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Team REDTIGER
Team Roles
Samir Handanović - Goalkeeper
Claudio Gentile -CB
Jaap Stam - CB
Fernando Rendono - DM
Jean Tigana - Defensive B2B
Clarence Seedorf - Attacking B2B
Jose Antonio Camacho - LB
Orvar Bergmark - RB
Paulo Futre - LW
Gabriel Batistuta - CF
Luis Enrique - RW
Subs - Stuart Pearce, feliciano rivilla, Thomas Helveg
I shall be playing a direct 4-3-3.
In defence i have a quick and strong core in Stam and Gentile, they are also flexible enough to deal with a variety of attackers. The full backs are also well rounded and will support the centre backs.
The team will play through Redondo, rated as one of the best deep lying playmakers off all time. Next to him are Seedorf and Tigana who will play the box to box role. Both are tenacious defenders as well as offering fantastic attacking outlets. They are also very good on the ball and with Redondo will be able to retain possession and dominate the midfield.
In attack, Futre will come inside as a second striker with Enrique pushing forward on the other wing when in possession or falling back to midfield when not in attack. Seedorf will be expected to cover the runs of both Camacho and Futre on the left , a hard job but no-one better qualified to carry it out due to his work rate and high energy levels. Upfront is Batistuta who will be feeding off all the great ball players behind him, whether it be through the centre or down the wings.
Team ENIGMA
Formation: 4-3-3
Defensive line: Normal
Style: Counter attacking - direct style
Players:
GK: Harry Gregg - one of the best keepers in United history. Over his 35 year career as a player and a manager, Harry Gregg achieved more than most. He was a part of the famous "Busby Babes" for almost 10 years, was voted the best 'keeper in the world after his heroics for Northern Ireland in the World Cup in 1958, and for a time he was the most expensive goalkeeper in the world. Gregg beat the likes of Yashin and Beara at the time for the best gk at WC accolade.
LB: Joan Capdevila - Balanced full back who is solid in defence but also contributes going forward. Ever-present throughout the ultimate victorious World Cup Finals campaign. He was also the only player who started the final that did not represent either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Won the EURO's 2 years prior as undisputed starter in the golden era of Spanish football.
RB: Eric Gerets - One of the best full backs in the 80's Gerets was tough, disciplined and tactically shrewd right back. Considered to be one of the greatest players in Belgian football history and at his peak he was regarded as one of the best right-backs in Europe. His contribution to PSVs success is immeasurable; he provided the stability season after season and this allowed the club to build on their success. The bravery, courage and heart he offered on the pitch earned him a nickname: “The Lion (of Flanders)”.
CB: Jürgen Kohler - When you are looking at the greatest players in certain position you can't look further than Kohler in the stopper role. EURO champion in '96, world champion in '90. CL winner with Dortmund, 3 times Bundesliga winner and once Seria A winner in its heyday. He won it all on club and international level while fending off the best forwards in the game. Kohler was dubbed a Fussballgott when he ended Eric Cantona's United run in Champions League semifinal in 97. His duels with Marco van Basten during the 1988 tournament will never be forgotten. Coming out of the famous Mannheimer Schule, Kohler was a rock-solid defender, and much more than that. Interesting fact about Jurgen Kohler is in all his games with Juve or Germany, Marco van Basten never scored against him.
CB: Rio Ferdinand - arguably the best CB in United history, he formed a rock solid partnership with Vidic, wining more than 10 titles with United in it's best days domestically and in Europe.
DM: Claude Makélélé - Rarely you name a position or a role after a player, but Makelele made the DM position his own over the last 15 years or so. He was a class act who brought success everywhere he went, albeit not the most shiny name on the team sheet. Some quotes from Martin Samuel when Chelsea won the title in 2006, yet Makelele wasn't nominated for the player of the year award:
CM - B2B - Mário Coluna - a complete midfielder, energetic, with enormous work rate and solid defensively. True leader in the best Benfica team alongside Eusebio and one of the all time greats in his position.
AM/Playmaker - Luis Suárez Miramontes - The Architect" Luis Suarez Miramontes is regarded as the greatest Spanish footballer of all-time and the best European midfielder in the early 1960s, is one of the greatest midfielders in history of European Cup. Luis Suarez is also one of the best passers ever. He was the great organizers of the classic era. Not content to direct from a distance, he help modernized the forward-looking more free-ranging creative midfielder and known as his elegant movement. He was also noted for his perceptive passing and explosive shot. Suárez first played as an inside left for Barcelona and in 1960 he became the only Spanish-born player to date to have won Ballon D’or awards. In 1961 Suárez became the world's most expensive footballer when Barcelona sold him to Inter Milan where he was an equally prominent member of the legendary Great Inter side of the 1960s as a deep-lying playmaker. He retired as a player after the last three seasons at Sampdoria. Luis Suarez also finished fourth place Ballon'Dor in 1959.
LW: Rob Rensenbrink - The hit-man went by many nicknames. At various times they called him ‘the snake man’, ‘the serpent’ and ‘the contortionist’ but today, those names are a distant memory. To those he worked alongside, he was one of the all time greats. Around this time, teammates described watching the silent Rensenbrink during training sessions and describing his movement and skill as art. More beautiful, in fact; more precise. By all accounts, watching Robbie in these sessions were akin to peering into the Leonardo’s sketch books; the smooth, elegant way of releasing the ball or his dribbling technique when he retained it. When not in possession; quick acceleration, his movement off the ball and ability to find space met with comparisons to George Best. Rensenbrink was lethal in front of the goal with 208 goals in 467 matches in a very strong at the time Belgian league, achieving great success with Anderlecht and also the Netherlands, whilst finishing 2nd and 3rd in Ballon D'or ahead of the likes of Platini, Cruyff and Gerd Muller.
RW: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - One of the best forwards in the game, who needs no introduction. Scoring more than 300 goals in his career and winning almost everything for club and country, along with 2 Ballon D'ors to boot.
1979
1stKevin Keegan Hamburg 118
2ndKarl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich 52
3rdRuud Krol Ajax 41
1980
1st
2nd
3rdMichel Platini Saint-Étienne 33
1981
1st
2nd
3rd
CF: David Villa - Probably the greatest Spanish striker of all time. Probably Acebal the Sporting Gijón former manaeger describes him best - the key to his game is his movement – desmarques de rotura, the ability suddenly to shake off defenders, made him stand out.
At his peak he played for Valencia side which was inferior to the giants Real and Barca but individually he was a terrific footballer a quote from 2009:
Player roles:
GK: Gregg - excellent shot stopper, controlling his own box.
LB: Capdevila - balanced full back contributing in both phases
RB: Gerets - balanced full back contributing in both phases
CB: Kohler - stopper
CB: Ferdinand - ball playing defender
DM: Makelele - breaking up attacks, getting back the ball and protecting the back four.
B2B: Coluna - Box to box midfielder contributing in both phases
AM: Luis Suárez Miramontes - All action midfielder and main playmaker of the side - controls the tempo and flow of the game
LW: Rob Rensenbrink - great dribbler that can stretch the opponent and provide Villa/Kalle with assists, but also finish himself given his great goalscoring output.
RW: Kalle Rummenigge - right wing forward - beating opposing defenders with his high speed, physical power and technical abilities and excellent finishing abilities to boot.
CF: Villa - Complete striker with top notch movement and excellent finishing
Key Points:
- Excellent defensive unit protected by one of the best in that role(Makelele). Rio and Kohler is actually an upgrade on the Rio/Vida partnership with Kohler taking Vida's place as probably the best stopper in the game.
- complimentary midfield full of steel, determination, creativity and passing ability
- deadly on counters with Kalle and Rensenbrink on each wing complimented by overlapping full backs.
- Complete center forward in Villa who also can make space for both wingers/wing forwards to attack the box.
- a fluid front three that will interchange positions all the time while also providing tremendous support to their midfield as every single on of them is very good defensive wise and has a great work ethic
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