Team MJJ
Defense-
Briegel-Baresi-Costacurta-Tassotti
The strongest part of my team and one of the strongest in the draft. In Baresi, Costacurta, Tassotti I have 3/4ths of the best defensive lineup the world has ever seen. The fourth member of the defense is Hans-Peter Briegal. A defender who was an athlete before taking up footbal, blessed with pace, power and stamina he would go on to be one of the finest defenders the world has seen earning the moniker "the steamroller from Palatinate"
Midfield
Barnes-Albertini-Gullit-Donadoni
At the wings, I have two players who were considered the best of their time. Donadoni and Barnes, both exceptional dribblers, blessed with pace, creativity and good finishing ability. To partner them I have the milan legend, albertini, a man known as the metronome for his ability to control the game and his passing ability. Partnering him is the dutch legend, Ruud Gullit, the black tulip.The epitome of total football, he can play anywhere on the pitch and be the best player.
Cantona-Shevchenko
Shevchenko is count amongst the best strikers in the football's history. The complete forward blessed with pace,power, dribbling and an eye for goal. The man alongside him needs no introduction, one of my favourite footballers ever and one who would bring a lot of class and elegance to this side.
Tactics-
My defense is far better than aldos and the plan is to soak up his attack and counter to take full advantage. I couldnt have pick a better player than baresi to handle platini while ronaldo will have his hands full with briegel. A gifted athlete who wont lose out physically against ronaldo. Both my midfieders are going to drop deep denying the space to aldo that he is going to need to win the match.
The plan is to win the ball in my half and exploit aldo's relatively weaker defense with the likes of barnes,gullit,donadoni and shevchenko. Bossis played the majority of his career at leftback and him against barnes is a match my team will exploit to full extent.
Add gullit and albertini sitting in front of my defense for the majority of the match and I simply cant see how aldo is going to consistently outscore me here. His defense is more likely to make a mistake and if I have the lead than this match is going only one way.
Lineup - MJJ
Versus - Aldo
Overview
We are playing a 4-3-1-2 false 9 formation.
In defense, the CB duo consists of Montero and Walker. Walker would closely mark the opposition striker and given his terrific pace, tackling and marking, he would not allow the player to get any clear cut chances or free space. Montero would lead the defensive line, and decide how high or deep should it be placed. It will never be too high or too deep to allow any sort of advantage to the opposition, but there is enough pace in the backline to match the opposition in case a player breaks through. Irwin and Bossis are the fullbacks and would be providing width when necessary and would stay in shape and not give any space behind them for the opposition to run.
In midfield, Guardiola would play as the deep lying plamaker. He would be using his great reading of the game to intercept any attempts to split the defense from deep and instantly try to look to turn defense into attack with his world class passing and vision. Flanking him are two absolute workhorses in Lerby and Essien. Two tireless midfielders, they will play the defensive box to box roles and deny any space and time to the opposition midfield. Both possess quality technique and can easily start the buildups, but most importantly they will allow Pep the freedom and space to create attacks from deep and catch the opposition with surprise.
Michel Platini would play as the false 9. A great combination of scoring, creating and leading the team, the whole attacking play would revolve around him. He would see most of the ball and would drop deep or get into the box depending on the situation. A hard worker himself, he will be adding to the midfield battle when not in possession and will always be in close attention to the midfield 3.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a free role in this team, and would roam all across the attacking third, punishing any open spaces left by the opposition or targetting the weakest defender. He would be impossible to mark as he would never be staying at one position. He would be using his world class off the ball movement, pace, acceleration and finishing to get on the end of attacks. A proper free roaming forward.
George Weah is the center forward in the team and would be constantly resonating with Ronaldo's movement to get into spaces left due to overmarking Cristiano. Imagine Ibrahimovic but without the ego to be the main man, Weah was excellent in scoring great goals but also constantly providing assists and linking up play. He would usually occupy the central role with Cristiano swapping sides around him.
Creating from deep
As already discussed, Guardiola would be the primary in charge of creating chances from deep, but apart from him, both Bossis and Irwin were top class when it came to not just playing the ball neatly but actually finding players upfield with accurate diagonals and passes. They can easily take the opportunity and go for it themselves, and overall they would provide great support to Pep.
Route to goal
In Cristiano, we have one of the best goal scorers of all time, and with his movement, pace and finishing, his teammates would be able to find him very easily. Guardiola was one of the best when it came to through balls from any point on the pitch and the likes of Stoichkov, Romario and others who played with him constantly took advantage of it. Imagine someone like Cristiano latching onto his inch perfect through balls, it is a clear route to goal.
Now coming to the best player in the team, Platini was a complete attacking player, and that showed throughout his career. When he drops deep, he would again be looking to play in Cristiano or Weah, and there are VERY few in the entire history of the sport who can claim to be better passers than him. And when he making his forward runs, he was again world class in scoring goals at a tremendous rate, and at the biggest of occasions himself. He topped the scoring charts in Serie A as well as was the top scorer for France till Henry broke the record years later. There is abundance of goal threat between these two.
Weah as a perfect man to compliment this duo as he was equally happy in going for the spectacular or supporting his teammates, the exact type of hybrid needed to bring the best out of the rest of the two. He was strong enough to occupy the CBs when needed, hence opening up pockets of spaces for players making runs, in this case, Platini and Cristiano. His completeness as a forward would be extremely handy and allow the required fluidity and unpredictability in attack.
Defense-
Briegel-Baresi-Costacurta-Tassotti
The strongest part of my team and one of the strongest in the draft. In Baresi, Costacurta, Tassotti I have 3/4ths of the best defensive lineup the world has ever seen. The fourth member of the defense is Hans-Peter Briegal. A defender who was an athlete before taking up footbal, blessed with pace, power and stamina he would go on to be one of the finest defenders the world has seen earning the moniker "the steamroller from Palatinate"
Midfield
Barnes-Albertini-Gullit-Donadoni
At the wings, I have two players who were considered the best of their time. Donadoni and Barnes, both exceptional dribblers, blessed with pace, creativity and good finishing ability. To partner them I have the milan legend, albertini, a man known as the metronome for his ability to control the game and his passing ability. Partnering him is the dutch legend, Ruud Gullit, the black tulip.The epitome of total football, he can play anywhere on the pitch and be the best player.
Cantona-Shevchenko
Shevchenko is count amongst the best strikers in the football's history. The complete forward blessed with pace,power, dribbling and an eye for goal. The man alongside him needs no introduction, one of my favourite footballers ever and one who would bring a lot of class and elegance to this side.
Tactics-
My defense is far better than aldos and the plan is to soak up his attack and counter to take full advantage. I couldnt have pick a better player than baresi to handle platini while ronaldo will have his hands full with briegel. A gifted athlete who wont lose out physically against ronaldo. Both my midfieders are going to drop deep denying the space to aldo that he is going to need to win the match.
The plan is to win the ball in my half and exploit aldo's relatively weaker defense with the likes of barnes,gullit,donadoni and shevchenko. Bossis played the majority of his career at leftback and him against barnes is a match my team will exploit to full extent.
Add gullit and albertini sitting in front of my defense for the majority of the match and I simply cant see how aldo is going to consistently outscore me here. His defense is more likely to make a mistake and if I have the lead than this match is going only one way.
Lineup - MJJ
Versus - Aldo
Overview
We are playing a 4-3-1-2 false 9 formation.
In defense, the CB duo consists of Montero and Walker. Walker would closely mark the opposition striker and given his terrific pace, tackling and marking, he would not allow the player to get any clear cut chances or free space. Montero would lead the defensive line, and decide how high or deep should it be placed. It will never be too high or too deep to allow any sort of advantage to the opposition, but there is enough pace in the backline to match the opposition in case a player breaks through. Irwin and Bossis are the fullbacks and would be providing width when necessary and would stay in shape and not give any space behind them for the opposition to run.
In midfield, Guardiola would play as the deep lying plamaker. He would be using his great reading of the game to intercept any attempts to split the defense from deep and instantly try to look to turn defense into attack with his world class passing and vision. Flanking him are two absolute workhorses in Lerby and Essien. Two tireless midfielders, they will play the defensive box to box roles and deny any space and time to the opposition midfield. Both possess quality technique and can easily start the buildups, but most importantly they will allow Pep the freedom and space to create attacks from deep and catch the opposition with surprise.
Michel Platini would play as the false 9. A great combination of scoring, creating and leading the team, the whole attacking play would revolve around him. He would see most of the ball and would drop deep or get into the box depending on the situation. A hard worker himself, he will be adding to the midfield battle when not in possession and will always be in close attention to the midfield 3.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a free role in this team, and would roam all across the attacking third, punishing any open spaces left by the opposition or targetting the weakest defender. He would be impossible to mark as he would never be staying at one position. He would be using his world class off the ball movement, pace, acceleration and finishing to get on the end of attacks. A proper free roaming forward.
George Weah is the center forward in the team and would be constantly resonating with Ronaldo's movement to get into spaces left due to overmarking Cristiano. Imagine Ibrahimovic but without the ego to be the main man, Weah was excellent in scoring great goals but also constantly providing assists and linking up play. He would usually occupy the central role with Cristiano swapping sides around him.
Creating from deep
As already discussed, Guardiola would be the primary in charge of creating chances from deep, but apart from him, both Bossis and Irwin were top class when it came to not just playing the ball neatly but actually finding players upfield with accurate diagonals and passes. They can easily take the opportunity and go for it themselves, and overall they would provide great support to Pep.
Route to goal
In Cristiano, we have one of the best goal scorers of all time, and with his movement, pace and finishing, his teammates would be able to find him very easily. Guardiola was one of the best when it came to through balls from any point on the pitch and the likes of Stoichkov, Romario and others who played with him constantly took advantage of it. Imagine someone like Cristiano latching onto his inch perfect through balls, it is a clear route to goal.
Now coming to the best player in the team, Platini was a complete attacking player, and that showed throughout his career. When he drops deep, he would again be looking to play in Cristiano or Weah, and there are VERY few in the entire history of the sport who can claim to be better passers than him. And when he making his forward runs, he was again world class in scoring goals at a tremendous rate, and at the biggest of occasions himself. He topped the scoring charts in Serie A as well as was the top scorer for France till Henry broke the record years later. There is abundance of goal threat between these two.
Weah as a perfect man to compliment this duo as he was equally happy in going for the spectacular or supporting his teammates, the exact type of hybrid needed to bring the best out of the rest of the two. He was strong enough to occupy the CBs when needed, hence opening up pockets of spaces for players making runs, in this case, Platini and Cristiano. His completeness as a forward would be extremely handy and allow the required fluidity and unpredictability in attack.
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