My Serie A side of the last 20 years: -----------------Buffon ---------------F Baresi ----Ferrara-----Bergomi------P Maldini --------------Rijkaard -------------------------Boban -----R Baggio------Maradona -----Van Basten-----Batistuta Subs: Peruzzi, Vialli, Del Piero, Donadoni, Cannavaro, Ravanelli, Costacurta, Ronaldo, Nedved, Nesta and Vieri. Ronaldo is a player that I hate and that's why he's on the bench. He's still there because he was a very good player at his time with Inter, I see that but I've never liked the guy.
OK, here's an all-time Germany XI made of players with an umlaut in their name. --------Schäfer--------Gerd Müller-------Völler ----Hansi Müller---------Matthäus--------Hässler ---B. Förster-----K.H. Förster---Wörns-----Höttges --------------------------Köpke
But at least a place on the bench should have been possible. Check out their Ere Divisie stats: RUUD GEELS Season......Games / Goals 1965-66.....08 / 05 1966-67.....25 / 08 1967-68.....32 / 20 1968-69.....28 / 10 1969-70.....12 / 08 1970-71.....34 / 17 1971-72.....28 / 18 1972-73.....23 / 10 (Belgium) 1973-74.....30 / 18 (Belgium) 1974-75.....33 / 30 1975-76.....33 / 29 1976-77.....34 / 34 1977-78.....32 / 30 1978-79.....29 / 25 (Belgium) 1979-80.....18 / 13 1980-81.....30 / 22 1981-82.....28 / 15 1982-83.....26 / 06 WILLY VAN DER KUIJLEN 1964-65.....27 / 20 1965-66.....30 / 23 1966-67.....34 / 21 1967-68.....32 / 21 1968-69.....34 / 11 1969-70.....32 / 26 1970-71.....30 / 14 1971-72.....26 / 06 1972-73.....32 / 13 1973-74.....34 / 27 1974-75.....32 / 28 1975-76.....33 / 27 1976-77.....32 / 24 1977-78.....32 / 13 1978-79.....28 / 14 1979-80.....28 / 12 1980-81.....27 / 08 1981-82.....22 / 03 These two guys were massive in Holland.
Longest last name best 11 among currently active players (at least 11 letters in the last name): GK: Ovchinnikov D: Arruabarrena D: van Bronckhorst D: Giannakopoulos M: Tacchinardi M: Schweinsteiger M: Jankulovski M: Wright-Phillips M: D'Alessandro F: Ibrahimovic F: van Nistelrooy -----------------------Ovchinnikov------------------------------------- Giannakopoulos--------Arruabarrena----------van Bronckhorst --------------Tacchinardi----------Jankulovski-- Wright-Phillips---------D'Alessandro-----Schweinsteiger -------------Ibrahimovic--------van Nistelrooy
Best XI from teams sponsored by Nika GK Buffon RB Puyol CB Rio CB Cannavaro LB A.Cole RM C.Ronaldo AM Ronadlinho CM Vieria LM Nedved FW Adriano FW Etoo Best XI from teams sponsored by adidas(I just realized no many adidas teams left. Basically, a Real madrid-AC Madriod combined team) GK Cassiles RB Cafu CB Nesta CB Lucio LB Maldini RM kaka CM Ballack CM Zidane LM Jankulovski FW Ronaldo FW Shevchenko
How about a best team right now made up of players 35+ years old... GK -- Oliver Kahn (36) D -- Bixente Lizarazu (35) D -- Gianluca Pessotto (35) D -- Cafu (35) D M -- Kerimoglu Tugay (35) M -- Gary Speed (35) M M ST -- Dennis Bergkamp (36) ST -- Alan Shearer (35)
He was still a fantastic striker without Rui Costa. You have only made that comment because Rui Costa is Portuguese. Batistuta was still scoring lots of goals with Roma and he had the midfielders to suplly the passes to him with Argentina. Remember, it's my list and I have two attacking midfielders better than Rui Costa that would assist Batistuta. Excape Goat managed to pick that up.
Best XI for players who missed a PK in a penalty shootout for European Championship or WC Finals. For European Championship, I only got the data from 1976 and 2000. I had no record for Copa America. Hoeness and Crespo are the only one who made the list. GK None RB Pearce -- England, WC 1990 CB Julio Ceasar -- WC 1986 CB Barsei Italy -- WC 1994 LB Maldini -- Italy Euro 200 RM Baggio -- Italy WC 1994 CM Socrates -- Brazil WC 1986 CM Platini -- France WC 1986 LM Maradona -- Argentina WC 1990 FW U.Hoeness -- West Germany 1976 FW Crespo -- Argentina 1998 Interesting not many forwards have missed in WC penalty shootout. Massaro was the only other choice. Others Donadoni Bossis France WC 1982 CB Stielike West Germany, WC 1982 Six Waddle Massaro Petrescu Albertini Ince Lizarazu Valerón Cocu U.Hoeness Maldini Joaquín R.de Boer
My birthday is also in October and there are lots of statistics to suggest that it is the month in which most great fooballers are born.
My crosses make Beckham's look like nothing. My speed makes Rommedahl look like a slowpoke. And I won't even start about my dribbling, let's just say Robben would be jealous. Somehow Ajax just missed me.