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TEAAM ENIGMA
Formation: 5-3-2
Style: Counter attacking
Defence:
Hector Chumpitaz is playing as a sweeper and his ball carrying skills come to the fore. He will carry out the ball from the back and spread passes from deep looking to the wings and initiate moves:
He's flanked by two no nonsense defencers in Godin and Adams, both excellent in the air and commanding CB's tat can stop Riva both on the deck and in the air.
Eric Gerets and Bixente Lizarazu are high flying wing backs that have the lung capacity to man their flanks and keep motoring till the final whistle.
Midfield:
Falcao is a midfield general who will dictate our game from the middle of the park and alongside Tigana they form a formidable partnership capable of slowing down the opposition. Both are comfortable on the ball and can initiate moves whilst also being press resistant.
Ronaldinho will play in the #10 role linking midfield and attack and also finishing moves in the final third.
Attack:
Once labelled a one man attack, Fenomeno is joined by Villa who is also an ambidextrous forward able to fill in many roles. They both are very mobile strikers able to drift wide and pull defenders outside their comfort zone.
And of course finally a joga bonito partnership that always brings excitement to the eye
TEAM SKIZZO
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Picking two full backs first was meant to provide a solid foundation for pretty much every formation, since the majority of them would require solid full backs to provide width and support. Cue Edgar providing me with the formation least reliant on the full back contribution
Defense: The Great Dane Peter Schmeichel goes in goal. The type of keeper you'd want as a last line of defence with someone running through one-on-one. The full backs are, as mentioned, two of the best in terms of a great blend of attacking support, and defensive nous. Both Cafu and Giacinto Facchetti were relied upon by their clubs and countries to often man the flanks on their own. They'd look to balance their output here and provide support, overlap the wingers, and play their game. The center back pairing of Ricardo Carvalho and Oscar Ruggeri would look to balance each other, with Ruggeri's physical style of play complemented by Carvalho's more nuanced reading of the game. Both good in the air and the ground, they'd have their hands full with R9, but with a good mix of physical attributes and intelligence, and support from the rest, they could at least hope to slow him down enough for goals at the other end to make a difference.
Midfield: Edgar Davids and Matthias Sammer form the double pivot, with both being dynamic and all-action. They'd provide a strong defensive spine to allow Gunter Netzer to pull the strings up ahead. With both Davids and Sammer able to get forward and support the attack to overload the defense with runners, and Sammer's tendency to drop deeper throughout a game, we have a good dynamic base to allow Netzer do provide quality to the rest of the attack.
Attack: With Rivaldo on the inside left looking to drift inwards towards goal, and Allan Simonsen always moving and probing around the entire attacking third, we have a good blend of movement and creativity to allow space for Luigi Riva to operate. With all three players able to link up, as well as creating a good balance with the overlapping fullbacks to provide the width and movement to open further channels to work, I feel we have a diverse set of goal threats.
Allan Simonsen - 222 goals in 555 appearances // .4 goals a game. (and a Balon D'or winner)
Rivaldo - 284 in 627 appearances // .45 goals a game (and a Balon D'or winner)
Luigi Riva - 205 in 380 appearances // .53 goals a game
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