My all time starting 11 (retired players only)

Discussion in 'Players & Legends' started by Don Carlo, Jul 30, 2014.

  1. Don Carlo

    Don Carlo Member

    Jul 26, 2014
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    I`ll stick strictly to players I`ve seen enough good footage of and as already said retired players only.
    Here is my best balanced team... and 5 subs.

    (Goalkeeper) Peter Schmeichel
    (Left Back) Paulo Maldini
    (Centre Back) Franco Baresi
    (Sweeper) Franz Beckenbauer (c)
    (Right Back/Right wing) Cafu
    (Defensive mid) Frank Rijkaard
    (Left Wing/Free role) Johan Cruyff
    (Centre Mid/Free Role) Diego Maradona
    (Right Mid/Box to Box) Lothar Mathaus
    (Second Striker) Pele
    (Striker) Marco van Basten

    Subs - Zinedine Zidane, Michel Platini, George Best, Zico, Jimmy Johnstone.


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  2. annoyedbyneedoflogin

    Juventus Football Clube Ajax Mineiro de Deportes
    Jun 11, 2012
    i'd switch maradona with cruijff
    according to dbscalcio, maradona was a left sided attacker
     
  3. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    not really ... Cruyff tent to drift to the left in most of his games, despites of lining up as CFW

    Maradona in other hand was all over teh place. but on the RIGHT side that he drifted there more so than the left
     
  4. jefflebowski16

    Feb 9, 2005
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #4 jefflebowski16, Jul 14, 2016
    Last edited: Jul 14, 2016
    I'm 30 y/o so I'm going to stick with the best 11 players who started their careers in my lifetime. Here goes...

    ----------------VanderSar-------------
    Cafu---Puyol---Maldini---R. Carlos
    --------------Scholes--Keane---------
    --Ronaldinho*--Bergkamp--Zidane
    --------------Ronaldo(9)----------

    *although I don't believe Ronaldinho has officially retired, he's about done so I'm throwing him in there
     
  5. LegendarySunrise

    Jan 26, 2016
    New York
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    My Retired XI

    -------------------Kahn--------------------
    ----Cafu-- Desailly--Nesta--Maldini----
    ---------Matthaus-Redondo--------------
    ----- Figo------Zidane-----Ronaldiniho-
    ----------------Ronaldo--------------------

    Can't comment on Pele, Cruyff, Maradona, Beckenbauer because I have only watched their past videos not full matches and have not followed them closely. I only chose the players based on the ones I have watched in the era I began watching football.
     

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