........................................ TEAM ONENIL .......................................................................................... TEAM MJJ/VIVA ......................................
Team Onenil
Tactics
Counter-attacking
Attack (Direct)
Suarez-Maradona-Ronaldo
Acceleration, pace, dribbling, technique and je ne sais quoi in abundance.These three can devastate even the best defenses especially on the counter.
Midfield
Breitner*-Kroos-Zizinho
Complete footballers that contribute to every phase of the game. Hard working yet skilled. Intelligent yet passionate. All with a range of passing skills available. All three contribute to solid defense and also attack. Breitner will be moving in here sparking attacks when Gentile marks out Garrincha. Kroos is instructed to remain positionally sound all throughout and contribute in all phases demonstrating his range of passing skills. Zizinho will dominate his right side half space on both offense and defense feeding Ronaldo and playing off Burgnich. Kroos and Zizinho are tactically aware players with great physicals. They aim to stifle the root of attacks from opponents disrupting their rhythm. Breitner lines up at LB against Garrincha distracting the angel with bent legs with Maoist propaganda and sordid tales of vivacious women at the after-after party.
Defense
Gentile*-Materazzi-Lucio-Burgnich-Handanović
Hard, powerful in the air, dominating in man marking, positionally aware, intelligent, tricky and not afraid of anyone. The key to my defense is the versatility and complementary nature of my players. Gentile and Burgnich are standout man markers and very tough gentlemen. Indeed, Burgnich is one of the best defensive right backs in this draft. Gentile is possibly the best man marker of all time. Gentile man marks Garrincha. Lucio offers aerial skill, positional awareness and passion. Breitner is an iconic World Cup winning left back whose skill set assists the defenders perfectly. Also Handanović is an underrated gem of a keeper of this generation. Serie A keeper of the year in 2011 and 2013 over Buffon, Handanović has kept Inter in a lot of matches in recent years.
Lucio, Gentile, Matarazzi and Burgnich are all historic Serie A masters of the dark arts. All the tricks legal and sometimes less legal will be employed to stifle the opponent’s rhythm and spirit. Lucio can feck with Drogba. Burgnich is the original Rock. Gentile is probably one of the best players of all time to take Garrincha out of the game. Lucio and Materazzi are a vicious tricky pairing.
Width
Because it was brought up with my tactics before I should clarify. In my opinion, asymmetric width can be very successful. My side is set up more to defend the width on one side (Burgnich shutting down that side) while stretching the attack on the other (with Suarez and Breitner). I don’t feel this is weakness because we want to control space and positional play as counter attackers. Zizinho and Burgnich aim to manipulate that space with counter thrusts when needed. Counter attackers can use that extra space and then cut inside still exploiting the flank space. Burgnich can attack down that flank on the counter without needing to overlap with Zizinho, Ronaldo and Maradona for him to provide service.
Opposition Instructions
My opponent has assembled a truly beautiful set of players. They are all phenomenal. However, in an all-time game play situation, I believe my players complement each other’s styles better. Passarella and Scirea are both outstanding but they are very similar in that they are ball playing, like to move into midfield and aren’t the fastest or the most physical. I don’t believe as a pair they are ideal to stopping my combo of Maradona and Ronaldo.
Sagnol was rated for his offensive prowess often playing as a wing-back and known for his crosses. This is not the most optimal support for Garrincha. Garrincha would be better paired with a full back like my own Burgnich.
These are the areas we will attack on the counter. Maradona, Ronaldo and Suarez have insane pace, dribbling and combination play to overwhelm the opposition. We will exploit Sagnol and Cashley’s attacking tendencies. We ruthlessly attack the space around Scirea and Passarella and force them into uncomfortable positions. Maradona is also a historical rival in the dressing room to Passarella. Diego will gain joy from this psychological match-up.
Team MJJ/Viva
General Tactics:
Formation - 4-3-3, a strong back core with two strong defensive minded midfielders to allow Passarella his freedom to run the show from the backline. 3 amazing rapid forwards to lead the line.
Attacking Tactics - It's far from being our only option, but the ability to break fast from the back and reach the final third quickly is our strongest asset. Our front trio's are incredibly fast, talented and good on the ball and they all have an eye for the goal. Garrincha & Best will scorch the wings and create havoc to any full back out there, keep them guessing between their incredible technical abilities wether they are going to cut inside towards the goal or send a lethal through ball to one of the best finishers possible - Denis Law who'll look to find the tight spaces between defenders and use his killer instinct to score goals. When building slowly, we've got Passarella whose one of the best creators from deep as well as Overath to help create chances in the final third if we choose to work it through the middle.
Defensive Tactics - Because our ability to strike fast when we attack, we'll try to soak some pressure and sit rather deep. The defensive combination of Passarella-Ruggeri is so complimentary that we had to leave Scirea on the bench. Ruggeri is the defensive Hulk and is regarded as one of the strongest CBs the game has seen, marshalling Argentina's 1986 defence who had the best defensive record in that years' WC. Passarella needs no introduction, he's regarded as the best CB to ever come from South America and the only weakness he had was his amazing abilities pushing forward which he enjoyed using. To cover for that, we've got Duncan Edwards in defensive midfield, one of the most talented losses of the Busby Babes who died in the Munich Air disaster in 1958. In his 150+ caps for United before his early death, Edwards was renowned for his defensive abilities playing in a role that today would be something between a CB and a DM, and he'll be perfect to help make sure there won't be holes in the defence.
Key Points
Our opponent has an amazing attack as well with Maradona-Ronaldo(and possibly Suarez), we won't deny it and won't try to diminish it. Goals are likely to come in this game for both sides, but we feel our defensive line and shielding from midfield is stronger and moreover our attack will target Burgnich-Marzolini while his attack will target Ruggeri-Passarella-Edwards which will be tougher to break.
Lack of width will cause problems for our opponent, with Burgnich/Marzolini(or Breitner) forced to be very selective of their runs forward, otherwise Garrincha-Best would surely punish. That could be the key factor to decide the match with our team looking to outscore the opposition.[/QUOTE]
I can actually see how Gentile and him would be absolutely fantastic on that left hand side and it would allow him to be the best Breitner he could be, with Gentile pulling a Gentile on Garrincha. 
