....................................................................................TEAM SINISTER .......................................................................................................................................TEAM MICKEY7 .....................................................
TEAM SINISTER
At Goal we have one of the greatest goalkeeper of all time, an all conquering captain of the team in Iker Casillas, with a back three consisting of the greatest center back to come out of South America in Elias Figuerao, who is arguably the best complete defender, the Spanish Beckenbauer in J. Pirri and the Ballon Dor candidate and arguably the greatest defender in the English Premier League era in Virgil van Dijk. Flanked by two world class full backs in Ashley Cole and D. Santos. A well balanced and defensively secured midfield of the arguably the greatest destroyer of all time, a man who has a position named for him in C. Makelele, an outstanding complete midfielder in J. Kimmich and a central midfield playmaker who was both a creative force and an excellent metronome who knew how to tackle well in Didi. We have upfront a free moving second striker in one of the fastest, outstanding passer of the ball and a creator par excellent who can also score goals from the distance or by dribbling past whole defense in Kaka and the greatest striker to play in England, one of the most complete and clean finisher of all time in J. Greaves, who was as good a fox in the box as he with his individual goals.
Since the formation I was given was 3-5-2, meaning i had to sacrifice the goat winger partnership of Robbery, but no worries, I have come up with a side which is exceptional in defensive phase, but also have a creative hub with two absolute elite class attackers upfront.
TEAM MICKEY7
My team will be playing a 4-3-3 formation. As I feel like most of my players are relatively well known I will discuss a couple of our less known players before discussing in general terms what I think our strengths as a team are.
Firstly our Left Back Rafael Gordillo has 75 Spanish caps and finished 15th in France Football's Football Player of the Century, which was voted on by 30 players who won the Ballon d'Or between 1956 and 1999 (excluding Best, Matthews, Sivori and Yashin). He was according to the Spanish magazine Don Balon the best Spanish player in the 1979-80 season. Gordillo was equally comfortable both as a wingback and a midfielder. Spanish journalist Alfredo Relaño described Gordillo's style of play as follows:
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On winning the Ballon d'Or in 1987, Ruud Gullit said:
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This could be just Gullit being humble but even if so it is interesting that Gullit chose Gordillo over the likes of Platini, Boniek, Matthaus, and Baresi among others.
In the following clip, former Liverpool and Scotland defender Steve Nicol answers Gordillo to a question on the greatest opponent he has faced.
Secondly, Miodrag Belodedici was the first player to win the European Cup with two different clubs and was an important player on both occasions that the European Cup/Champions League was won by an Eastern European club. In this post @Enigma_87 describes Belodedici as both a defensive organizer and a playmaker from deep.
Team Strengths
- The attacking strength of our left flank of Gordillo and Czibor will be very difficult for Djalma/Kimmich to deal with
- The proven combination of Platini and Boniek
- Our midfield 3 with Voronin the organiser at the base of midfield, Tardelli as a defensive box to box midfielder and Platini who can both be a playmaker from deep and arrive late in the opponent's area