Stobzilla(Annah) VS Cal - All-time 3 yr peak - Auction draft

Who would win based on the 3 yr peak?

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antohan said:
Coluna is actually the one making Stobz' midfield superior. It's the one area of the pitch where he clearly has the upper hand IMO.

Cal's attack tends to drift inside while Stobz stretches the defence better. When you stretch a defence you want top midfielders supporting Dean and Coluna will do that superbly.
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Agree. I mentioned the midfield superiority in my original post too.

Going by score line, was trying some variations. He has a bunch of players in the bench...
 
I have Shevchenko on the bench, not sure what to do with him...
 
TACTICAL CHANGE CAL
Alves--Terry----Luis--Carlos
--Lampard-Gerrard-Ballack
-----------Shevshenko--------
 
VivaJanuzaj said:
did he decide to play with no keeper and two of his field players got red carded?
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Given and Taibi in the goal together. Charlie Adam steps on the pitch only for the corners.
 
Annahnomoss said:
I can see Lahm with little support from Cristiano having a difficult time against Matthews who just needs to earn half a second with his dribbling to put a good cross in and he'll get through Lahm here and there in the game as well. He created 4 goals for England against Nilton Santos, which is the greatest performance I've ever seen from a winger in my life.
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Which game was that?
 
Physiocrat said:
Which game was that?
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1956 England VS Brazil. The context is everything. He's up against Nilton Santos, who is considered to be possibly the greatest left back in history who is in his peak and Matthews barely has a full back overlapping for him so it is more or less straight 1 vs 1's. This is not even Matthews in his peak either, this is him aged 41. One of the things that makes someone a true great is how well they could perform and how much they could create against the best possible opponents. That is why Ronaldo is an all time great even if his numbers have been topped before and after by lesser players, because he showed against the best of defenders that he could dominate them too.

He was involved with all 4 goals as well as creating 3 good/very good opportunities against Nilton.

Nilton was world class defensively too and "completely subdued Hamrin as, on the opposite flank, Djalma did the same against the speedy Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund."

"The 30-year-old Santos found himself confronted by Stanley Matthews , recalled to the England team at the age of 41. Santos, who later professed immense admiration for Matthews, could make nothing of him that afternoon. England won 4-2, but even that score flattered Brazil. Matthews was one of the few wingers ever to embarrass Santos.

"It was to be an experience for Nilton Santos (nutmegged above left). Though Brazil exhibited their flamboyance, Matthews shredded his opponent's reputation: enticing him to within kneecap range like a matador, leaving him in a heap, having lunged off-balance for a vanished ball.

The maestro's touch led to each of England's goals, Brazil having drawn level soon after half-time after going two down early in the game. As Didi reflected: "The play of Matthews was an exhibition of his genius – an extraordinary player in the same class as Garrincha. I never thought a player that age could do what he did."

"This was Stanley Matthews’s day, and his domination of the legendary full-back Nilton Santos was probably the deciding factor in winning him the first Ballon d’Or. A notable achievement in itself, and even more so when one considers that he was 41 years old."

Duncan was playing too. :drool:



Slightly longer video on the game as a whole
 
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