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FCB82 said 03/28, 12:11 PM
Create the best soccer team based on the following rules...

Rules:

1) You may chose only 1 player per country for the list (example: no Pele and Ronaldo)
2) Any era is fine / living or dead
3) Must have primarily played the position you assign (for example, you can't put Beckenbauer as a striker)
4) List your formation

4-4-2 with staggered mids

My team:

G - Lev Yashin (Russia)
LB - Elias Figueroa (Chile)
CB - Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
CB - Franco Baresi (Italy)
RB - Jaap Stam (Denmark)
LM - George Best (Northern Ireland)
CDM - Bobby Charlton (England)
CAM - Diego Maradona (Argentina)
RM - Michel Platini (France)
ST - Pele (Brazil)
ST - Johann Cruijff (Netherlands)

Not much to argue as I don't know what I'm going up against so I'll simply discuss my reasoning behind some players left out.

England: had to go with Sir Bobby over Moore and Banks
France: Zidane is a close second to Platini in my books
Germany: Beckenbauer is my favourite player & Klinsmann & Mueller are all second choices
Denmark: Sorry Schmeichel, Yashin is just better.
Netherlands: van Nistelrooy and van Basten are second class to Cruijff
Italy: Faschetti was 2nd choice to Baresi

More to come

FCB82 said 03/28, 03:10 PM
My bad on Stam. If you allow me to change it I will choose:

Rafael Marquez from Mexico / Spain.

Schmeichel vs. Yashin

I stated above that Yashin is better than the Great Dane but allow me to explain why Yashin is better. First, the trophy awarded to best keeper is called the Lev Yashin award because he is the best.

Proof: Yashin was awarded the European Footballer of the Year Award in 1963. This award is usually granted to strikers and midfielders. Aside from Oliver Kahn NO other keeper has won this award. FIFA granted Yashin the title of Greatest Keeper of the century--not Schmeichel.The number 1 keeper in the world is Yashin.

Cruijff DID play wing but not half as much as striker. He is KNOWN for being a striker like Jordan is KNOWN for being # 23 so that kind of breaks my rule too. Plus, he is more effective as a striker than Sanchez. Cruijff is considered by the best soccer players in the world to be the greatest striker in the world... even more so than Pele. He was voted as footballer of the century by FIFA.He was European footballer of the year 3 times--to Sanchez ' 0. This awards were his STRIKER, not WING awards.

FCB82 said 03/28, 03:54 PM
Cruijff is a striker first and foremost man. Check his listings. He wreaked havoc in the World Cup as a striker.

So you admit Gk defeat--excellent.

Bobby Moore beats Baresi? How so? Baresi is considered by many to be the greatest defender of all time. He was an anchor in the walled defence of AC Milan in the early 90s. Moore is considered the best in England simply because he was part of the '66 England squad that won the WC. That's a fantastic accomplishment but certainly a TEAM and not an individual effort. England hangs on to the Booby Moore days because they have no WC. Italy is known to have the best defenders in the world and to be considered the best in Italy is something special.

Marquez vs. Maldini

Backs are backs when when it comes to positioning. For example, Maldini is a CB and an LB but never a RB as you have him so don't be so hard on this. Marquez has nowhere to go with up in his career as he is still playing. He plays in Barca which is one of the best teams in Europe.