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Indnyc Tactics and Formation:
Formation: 4-3-3/4-5-1
Tactics: Attack, Attack, Attack!!! Play the United way with fast paced wingers and stretch the pitch
Attack
The Holy Trinity and Giggs are up there with the best attacks of all time. No matter the defense, we can expect them to create chances and score. I thought about adding Henry there but stuck with Giggs because he provides genuine width which is very important for the style of football we are playing.
Midfield
Keane and Edwards form a fantastic double pivot in the defensive phase of the game. Additionally, Charlton will drop in deep and is expected to play a significant role in the midfield battle. Charlton would also "defend from the front" in stopping Beckenbauer from dictating too much from the back.
I don't want Charlton to man mark Beckenbauer but he is tasked with limiting Beckenbauers influence
Defence :
Maldini, McGrath and Fillol form a strong core. Santos and Cafu are two of the greatest of all times and will help in stretching the pitch and be a strong presence in the defensive phase of the game.
The presence of Cafu allows Best to play a more free role and roam around the final 3rd
Sir Stanley Matthews and Rivaldo are significant wide threats and arguably the up there with the greatest of all time. The only way to slow them are having players like Maldini and Cafu who can match them for pace and trickery.
The biggest strength for the opposition is Gerd Muller for whom i need two intelligent and tough defenders. Maldini and McGrath will be a strong presence here.
Specific Strategy for the Match
- Double team the flanks whenever possible - With Giggs/Charlton/Santos on the left side against either Andrade or Amoros and whatever support Sir Stanley will provide, our team will look to create spaces on that side. Similarly, Best and Cafu against Carlos or Amoros is going to be a good opportunity for us to create space especially as Rivaldo isn't known for his defensive skills
- Play high energy football typical of the English game and give the opposition very little time on the ball. Keane, Edwards and McGrath will look to release the ball quickly and will look for long passes bypassing the midfield to Giggs and Best and try isolating the opposition fullbacks
1) Great attack - Best, Charlton, Law, Giggs is a breath taking front 4 who will score against the best of defenses.
2) Better fullbacks to deal with the opposition wide threats of Sir Stanley and Rivaldo. Santos and Cafu are the greatest of all time in their positions. Defensively strong and can support an attack. Don't think it can get better than Cafu - Best flank
3) Hard working team with similar playing styles - I genuinely wanted to play Henry over Giggs but while Henry adds the Goal Scoring i lose a bit on the hard working nature of Giggs. My entire team is filled with players who will work hard across the pitch and have a similar playing style.
Skizzo/Pat_Mustard Tactics and Formation:
Formation: 4-3-3
We line up in a 4-3-3 formation featuring our new(ish) recruits, Dutch colossus Jaap Stam and evergreen dribbling legend Stanley Matthews. Franz Beckenbauer remains our star turn. Playing in a familiar setup and reunited with his greatest partner in crime Gerd Muller, we hope Beckenbauer will prove to be the decisive influence in this match.
Defence:
One of the very greatest goalkeepers ever in Peter Schmeichel is our last line of defence. Ahead of him, Beckenbauer marshals the defence, and the team as a whole, from his favoured RCB/libero position. Beckenbauer was simply the master of providing the ‘plus one’ in every area of the pitch as he strode forward, whilst maintaining a near sixth-sense in terms of fulfilling his defensive responsibilities. Jaap Stam slots in for Desailly as Der Kaiser's CB partner. Fast and supremely strong, Stam would figure highly in a list of ideal Beckenbauer foils, and he'll be invaluable in defending against Gullit's aerial threat. Flanking Beckenbauer at right back is one of the great defensive FBs in Victor Andrade. For anyone hoping to get a handle on Andrade Jr, this match vs Hungary is required viewing. He looks a player ahead of his time, both an athletic phenom and a wonderfully composed footballer. Tellingly, that superb Hungary team only edged past Andrade’s Uruguay after Andrade went off injured and the shackles were finally released from the great Zoltan Czibor. This is a familiar defensive structure for Beckenbauer, who once again finds himself flanked on the right by a defensive full back and partnered in central defence by an athletically-privileged and resolute stopper, with a buccaneering left back completing the defence. In this latter role Roberto Carlos provides a dynamic two-way flank presence, and he'll reprise his successful link-up for Brazil with Rivaldo and free up his countryman to wreak havoc in the inside channels.
Central Midfield:
The addition of Stam finally allows us to restore Marcel Desailly to his peak position. As great a CB as he was, he spent most of his monstrous peak at DM and is arguably the greatest ball-winner and pure defensive shield of all-time in that position. Partnering him is box to box hurricane Johan Neeskens. It’s the Beckenbauer/Neeskens link up that excites us most about our team, with their shared ability to defend to all-time great levels, before transitioning with dizzying technical ability and dynamism. After missing out on him during the initial drafting, we've finally landed Michael Laudrup, and with him the top-notch creativity and playmaking presence that we wanted to knit together our offence.
Attack:
The greatest big-match goalscorer of all-time spearheads our attack, and Muller will relish reuniting with his general Beckenbauer. He scarcely needed more than a half-chance to decide a match, but serviced by Rivaldo, Laudrup and Matthews he looks good value to score at least once. Rivaldo is restored to our lineup as a left-sided forward. He'll be in his element here playing off Muller, with Roberto Carlos providing the width in the outside left channel, and adds considerable reserves of flair, big match steel and goalscoring presence to the attack here. On the right wing, Stanley Matthews provides first-rate orthodox wing play. Capable of leaving Nilton Santos with twisted blood when he was 41 years old, we're interested to see whether Indy risks reprising that duel by fielding Nilton here, or whether he'll be forced to weaken his central defence by moving Maldini out to face Matthews.
But that side could play some better football with a masterful passer like Laudrup, Xavi, Scholes etc. I don't see this outrageous passing ability, which could have helped the side. Again not a weakness, just that it could have been a bit better in the composition and why I think McGrath is not a "great" fit to maximize the potential of the teammates, albeit not a bad one either.