DSG
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Was thinking about this recently and had a hard time with a few of the slots. Ground rules are that you can’t field 3 attacking midfielders as your 3… you need balance. It would be a team that a manager would actually pick.
I chose 4-2-3-1.
Buffon
Lahm. Beckenbaur. Maldini. Roberto Carlos
Mattheus. Zidane
Messi. Maradona. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Notables left out: Pele, Cruyff, Dani Alves, Yashin, Platini, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Busquets
I think the hardest spot was striker… If you count Pele as a pure no. 9, then he’s obviously the choice, but almost everyone says he’s more a no.10 than a no.9. He was always paired with another striker. So it comes down to Pele, Cruyff and Maradona as your 10s, maybe Platini as well. I think Maradona at his peak was playing in an era where the tackling was brutal, in the toughest league to score, and well, it’s Maradona.
I think Ronaldo is the greatest striker ever, despite him somehow never measuring up to his hype. 3 straight WC finals. Probably inspired the most fear in his opponents. When all is said and done, maybe Haaland or Mbappe will rate ahead of him.
Zidane I feel was more of an 8 than a 10. You could argue that we’d need another holding MF there instead of box-to-box.
I chose 4-2-3-1.
Buffon
Lahm. Beckenbaur. Maldini. Roberto Carlos
Mattheus. Zidane
Messi. Maradona. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Notables left out: Pele, Cruyff, Dani Alves, Yashin, Platini, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Busquets
I think the hardest spot was striker… If you count Pele as a pure no. 9, then he’s obviously the choice, but almost everyone says he’s more a no.10 than a no.9. He was always paired with another striker. So it comes down to Pele, Cruyff and Maradona as your 10s, maybe Platini as well. I think Maradona at his peak was playing in an era where the tackling was brutal, in the toughest league to score, and well, it’s Maradona.
I think Ronaldo is the greatest striker ever, despite him somehow never measuring up to his hype. 3 straight WC finals. Probably inspired the most fear in his opponents. When all is said and done, maybe Haaland or Mbappe will rate ahead of him.
Zidane I feel was more of an 8 than a 10. You could argue that we’d need another holding MF there instead of box-to-box.