alonso is that, Xabi? They won one title together in 3 seasons and the 3rd season was calamitous. and surely Makelele would be in there.
That Trap side is insaneIt's got to be a back 3 with Trap IMO given the success he had with it in Turin and Milan. The only problem is finding a RWB better than Reuter or a more defensive type like Bergomi. You're right about Brehme, I'd got my timeline mixed up there. I'm not sold on the defence as you can take the decision to build round Scirea rather than combine him with Passarella in a 3. In the modern game though I think they'd both play alongside a man-marker. Kohler is a must - he was at the peak of his powers for Juve around 1992. If it's about the best fits in a zona mista, I'd go for:
