The UEFA Euro Fantasy Draft

Only Platini and Shearer have bagged more goals at the Euros than...

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@Theon @NM

I'm clearly not the biggest fan but I'm genuinely bafffled he lasted this long. He has been great at the Euros, just plays for a shite team.
 
I'm clearly not the biggest fan but I'm genuinely bafffled he lasted this long. He has been great at the Euros, just plays for a shite team.

Yup. His 2012 tournament was not just great in terms of productivity(responsible for a goal a game) but he made runs out wide to receive balls frequently and absolutely bullied some strong defenders to get the ball.

He played as a second striker as well in a 4-4-1-1 and he worked a lot harder than he usually does. I think it is hard to go wrong with him for Sweden, he usually works a lot harder for us when in the bigger games and like we've said before he's even ahead of Messi and Ronaldo in terms of being the best goalscorer for the national team since he reached his peak in 2012. He has done so hussling for a terrible national team where nearly every game is against the odds.

0.89 goals per game - Messi has scored 26 goals in 29 games for Argentina since 2012.(Wiki)
0.62 goals per game - Ronaldo has scored 20 goals in 32 games for Portugal since 2012.
1.00 goals per game - Ibrahimovic has scored 26 goals in 26 matches for Sweden since 2012.
0.74 goals per game - Neymar has scored 35 goals in 47 matches for Brazil since 2012.
0.83 goals per game - Eusebio's best consecutive four year period as a goalscorer for Portugal.
0.84 goals per game - Pele's career average for Brazil, wiki doesn't show every year.
0.61 goals per game - Ronaldo's best 4 consecutive years for Brazil.


"Sweden were ahead at that point and there was much to admire about the glorious goal that gave them the lead. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is entitled to feel aggrieved that the rest of Euro 2012 will take place without him after playing so well in all three of Sweden's group matches, executed a spectacular bicycle-kick that flashed beyond Hugo Lloris, the one France player to emerge from this game with any credit."

"We were prepared for a very tough game," Blanc said. "Did we think it was going to be as difficult as it was? No, we didn't expect that. We were too weak in certain areas. We weren't strong enough in the tackle. Sweden played with a lot of heart and physically are a lot better than us. And in their ranks they have a player [Ibrahimovic] who can make the difference in a game."
 
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Well done, you managed to post without naming unpicked players. I'm proud of you.
 


Ivo Viktor single-handedly stops England 10 years prior to his heroic display at Euro's.
 
Was trying to remember who that guy was and found this:

His nickname was the Alemão of East Frisia, for his similarity with to Brazilian midfielderAlemão. The word Alemão means "German" in Portuguese (but then again, the Brazilian player earned his nickname precisely because of his blond "German" appearance).

So a German is nicknamed Alemão, which means German, because he looks like another player who's been nicknamed Alemão due to having a German appearance. :lol:
 
1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12.

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12.

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12.

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12.

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12.

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.
 
I'm going to have to take Totti - He will have to start on the bench as it's unlikely he'll dislodge the great Luigi Riva, but his Euro 2000 performances were far too good for him not to be picked here.

Only Zidane was better than Totti in that tournament, he was comfortably Italy's best player in the competition and the outstanding Italian player and MOTM in the final against France - setting up Del Piero for two clear cut chances and providing the lovely back heel before the cross for Delvecchio's goal.

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1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12.

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12.

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12.

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12.

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.

@Raees @Gio
 
Manuel Amoros

To represent your country at 20 years old you could arguably be considered a pretty good player. To be a regular in the World Cup team at that age you must be pretty special but then it can be argued that Manuel Amoros was a pretty special player. Renowned at right full back – but equally at home on the left – Amoros would go on to be recognized as one of the best full backs in French history.

Born on the 01st February 1962 in Nîmes to French/Spanish heritage, Amoros joined local team Gallia Club Lunel at 10 years old before at 15 moving to ASM Monaco. Originally seen in his youth as a striker, Amoros was soon converted to full back. Debuting in the first team in 1980 he initially played at left back forging an excellent relationship with left winger Bruno Bellone. After eighteen appearances in his first season, he became fully established the following with 37 appearances.

His performances earned a place [as did bellone] in the French 1982 World Cup team including the likes of Platini, Giresse, Tigana, Six and Bossis. France would get to the semi-finals before going out on penalties in an incredible match overshadowed by the Schumacher ‘assault’ on Patrick Battiston. What is sometimes forgotten is how close Les Bleus came to winning with a thunderous Amoros shot cannoning off the bar in the last-minute of normal time. Amoros was nominated best young player of the World Cup.

Domestically, Amoros and AS Monaco would excel, winning Ligue 1 in 1982 and 1988, finishing runners-up in 1984. Coupe de France winners in 1980 and 1985, finalists in 1984 & 89 and the Trophée des Champions in 1985. In nine years at Les Rouges et Blancs, Amoros made 348 appearances, scoring 42 goals – an outstanding number for a full back.

During this time, Amoros had captained Les Bleus at Euro 1984 that would see France win their first major title. However a red card in the first match saw him not play again until the final, coming on as substitute. The 1986 World Cup saw France get past Brazil in the quarter finals in one the great World Cup matches before falling yet again to Germany in the semis. Amoros was recognized as one of the finest defenders of his age, being voted into the team of the tournament. Amoros would go on win 82 caps in his ten-year international career.

1989 brought a move to Olympique de Marseilles and three league titles by 1993 and a move to Olympique Lyonnais for two season before returning to Marseilles and a final season.

Adept with both feet, technically proficient, a determined and combative full back with the speed, skill to excel as a wing back as well as the ability to score goals. Manuel Amoros was arguably the complete full back.
 
1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12.

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12.

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12.

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12. Amoros

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.

@Raees @Gio

@Aldo
 
1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12.

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12.

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12. Nielsen

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12. Amoros

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.

@harms
 
Luka Modrić

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Brilliant. He was fantastic in every Euro he played, last one he tore Spain's entire midfield a new one when they were on their pretty much best. If we consider Euros only I'd rate him very very high as he managed to carry a pretty shitty NT against some tough oppositions.
 
Pietro Rava

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1. crappycraperson
- 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12.

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12. Pietro Rava

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12. Nielsen

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12. Amoros

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.

@Joga Bonito
 
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The outstanding Austrian 'keeper played 31 international matches for Austria. He held the Austrian caps record for goalkeepers from May 12, 1935 (when he equalled the total of Rudi Hiden) until September 21, 1952 (when his total was surpassed by Walter Zeman).

He played 7 games (out of a maximum 8) in the third CEIC where Austria finished runners up to Italy and also was part of the Austrian Wunderteam, which made the semi finals of the WC in 1934 where they unfairly lost out to hosts, Italy.
 
1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12.

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12. Platzer

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12. Pietro Rava

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12. Nielsen

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12. Amoros

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.


@Stobzilla
 
The draw for the quarterfinals has already been done :drool:. You guys just need to finish the draft today and we hopefully can play all 8 games next week.
 
Not including our side:-

Favourite goalkeeper: Paulo di canio
Favourite defence: Joga Bonito/Sjor/CTP
Favourite midfield: Aldo/Crappy/theon
Favourite attack: EAP/Skizzo

Other teams are probably more balanced but in terms of units and players I have a soft spot for.. I'd see it like that.
 
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1. crappycraperson - 1. Platini 2. Figo 3. Tigana 4. Tardelli 5. Krol 6. Antonin Puc 7. Planicka 8. Ceulemans 9. Vogts 10. Rosetta 11. Dellas 12.

2. Edgar Allan Pillow & MJJ & coolredwine
- 1. Puskás 2. Masopust 3. Gullit 4. Breitner 5. Deschamps 6. Sol Campbell 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Durkovic 9. Pepe 10. Schrojf 11. Hierro 12.

3. Paolo Di Canio
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Blanc 3. Yashin 4. van Nistelrooy 5. Gentile 6. Domenghini 7. Ballack 8. Bergkamp 9. Camacho 10. Pique 11. Giovanni Ferrari 12.

4. The Stain
- 1. Zidane 2. Czibor 3. Amancio 4. Förster 5. Zagorakis 6. Shearer 7. Wimmer 8. Puyol 9. Combi 10. Zambrotta 11. Joao Pinto 12.

5. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard
- 1. van Basten 2. Netzer 3. Monti 4. Popluhár 5. Bonhof 6. Suker 7. Sergio Ramos 8. Olivella 9. Jarni 10. Dasayev 11. Arnesen 12.

6. Stobzilla -
1. Beckenbauer 2. B.Charlton 3. Bican 4. Gascoigne 5. Brian Laudrup 6. Kuznetsov 7. Capdevila 8. Branko Stanković 9. Pešek 10. Brolin 11. Pfaff 12. Marchena

7. Joga Bonito -
1. Maldini 2. B.Moore 3. Sindelar 4. Bergomi 5. Effenberg 6. Pluskal 7. Hoeneß 8. Villa 9. Elkjær 10. McManaman 11. Demyanenko 12. Platzer

8. harms -
1. Dragan Džajić 2. Sárosi 3. Schuster 4. Voronin 5. Brehme 6. Ondruš 7. Bezsonov 8. Van Moer 9. Khurtsilava 10. Ivo Viktor 11. Chislenko 12. Pietro Rava

9. Aldo -
1. Xavi 2. Iniesta 3. Nedved 4. Lahm 5. Albert 6. Carvalho 7. Cocu 8. Bossis 9. Kaltz 10. Baros 11. Happel 12. Nielsen

10. Raees & Gio -
1. Rijkaard 2. Facchetti 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Zebec 6. Hanappi 7. Beara 8. Hässler 9. Pirlo 10. Lerby 11. Ibrahimovic 12. Amoros

11. Theon & NM -
1. Matthäus 2. Bozsik 3. Davids 4. Desailly 5. Kocsis 6. Burgnich 7. Stielike 8. Luigi Riva 9. Vukas 10. Hiden 11. Gordillo 12. Totti

12. The Red Viper -
1. Gerd Müller 2. Sammer 3. Vieira 4. Shesternyov 5. Cannavaro 6. Piola 7. Rui Costa 8. Alonso 9. Rooney 10. Alba 11. Zeman 12. Srna.

13. big red123 -
1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Stoichkov 4. Michael Laudrup 5. Koeman 6. Buzánszky 7. Grosics 8. Ladislav Novák 9. Guardiola 10. Djorkaeff 11. Giannini 12. Eilts.

14. Šjor Bepo & Physiocrat -
1. Luis Suarez 2. Nesta 3. Hidegkuti 4. Ivanov 5. Giresse 6. Stam 7. Briegel 8. Busquets 9. G. Neville 10. Zoff 11. Podolski 12. Scholes.

15. ctp -
1. Rummenigge 2. Scirea 3. Ocwirk 4. Mazzola 5. Gerets 6. Lizarazu 7. Nausch 8. Iribar 9. Couto 10. Kluivert 11. Adams 12. Modrić.

16. PedroMendez -
1. Meazza 2. Thuram 3. Schmeichel 4. Netto 5. Bene 6. Schwarzenbeck 7. Silva 8. Smistik 9. Pires 10. Frank De Boer 11. Carbrini 12. Klinsmann.

@Skizzo @Pat_Mustard