Aldo:
The formation has been changed to a 4-3-3 false 9 system.
The defense continues from where it left off with the back four intact as they were, further being drilled on their flexible shape that worked really well. Koeman is the ball playing center back who will lead and organize the defense and let it revolve around him. Montero being the no nonsense stopper applying his physicality to full effect. Bossis and Irwin are the fullbacks, both excellent on the ball and as reliable defensively as they come. It's a highly competent defensive unit led by a multiple European Cup and La Liga winning stalwart in Koeman. Both fullbacks possess excellent tactical awareness and intelligence to make right judgement calls at crucial moments, something that is required where you are a part of a unit and need to stay together. Irwin will provide the width down the left flank often, while Bossis tucks in making it a back 3 with Montero well versed at playing as a left CB and Koeman reigning from the middle.
The midfield sees the return of Pep Guardiola, resuming his golden partnership with Koeman from the days of the Dream Team. Before we go any further, I'd like to clear any misconceptions about Pep defensively, while his strengths lied in being a playmaker and ability on the ball he was nowhere near a liability in defense, just that giving him a huge burden of the defensive duties could hamper his freedom going forward, but when behind the ball he's gonna put a shift that won't go waste. And to give him that freedom, he's flanked by two ruthless combative midfielders in Simeone and Essien. Simeone enters the team to provide incredible steel and bite in midfield, some much needed cuntishness and a tough as nails character who doesn't take a defeat easily. On the other side, Essien while not as fiery as a character was, as he was affectionately called, a bison. Within these two there's a balance of energy, workrate, leadership, tenacity and none of them are any mugs with the ball at feet.
The newest addition in attack is Zibi Boniek, the flying Polish superstar reunited with his partner in crime in Platini. Together these two made one of the best partnerships of the 80s and dominated the league and Europe for a good amount of years. In Boniek, you have a wild card, given how much he can provide to the team in both phases of the play. On the other flank is Cristiano Ronaldo, making it an absolutely lightening quick attack.
Platini as the false 9, as the role suggests, he has the duty of creating and scoring, and not many names to have played the game could have suited that role better. A tremendous hard worker himself, with the freedom to dictate the proceedings, he will be using his world class creativity, vision, dribbling and the knack of scoring at the biggest of stages. To go with all that, he was a great leader and mentally strong and given a setup in which he will flourish, he would lift his teammates and provide the cohesion that makes the unit punch above their weight.
The wide forwards. No gifs needed this time to elaborate on their interchange, as it's not as complicated. Both are well capable of hitting either flank equally hard, so man marking them is out of the question. Both possess electric pace and known to disrupt the opposition defense with their constant movement. Now to discuss where their roles differ, Boniek is the free roaming winger, so to speak who will regularly occupy either flank, stretch the defense while Cristiano would be the one making darting runs towards goal and exploiting the space created by the constant disruption from Boniek and the control of the game shown by Platini. It is no myth that Boniek was capable of making his teammate the top scorer in the league with his final ball and end product and with two devastating predators present in the team, that is what he will do. The chemistry between him and Platini would be vital, and that is exactly where the core of the false 9 role lies. Both of them often found each other, getting on the end of each other's passes and that was because of the fact that both could hurt the opposition equally be it while giving the supply or being at the end of it. That twin motion from that duo something that was highly valuable to that Juve team would be deadly over here and cause a constant threat.
A wise man (Balu) once said, that the way to curb Cristiano Ronaldo is to cut off his supply. That is just not going to happen here. How many players will you stop? The attacks start right at the heart of defense with Koeman, possibly one of the best in the history of the game in playmaking from defense, who will be constantly trying to catch the opposition on quick breaks. The two fullbacks, two highly skilled ball players, with two wide men lurking up the pitch, a sweet early diagonal is always on the cards. If that's not working, we have Pep Guardiola, who mastered in threading the eye of the needle with his inch perfect, perfectly weighed and placed through ball from any range, and with the blistering pace up front waiting latch on to it, one error or a slight delay from a defender and it would be punished. That's not enough? In that case the man who assisted the top scorer in Serie A for a few years running can bring his creative skills into effect in Boniek. And if all that, all that, fails, we look at the man called Michel Platini. This list is certainly not in the order of who will take the responsibility the most, of course Platini will get most the ball and dictate the proceeding, but it shows, how many options there are available all over the pitch for the rest to pick out. Add the constant interchange and movement up front, it's pretty difficult for any defensive unit to stop.
So basically as before, we have given all players the roles which they relish, constructed a balance of players who want to lead and players who want to follow and put out a team that on it's day, can provide some of the most beautiful football you would see.
The formation has been changed to a 4-3-3 false 9 system.
The defense continues from where it left off with the back four intact as they were, further being drilled on their flexible shape that worked really well. Koeman is the ball playing center back who will lead and organize the defense and let it revolve around him. Montero being the no nonsense stopper applying his physicality to full effect. Bossis and Irwin are the fullbacks, both excellent on the ball and as reliable defensively as they come. It's a highly competent defensive unit led by a multiple European Cup and La Liga winning stalwart in Koeman. Both fullbacks possess excellent tactical awareness and intelligence to make right judgement calls at crucial moments, something that is required where you are a part of a unit and need to stay together. Irwin will provide the width down the left flank often, while Bossis tucks in making it a back 3 with Montero well versed at playing as a left CB and Koeman reigning from the middle.
The midfield sees the return of Pep Guardiola, resuming his golden partnership with Koeman from the days of the Dream Team. Before we go any further, I'd like to clear any misconceptions about Pep defensively, while his strengths lied in being a playmaker and ability on the ball he was nowhere near a liability in defense, just that giving him a huge burden of the defensive duties could hamper his freedom going forward, but when behind the ball he's gonna put a shift that won't go waste. And to give him that freedom, he's flanked by two ruthless combative midfielders in Simeone and Essien. Simeone enters the team to provide incredible steel and bite in midfield, some much needed cuntishness and a tough as nails character who doesn't take a defeat easily. On the other side, Essien while not as fiery as a character was, as he was affectionately called, a bison. Within these two there's a balance of energy, workrate, leadership, tenacity and none of them are any mugs with the ball at feet.
The newest addition in attack is Zibi Boniek, the flying Polish superstar reunited with his partner in crime in Platini. Together these two made one of the best partnerships of the 80s and dominated the league and Europe for a good amount of years. In Boniek, you have a wild card, given how much he can provide to the team in both phases of the play. On the other flank is Cristiano Ronaldo, making it an absolutely lightening quick attack.
Platini as the false 9, as the role suggests, he has the duty of creating and scoring, and not many names to have played the game could have suited that role better. A tremendous hard worker himself, with the freedom to dictate the proceedings, he will be using his world class creativity, vision, dribbling and the knack of scoring at the biggest of stages. To go with all that, he was a great leader and mentally strong and given a setup in which he will flourish, he would lift his teammates and provide the cohesion that makes the unit punch above their weight.
The wide forwards. No gifs needed this time to elaborate on their interchange, as it's not as complicated. Both are well capable of hitting either flank equally hard, so man marking them is out of the question. Both possess electric pace and known to disrupt the opposition defense with their constant movement. Now to discuss where their roles differ, Boniek is the free roaming winger, so to speak who will regularly occupy either flank, stretch the defense while Cristiano would be the one making darting runs towards goal and exploiting the space created by the constant disruption from Boniek and the control of the game shown by Platini. It is no myth that Boniek was capable of making his teammate the top scorer in the league with his final ball and end product and with two devastating predators present in the team, that is what he will do. The chemistry between him and Platini would be vital, and that is exactly where the core of the false 9 role lies. Both of them often found each other, getting on the end of each other's passes and that was because of the fact that both could hurt the opposition equally be it while giving the supply or being at the end of it. That twin motion from that duo something that was highly valuable to that Juve team would be deadly over here and cause a constant threat.
A wise man (Balu) once said, that the way to curb Cristiano Ronaldo is to cut off his supply. That is just not going to happen here. How many players will you stop? The attacks start right at the heart of defense with Koeman, possibly one of the best in the history of the game in playmaking from defense, who will be constantly trying to catch the opposition on quick breaks. The two fullbacks, two highly skilled ball players, with two wide men lurking up the pitch, a sweet early diagonal is always on the cards. If that's not working, we have Pep Guardiola, who mastered in threading the eye of the needle with his inch perfect, perfectly weighed and placed through ball from any range, and with the blistering pace up front waiting latch on to it, one error or a slight delay from a defender and it would be punished. That's not enough? In that case the man who assisted the top scorer in Serie A for a few years running can bring his creative skills into effect in Boniek. And if all that, all that, fails, we look at the man called Michel Platini. This list is certainly not in the order of who will take the responsibility the most, of course Platini will get most the ball and dictate the proceeding, but it shows, how many options there are available all over the pitch for the rest to pick out. Add the constant interchange and movement up front, it's pretty difficult for any defensive unit to stop.
So basically as before, we have given all players the roles which they relish, constructed a balance of players who want to lead and players who want to follow and put out a team that on it's day, can provide some of the most beautiful football you would see.
Team Aldo
Vs.
Team Annah
Offense: 4-2-3-1, Direct attacks orchestrated by Maradona
Defense: 4-4-1-1, Low line, 10 outfield players who work hard defensively
Vs.
Team Annah
Offense: 4-2-3-1, Direct attacks orchestrated by Maradona
Defense: 4-4-1-1, Low line, 10 outfield players who work hard defensively
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You can exaggerate all you want, not sure it will do you any favours. Guardiola and Koeman are both comfortable - in fact perfect - for initiating counters from deep. When you push up, which you have to do when you attack, then there aren't too many better to capitalise on that.
