What is your Serie A all-time xi?

You can play a game with Serie A where you keep making teams of players unpicked in the thread thus far as see how far you have to go before the drop in quality is distinctive.
 
Fortitude said:
You can play a game with Serie A where you keep making teams of players unpicked in the thread thus far as see how far you have to go before the drop in quality is distinctive.
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That could definitely go on for quite a bit in some positions assuming you look at it from quality/talent at their peak and "would this team be a tough match for the other one" perspective rather than final career accomplishments.
 
Vidyoyo said:
I'm surprised you're the only person who included Kaka. His reputation died when he went to Madrid but he was absolutely supreme in that FC Milano team from 2005-2009.
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Not old enough to have witnessed some of the others, so I just went with players I saw from the the mid-late 90s onwards. For me it was between him Totti, Del Piero & Rui Costa in that role. You could put Zidane, Platini, Baggio, Rivera, I think you could even have Zico in there.

But Kaka was just phenomenal for those years, wonderful player.

In fairness you have so many greats to pick from and it seems to cover a wider time span than anyhting to do with the PL all time xi. Go back further and you have the likes of Keegan, Dalglish, Charlton, Best, Law, Moore, Hansen, Clemence, Greaves, Brady etc and loads of other great players to pick from.
 
calcio said:
Any list has to include Totti.
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Wrong. Who is Totti getting in over?

As an attacking midfielder he is not getting in over Maradona, Platini, Baggio and older generation players such as Meazza and Rivera.

As a striker he is not getting in over Van Basten, Del Piero, R9, Batistuta, Riva. Personally he also wouldn't get in over Vieri and Weah on pure talent.

Only reason people say Totti is longevity. He was never better than any of the above mentioned in their prime Serie A years.
 
Buffon
Cafu Nesta Baresi Maldini Brehme
Matthaus Davids
Maradona
Ronaldo Baggio
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Rate van Basten higher but see Baggio as a cleaner fit in this formation. Also, either Maradona or Platini for me.
 
Andycoleno9 said:
FC GOAT

Dida
Cafu, Baresi, Nesta, Maldini
Rijkaard
Seedorf, Gullit
Zidane
Maradona, Ronaldo (real one, not that no7 twat)

Dida- yes, Buffon is better but i liked Dida's style very much
Cafu. RB Goat
Maldini. GOAT defender in general
Baresi. Second best DC of all time.
Nesta. Best DC in his generation
Rijkaard. GOAT dmc
Gullit. GOAT all-around player
Seedorf. World class complete midfielder
Zidane. Maybe best midfielder of all time.
Maradona. Second best player of all time
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima. THE GOAT.

Ah, nostalgia.
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Dida was full of howlers
 
It's very difficult task on any period, less as a whole, for leaving fellas like Meazza, Sivori, Suarez, Rivera, Fachetti and so many when we focus only in the 80's and later.

In any case what it's trully extraordinary it's that from Orsi to Sivori, from Platini to Diego, from Baggio to Zidane, from R9 to Cris, thay have achieved to at least most of the best Magicians play at least a year there...just the ammount of extraordinary 10's they enjopyed it's staggering.
Spain also it's a strong candidate in such remark.
 
Joga Bonito said:
Buffon
Cafu Nesta Baresi Maldini Brehme
Matthaus Davids
Maradona
Ronaldo Baggio
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Rate van Basten higher but see Baggio as a cleaner fit in this formation. Also, either Maradona or Platini for me.
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You are certainly betraying your nick by trying to be a bit too much pragmatic :)
 
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Fortitude said:
You can play a game with Serie A where you keep making teams of players unpicked in the thread thus far as see how far you have to go before the drop in quality is distinctive.
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Zoff
Maicon - Bergomi - Gentile - Facchetti
Savicevic - Falcao - Vidal - Conti
Shevchenko - Charles
 
Bacigalupo, Ballarin, Maroso, Grezar, Rigamonti, Castigliano, Menti, Loik, Gabetto, Mazzola, Ossola
 
Gianluigi Buffon
Mauro Tassotti
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Franco Baresi
Frank Rijkaard
Ruud Gullit
Michel Platini
Diego Maradona
Marco Van Basten
Roberto Baggio

Manager: James Richardson
 
4321:
Buffon
Cafu Baresi Nesta Maldini
Matthaus Rijkaard Zidane
Maradona Kaka
Van Basten
 
Fortitude said:
You can play a game with Serie A where you keep making teams of players unpicked in the thread thus far as see how far you have to go before the drop in quality is distinctive.
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KeanoMagicHat said:
Zoff
Maicon - Bergomi - Gentile - Facchetti
Savicevic - Falcao - Vidal - Conti
Shevchenko - Charles
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zenga
thuram vierchowod krol cabrini
a. mazzola l. suarez cerezo zico
rumenigge sivori
 
Buffon
Cafu Cannavaro Nesta Maldini
Pirlo Seedorf
Kaka Zidane Nedved
Shevchenko

Squad picked from my time growing up in the 2000’s
 
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