The Millennium Draft: SF - Isotope vs Prolifik

With players at their career peak, who would win?


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Isotope

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Isotope Tactics

  • Thierry Henry, the goalscorer and playmaker. 377 games with Arsenal: 228 goals and 98 assists in non stat-padding era.
Imagining Henry against Bonucci


When Henry roasted Zanetti.

  • Sexy GOAT wingers + beautiful midfield play = Pure football poetry.
  • Ronaldinho and Robben are about to torch Prolifik’s center-backs with pace.
  • Ronaldinho is paired with his soulmate R. Carlos tearing their side.
  • In midfield, Verón’s pinpoint passes—short or long—will feed Robben’s bursts forward, or setting up Ronaldinho the Magician.
And Vidal brings a perfect mix of grit and creativity, keeping the team connected from back to front. Makélélé in DM, Cannavaro and Marquinho, rock-solid at the back, are more than ready to shut down any attack that comes their way.

Question of the day: Are Kaka, Raul and Ronaldo compatible? They have their entire PEAK careers, all playing off a striker.
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Prolifik Tactics

We will line up in a flexible 4-1-3-2 formation, which can be adapted function as a regular 4-4-2 or a diamond as the need arises. "The invisible wall" Gilberto shields the back four, while Kaká replaces Fàbregas as the creative fulcrum. Key to this setup are the two energetic midfield all-rounders Valverde and Di María, who are equally comfortable as box-to-box midfielders and out-and-out wingers - in my system, they will play as a kind of hybrid between the two. (This role will particularly suit Di María, a natural winger who also thrived as a box-to-box midfielder alongside Ronaldo in real life.) Out of possession, they will either tuck infield to support Cesc and Gilberto, or spread out to cover the flanks, depending on out the opposition lines up.

Up front, Ronaldo plays his late-2010s role as a striker who sometimes drifts out left, rather than an orthodox wide forward. The interchange between Ronaldo, Di María, and Cole down the left will be one of our most profitable routes to goal. Raúl is the kind of strike partner Ronaldo needs: intelligent, hard-working, unselfish, excellent off the ball, and a deadly finisher in his own right.

The defence is airtight with G**ín the old-fashioned stopper and Bonucci more of the "ball-playing centre-back" archetype. Zanetti and Cole comprise the best full-back pairing in this draft, providing both defensive security and attacking support on the overlap. Oh, and we now have arguably the best goalkeeper of the draft period between the posts.

We will sit in a medium block with the pressure intensifying once the opposition gets into the midfield area. Raúl drops back to create a numbers advantage in the middle, while Ronaldo stays high to keep the opposition centre-backs wary of the counter-attacking threat. Kaká ramps up our potency on the break, as he can not only pick out the killer through pass like Cesc could, but is absolutely lethal running at pace with the ball at his feet. With Valverde and Di María alongside him and the Ronaldo-Raúl tandem making runs in behind, our transitions will be nigh on unstoppable.
 
Iso's front three is insane although Marquinhos seems to be get at able. I also reckon CR7, Raul and Kaka would work really well. CR7 would work more like a predatory striker Raul the creative link man, and Kaka as the 10.
 
Not convinced on Prolifik attack. Both Raul and CR prefer left and Kaka was a aggressive #10 who will overlap into Raul space.

With two aggressive fullbacks, I'm unsure about the defensive solidity of Iso team. CR or Raul will exploit space behind Zambo.

Ja s, but slightly leaning towards Iso for now.
 
Iso's front three is insane although Marquinhos seems to be get at able. I also reckon CR7, Raul and Kaka would work really well. CR7 would work more like a predatory striker Raul the creative link man, and Kaka as the 10.

Are we talking about CR7 as a striker, like when he's declining at United?
 
Not convinced on Prolifik attack. Both Raul and CR prefer left and Kaka was a aggressive #10 who will overlap into Raul space.

With two aggressive fullbacks, I'm unsure about the defensive solidity of Iso team. CR or Raul will exploit space behind Zambo.

Ja s, but slightly leaning towards Iso for now.

Thanks. There's always a risk with attacking FBs. But the positive is over the negative risk, with CBs and aggressive midfield to lower the risk.

Although having watched Zambrotta, he's not entirely worst than, let say, Dani Alves defensively.