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Physiocrat's write up:
Tactics are basically the same as in this game.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-daredevil-draft-r1-physiocrat-vs-michaelf.457693/
Engima has a tiny defence. Brehme is 5ft 9in, Vogts is 5ft 6in, Chumpitaz 5ft 7in and Guarneri just under 6ft (he could drop Chumpitaz for extra height but that would give him the equivalent ability on the ball as Smalling and Bailly at CB). Crosses from Best, Nedved, Figo and Gerets plus free kicks from Schuster will be aimed at the Heading Monster.
Horst Hrubesch at 6ft 2in was known as the “Heading Monster”. Out of 136 goals he scored in the Bundesliga he scored 81 with his head – he was the target of all of Kaltz’s crosses (at Hamburg he scored 65 goals in 95 games at his peak between 1979 and 1982). He had an excellent leap and heading ability but also provided great hold up play and decent link-up play which will bring the rest of the team into play. He also scored West Germany’s winning goal in the 1980 Euros Final against Belgium.
This is a nice little interview with him.
Lateness defined Horst Hrubesch's career. At 23 he was still plying his trade on the lower rungs of the German football ladder; six years later, however, he was spearheading the national team's attack at the 1980 UEFA European Championship in Italy – after an inevitably last-minute call-up.
His place in the 1980 EURO final against Belgium was in doubt after he failed to score during the group stage, but West Germany coach Jupp Derwall "made the right choice" and retained the burly forward. Hrubesch responded with two goals, including the last-gasp winner. He recalls a memorable summer.
Being the 'Header Monster'...
I was given that nickname by a coach at [Rot-Weiss] Essen. I have always tried to play in as simple a way as possible and, of course, making the most of my abilities. I had a good leap and my timing was decent as well. I played in the Bundesliga for eight years and scored 136 goals; out of those, 81 were scored with my head.
His call-up after Klaus Fischer broke a leg...
I remember getting the call [to say I was in the squad] from Jupp Derwall: it was a highlight of my career. I could have been picked anyway but it is likely I would not have played any games. Even before the European Championship there was a match in Hanover against France that I didn't play in, so everything really happened so fast in the end. I have always started a bit late. I was 23 when I played my first Bundesliga match and then 28 when I played my first international.
I don't know if I would say I was the obvious replacement for Fischer, but I was a natural substitute due to the system at that time. We played a central striker with Klaus Allofs and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge just behind, both very offensive players; you could say the same about our midfield with Bernd Schuster and Hansi Müller. We were very offensive also with full-backs Manfred Kaltz and Hans-Peter Briegel. It was a very offensive team.
Finding his place in a strong lineup...
I wouldn't say we were expected to bring home the title, but we had a good side, one of the best in Europe. We were always capable of dominating the tournament. It was a team that was strong in every position but it was also a team where the players fit together and we played some beautiful football. I didn't really have any problems [settling in]. My co-operation with Kaltz was known from Hamburger SV and Rummenigge was capable of playing with anybody; Hansi Müller and Schuster, the two playmakers, were both geniuses. It was quite simple for me.
Beating the Netherlands 3-2 in the group stage...
We played very well for 70 or 80 minutes. We were leading 3-0 and then they scored two goals. The trio of Bernd Schuster, Hansi Müller and Rummenigge worked very well and Klaus Allofs scored three goals. I did my job and that was a thing that characterised the team. We all worked for each other and we all ran for each other: it was not important whether Allofs or Hrubesch scored the goals. You also saw that in our play in general. We didn't really have one player we depended on – we were good as a team and we managed to dominate that way.
The final...
[My place] was in danger. I had played three matches without scoring and if Derwall hadn't selected me, I couldn't have argued. But looking back, he made the right choice. I recall the opener very well. The Belgians were attacking but before they reached our area, Bernd Schuster broke up the move and started a very direct attack with one or two passes. He played it into my path. It all fitted so well. I scored and it was 1-0; for once with the foot and not the head.
In the second half we definitely saw Belgium's class and they deserved to equalise [on 75 minutes]. We wouldn't have made it in extra time because it would have been too much. It was very hot that day and I recall being so tired after the game that it was hard to lift the trophy. My second goal came from a Karl-Heinz Rummenigge corner on the left. Like all our corners, it was prepared – Rummenigge gave me the signal – and [goalkeeper] Jean-Marie Pfaff made the mistake of staying on his line. I was able to jump high and due to his movement I had no problem placing the ball in the net.
His place in the 1980 EURO final against Belgium was in doubt after he failed to score during the group stage, but West Germany coach Jupp Derwall "made the right choice" and retained the burly forward. Hrubesch responded with two goals, including the last-gasp winner. He recalls a memorable summer.
Being the 'Header Monster'...
I was given that nickname by a coach at [Rot-Weiss] Essen. I have always tried to play in as simple a way as possible and, of course, making the most of my abilities. I had a good leap and my timing was decent as well. I played in the Bundesliga for eight years and scored 136 goals; out of those, 81 were scored with my head.
His call-up after Klaus Fischer broke a leg...
I remember getting the call [to say I was in the squad] from Jupp Derwall: it was a highlight of my career. I could have been picked anyway but it is likely I would not have played any games. Even before the European Championship there was a match in Hanover against France that I didn't play in, so everything really happened so fast in the end. I have always started a bit late. I was 23 when I played my first Bundesliga match and then 28 when I played my first international.
I don't know if I would say I was the obvious replacement for Fischer, but I was a natural substitute due to the system at that time. We played a central striker with Klaus Allofs and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge just behind, both very offensive players; you could say the same about our midfield with Bernd Schuster and Hansi Müller. We were very offensive also with full-backs Manfred Kaltz and Hans-Peter Briegel. It was a very offensive team.
Finding his place in a strong lineup...
I wouldn't say we were expected to bring home the title, but we had a good side, one of the best in Europe. We were always capable of dominating the tournament. It was a team that was strong in every position but it was also a team where the players fit together and we played some beautiful football. I didn't really have any problems [settling in]. My co-operation with Kaltz was known from Hamburger SV and Rummenigge was capable of playing with anybody; Hansi Müller and Schuster, the two playmakers, were both geniuses. It was quite simple for me.
Beating the Netherlands 3-2 in the group stage...
We played very well for 70 or 80 minutes. We were leading 3-0 and then they scored two goals. The trio of Bernd Schuster, Hansi Müller and Rummenigge worked very well and Klaus Allofs scored three goals. I did my job and that was a thing that characterised the team. We all worked for each other and we all ran for each other: it was not important whether Allofs or Hrubesch scored the goals. You also saw that in our play in general. We didn't really have one player we depended on – we were good as a team and we managed to dominate that way.
The final...
[My place] was in danger. I had played three matches without scoring and if Derwall hadn't selected me, I couldn't have argued. But looking back, he made the right choice. I recall the opener very well. The Belgians were attacking but before they reached our area, Bernd Schuster broke up the move and started a very direct attack with one or two passes. He played it into my path. It all fitted so well. I scored and it was 1-0; for once with the foot and not the head.
In the second half we definitely saw Belgium's class and they deserved to equalise [on 75 minutes]. We wouldn't have made it in extra time because it would have been too much. It was very hot that day and I recall being so tired after the game that it was hard to lift the trophy. My second goal came from a Karl-Heinz Rummenigge corner on the left. Like all our corners, it was prepared – Rummenigge gave me the signal – and [goalkeeper] Jean-Marie Pfaff made the mistake of staying on his line. I was able to jump high and due to his movement I had no problem placing the ball in the net.
Cristiano Zanetti comes into replace Zito. A combative player with defensive nous and a rather good passer from deep. He was also good in tight spaces and relatively press resistant. He was very much a team player and will provide a platform for Schuster and Nedved to perform.
Here’s an article crediting him with fixing Juve’s midfield in ’09.
We had a lot of injuries last season, and they definitely hurt our campaign. Buffon, Trezeguet, Camoranesi, etc, all fundamental players who were sidelined for months. So were bit-part players like Zebina, He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, Cristiano Zanetti, De Ceglie, etc. For me, C. Zanetti deserves to be in the first column. There’s no doubt in my mind that he was the most missed player this season.
In the wake of Calciopoli, Juve signed two excellent players on free transfers: Marco Marchionni and Cristiano Zanetti, two signings that proved Moggi’s ability to get it done. For both, their spells at Juventus have been a drop in the limelight, but for different reasons. From his humble origins in Carrara, the same down in which teammate Gianluigi Buffon grew up, Zanetti has tracked all across Italy, a journeyman midfielder. After leaving Fiorentina, he was at 5 clubs in 6 years, from Reggina in Reggio Calabria, to Rome with AS Roma, Inter in Milan, and Cagliari in Sardinia. Finally he settled down at Inter for a 2nd spell where he would be for 5 years (one of many Roma players signed by Inter over the last decade) successfully fighting it out in the Nerazzurri midfield. At this time, he was in the Italy squad, having gone to WC2002 in Japan/Korea and then Euro2004.
As his contract with Inter ran out in 2006, Zanetti had a choice. I don’t remember if Inter offered him a new one, but he wasn’t a fundamental player there anymore and it was time for him to move on. Having playing for Fiorentina, Roma, and Inter, he made a very difficult choice to move to Juve. We payed him well, as the last post confirms he has a solid salary, but this was still moving from Inter theChampions 3rd-place team in Serie A to Serie B, with an unsure future. It could have been two years in Serie B with the points penalties we initially had. But Cristiano took the dive, and joined the team to fight for the Cadetti.
In the return season in Serie A, Cristiano Zanetti was without question the most important player in the team. Since our relegation, our midfield has been that piece of the puzzle we haven’t been able to figure out. Giannichedda wasn’t it, and neither were Tiago, Almiron, or Nocerino. Sissoko eventually claimed a spot in midfield with his arrival, but Cristiano Zanetti proved his importance to the team by winning a starting shirt all season under the Tinkerman, despite starting as a reserve. Zanetti was that defensive-midfielder that Ranieri liked, but more importantly he had excellent passing skills and really turned out to be an excellent, if improvised regista. He controlled the midfield excellently, if you look at the Del Piero capocannoniere video, there’s at least 4-5 assists directly from Zanetti where he excellently played a through ball or a longball perfectly to Del Piero.
We missed his controlling influence and his passing badly last season, a lost season for him due to repeated thigh strains. The midfielders who took his place, Marchisio and Sissoko had good seasons respectively but neither provided the passing that was so desperately needed. Though Bayern Munich was interested in him last summer, he chose to stay. And this season, with only 1 year left on his contract, he could easily leave for a cheap sum as well, but he has said he wants to stay and fight in gratitude to the fans. “I still have a year of contract and I want to repay the affection of the fans,” declared the Italian veteran to tuttomercatoweb.com. “They were close to me even in the most difficult moments during my injury.” Zanetti has proven himself to the fans both on a sporting level and his personality; humble and unselfish.
The positive of Cristiano’s injury was it opened a place for Marchisio to beat Tiago for a starting shirt. Would Marchisio had as much playing time if Zanetti had remained healthy? Probably not. One year later, he’s a little bit older and while he may not be a starter or in the form he was in the return to Serie A, Cristiano Zanetti will be an important part of our midfield if we plan to win any silverware. His committment and loyalty to the Vecchia Signora is beyond question and he is one ex-Interista who has completely won my heart. Forza Zanetti!
In the wake of Calciopoli, Juve signed two excellent players on free transfers: Marco Marchionni and Cristiano Zanetti, two signings that proved Moggi’s ability to get it done. For both, their spells at Juventus have been a drop in the limelight, but for different reasons. From his humble origins in Carrara, the same down in which teammate Gianluigi Buffon grew up, Zanetti has tracked all across Italy, a journeyman midfielder. After leaving Fiorentina, he was at 5 clubs in 6 years, from Reggina in Reggio Calabria, to Rome with AS Roma, Inter in Milan, and Cagliari in Sardinia. Finally he settled down at Inter for a 2nd spell where he would be for 5 years (one of many Roma players signed by Inter over the last decade) successfully fighting it out in the Nerazzurri midfield. At this time, he was in the Italy squad, having gone to WC2002 in Japan/Korea and then Euro2004.
As his contract with Inter ran out in 2006, Zanetti had a choice. I don’t remember if Inter offered him a new one, but he wasn’t a fundamental player there anymore and it was time for him to move on. Having playing for Fiorentina, Roma, and Inter, he made a very difficult choice to move to Juve. We payed him well, as the last post confirms he has a solid salary, but this was still moving from Inter the
In the return season in Serie A, Cristiano Zanetti was without question the most important player in the team. Since our relegation, our midfield has been that piece of the puzzle we haven’t been able to figure out. Giannichedda wasn’t it, and neither were Tiago, Almiron, or Nocerino. Sissoko eventually claimed a spot in midfield with his arrival, but Cristiano Zanetti proved his importance to the team by winning a starting shirt all season under the Tinkerman, despite starting as a reserve. Zanetti was that defensive-midfielder that Ranieri liked, but more importantly he had excellent passing skills and really turned out to be an excellent, if improvised regista. He controlled the midfield excellently, if you look at the Del Piero capocannoniere video, there’s at least 4-5 assists directly from Zanetti where he excellently played a through ball or a longball perfectly to Del Piero.
We missed his controlling influence and his passing badly last season, a lost season for him due to repeated thigh strains. The midfielders who took his place, Marchisio and Sissoko had good seasons respectively but neither provided the passing that was so desperately needed. Though Bayern Munich was interested in him last summer, he chose to stay. And this season, with only 1 year left on his contract, he could easily leave for a cheap sum as well, but he has said he wants to stay and fight in gratitude to the fans. “I still have a year of contract and I want to repay the affection of the fans,” declared the Italian veteran to tuttomercatoweb.com. “They were close to me even in the most difficult moments during my injury.” Zanetti has proven himself to the fans both on a sporting level and his personality; humble and unselfish.
The positive of Cristiano’s injury was it opened a place for Marchisio to beat Tiago for a starting shirt. Would Marchisio had as much playing time if Zanetti had remained healthy? Probably not. One year later, he’s a little bit older and while he may not be a starter or in the form he was in the return to Serie A, Cristiano Zanetti will be an important part of our midfield if we plan to win any silverware. His committment and loyalty to the Vecchia Signora is beyond question and he is one ex-Interista who has completely won my heart. Forza Zanetti!
Here’s a nice all-touch (ish) compilation that show cases his tackling and passing.
He also scored an absolute peach against the Dipper.
https://footballia.net/players/cristiano-zanetti
(click on the goals tab)
Enigma's write up:
Formation: 4-3-3, balanced defensive line.
DEFENCE:
World class full backs in Brehme and Vogts, balanced CB's in Adams/Guarneri fit for the opposition attackers in terms of style. Brehme - in more attacking, natural role, allowing Rensenbrink to cut in. Vogts will be in a more balanced role, shutting down the opposition winger and assisting in attack.
MIDFIELD:
Rijkaard provides GOAT protection of our back 4. Van Hanegem as a natural B2B, assisting Kopa in the playmaking department. Kopa - closer to the final third assuming the AM spot.
ATTACK:
Rensenbrink, Karpin and Puskas - trio capable of great off the ball movement, dribbling ability and one of the best finishers ever - Puskas feeded by creative force - Hanegem/Kopa.
New faces:
Guarneri was a key player for Grande Inter team that won 3 Scudetto, 2 EC and 2 Interncontinental cups. He had great success playing for Italy too in the 68 EURO winning it with a key role in 6 appearances through the qualifiers and final stages. Guarneri had a good technique than his more aggressive partner Burgnich in the stopper role(both were good foils to Picchi who notoriously wasn't great in the air), but upon his signing for Inter he was switched to the centre, using his speed, positioning and tremendous aerial ability to stop whichever forwards he faced.
Guarneri is a good foil to Adams as we have two very physical CB's that also excel in the air and counter well Hrubesch strength.
Valeri Karpin - Karpin was a part of the great Celta teams of the 90's that featured also Mostovoi, Salgado, Mazinho and Makelele, that narrowly escaped relegation the year before he joined. However with him in the starting lineup they became a top side that consistently finished in top spots, qualifying for European football in every consecutive season. Karpin then joined Real Sociedad side that finished second in 2002/03 just 2 points off Real Madrid. Karpin was a cool midfielder, very modern for that time, aggressive. Karpin performed a huge amount of work in midfield and had a excellent pass, vision and will to win. He was also a prominent figure in the NT, playing in 2 World Cups and 1 EURO.
The new addition Karpin provides flank width, work rate with his ability to help the midfield and also an extra graft and grit in the midfield battle.
