Welcome to the main discussion thread for our Fantasy All-Time World Cup tournament. Participants (other than myself) @Excape Goat @Perú FC @thebigman @La-Máquina @msioux75 @Titanlux @poetgooner Format Normal World Cup tournament, with 32 teams drawn into 8 groups, and a knockout phase with a second round, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd place play-off and Final. Line-ups will be provided by the team selectors for each game and submitted along with brief tactical details if necessary via PM to myself. I'll be starting PMs with each participant for this purpose shortly. Votes Votes will also be submitted via the PMs (although anyone is free to reveal their votes on this thread, in part or in full, after results are announced each week, or after the tournament is finished) for games not involving our own teams - feel free to choose scorelines and suggest who might score the goals and who might assist them, and when they might be scored. The final results will be determined from the concensus, considering all votes for each game. Schedule We will be aiming to have line-ups submitted by each Sunday, and votes received by each Wednesday. I will confirm the line-ups for each fixture on Mondays, and post results on Thursdays. Deadlines will be posted in here throughout the tournament. Selection Rules At least 16 players in a squad must be used in the group stages (either as a starter or a substitute - see below). If a team plays 7 games (ending with the 3rd place play-off or the Final) then all 23 players need to have been used, so any player who hasn't been selected before the final game would need to be selected in that one. It's fine to use all 23 players before that point, or even in the group stage. Allowed substitutions When line-ups are submitted, up to 2 pre-determined substitutions can be specified too. One sub can be brought on for the second half, and one sub can be brought on after 70 minutes. Everyone will see which subs will be entering each game and when, before submitting votes Squads 23 player squads have been selected, and I'll post them all in here soon for easy access. Please refrain from posting in here until all 32 squads have been shown. Line-ups, results, updates and fixtures Another thread will be opened for these things, and a link will be placed in here. I will show which players from each squad still need to be used after the group stage, and each knockout round in that thread too, and I'll also confirm how many new players need to be used in the 3rd group games for each squad (to mean at least 16 players have been used after that game).
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/all-time-world-cup-game-line-ups-results-updates-fixtures.2105346/ Like I said, the next posts following in this main discussion thread will be to confirm all the squads - shown in group order according to the draw which is as follows (team selector in brackets): Group #1 competitor #1: B. Benelux-A (La-Maquina) competitor #2: A. Argentina-B (poetgooner) competitor #3: D. Poland (Excape Goat) competitor #4: C. Uruguay (msioux) Group #2 competitor #1: D. Hungary (PDG1978) competitor #2: B. France-B (thebigman) competitor #3: C. Rest of South America-A (msioux) competitor #4: A. Italy-B (Titanlux) Group #3 competitor #1: D. Yugoslavia (PDG1978) competitor #2: C. Rest of the World (Excape Goat) competitor #3: B. British Isles-A (thebigman) competitor #4: A. Spain (poetgooner) Group #4 competitor #1: C. Italy Reserves (PDG1978) competitor #2: D. Bulgaria-Romania (La-Maquina) competitor #3: B. Benelux-B (poetgooner) competitor #4: A. Argentina-A (msioux) Group #5 competitor #1: D. Austria (Titanlux) competitor #2: B. British Isles-B (poetgooner) competitor #3: A. Portugal (Excape Goat) competitor #4: C. Africa (Peru FC) Group #6 competitor #1: D. Soviet Union (La-Maquina) competitor #2: B. Germany-B (Peru FC) competitor #3: C. Spain Reserves (Titanlux) competitor #4: A. Brazil-A (thebigman) Group #7 competitor #1: B. Germany-A (Peru FC) competitor #2: D. Fennoscandia (PDG1978) competitor #3: C. Brazil Reserves (thebigman) competitor #4: A. Italy-A (Titanlux) Group #8 competitor #1: D. Czechoslovakia (Excape Goat) competitor #2: C. Rest of South America-B (msioux) competitor #3: B. France-A (La-Maquina) competitor #4: A. Brazil-B (Peru FC)
Important extra details - please read Selection - Goalkeeper selection: 2 goalkeepers in each squad must both play at least 45 minutes in the group stage. If you have selected a 3rd goalkeeper in a squad he will only be required to play a minimum of 20 minutes, like any other squad player (in a group game if preferred, but it can be in a knockout game although keep in mind that if a goalkeeper enters a knockout game after 70 minutes he could also play extra-time and even take part in a penalty shoot-out!) Votes - Knockout stage voting: If you choose a draw after 90 minutes for any games in this phase, please add details of how you see extra-time going and if necessary the penalty shoot-out too. Submission of line-ups Here is an example line-up (it is actually one of the opening line-ups for a team I am managing, which is ok to show as a preview since Excape Goat has also already decided his opening line-up for that game) http://sharemytactics.com/131628/ (Subs to be used: Handanovic after 45 minutes for Beara, Asanovic after 70 minutes for Jugovic) If you want to use the same website, here is the home page: http://sharemytactics.com/ Feel free to use a different football formations website of your choice though. Alternatively you can show your line-up in the PM in this kind of format: Beara; Gudelj, Katalinski, Zebec, Jarni; Jugovic; Stojkovic, Boban; Savicevic, Dzajic; Boksic (but please indicate how wide various players would line up, or if you would be using an unusually high defensive line for example) Or sketched like this: ----------------------------------Beara------------------------------ Gudelj-----------Katalinski--------Zebec--------------Jarni ---------------------------------Jugovic----------------------- -------------------Stojkovic------------Boban-------------- --------Savicevic----------------------------------Dzajic---- --------------------------------Boksic------------------------- If you choose one of the options that doesn't involve using a formations website, I will show your team using the one I've used myself. Please feel free to specify your substitutions, if you want to make any (up to two - one after 45 minutes, one after 70 minutes). If a substitution will alter the shape and tactics of your team then also feel free to describe in what way it does that and that info will also be provided to voters. Or if one player just plays in a different way to the one he replaces you can indicate that too. If you don't use a football formations website, then when I draw your team I won't use any arrows unless you've indicated reasons to do so by PM (eg "my full-backs will get forwards", "my defensive midfielder will drop back and hold in front of the defence", "my winger will cut inside a lot", "my attacking midfielder will roam to both wings" etc.... - obviously you'd use the names of the players where appropriate).
Group 1 Squads Benelux-A Selector: La-Maquina Order shown: squad numbers 1 Edwin VAN DER SAR 2 Eric GERETS 3 Jaap STAM 4 Ronald KOEMAN 5 Adri VAN TIGGELEN 6 Cor VAN DER HART 7 Faas WILKES 8 Frank RIJKAARD 9 Ruud VAN NISTELROOY 10 Ruud GULLIT 11 Rob RENSENBRINK 12 Jan VAN BEVEREN ( GK ) 13 Wim JANSEN 14 Johan CRUYFF ( C ) 15 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST 16 Johnny REP 17 Rinus ISRAËL 18 Edgar DAVIDS 19 Puck VAN HEEL 20 Kevin DE BRUYNE 21 Abe LENSTRA 22 Marc OVERMARS 23 Willy VAN DER KUIJLEN Argentina-B Selector: poetgooner Order shown: order drafted Lionel Messi Daniel Passarella Javier Zanetti Silvio Marzolini Jose Manuel Moreno Felix Loustau Luis Monti Nestor Rossi Mario Kempes Oscar Ruggeri Ubaldo Fillol Omar Sivori Walter Samuel Osvaldo Ardiles Angel Labruna Javier Mascherano Juan Sebastian Veron Juan Roman Riquelme Sergio Aguero Esteban Cambiasso Luis Artime Gabriel Heinze Antonio Roma Poland Selector: Excape Goat Order shown: alphabetical Jakub Blaszczykowski Zbigniew Boniek Kazimierz Deyna Robert Gadocha Kamil Glik Jerzy Gorgon Henryk Kasperczak Gregorz Krychowiak Grzegorz Lato Robert Lewandowski Wlodzimierz Lubanski Zygmunt Maszczyk Jozef Mlynarczyk Adam Musial Stanislaw Oslizlo Luczsz Piszczek Ernst Pohl Andrzej Szarmach Antoni Szymanowksi Edward Szymkowiak Jan Tomaszewski Ernst Wilimowski Wladyslaw Zmuda Uruguay Selector: msioux75 Order shown: squad numbers 01 MAZURKIEWICZ, Ladislao 02 NASAZZI, José 03 SANTAMARÍA, José 04 ANDRADE, José Leandro 05 VARELA, Obdulio 06 RODRÍGUEZ ANDRADE, Víctor 07 FORLÁN, Diego 08 SCHIAFFINO, Juan 09 SUÁREZ, Luis 10 SCARONE, Héctor 11 FRANCESCOLI, Enzo 12 MÁSPOLI, Roque 13 GAMBETTA, Schubert 14 MATOSAS, Roberto 15 GODÍN, Diego 16 GONCALVES, Néstor 17 ROCHA, Pedro 18 PORTA, Roberto 19 GHIGGIA, Alcides 20 PETRONE, Pedro 21 GÓMEZ, Walter 22 CAVANI, Edinson 23 MAZALI, Andrés
Group 2 Squads Hungary Selector: PDG1978 Order shown: squad numbers 1 - Gyula Grosics 2 - Jeno Buzanszky 3 - Sandor Biro 4 - Sandor Matrai 5 - Jozsef Bozsik 6 - Kalman Meszoly 7 - Laszlo Budai 8 - Sandor Kocsis 9 - Nandor Hidegkuti 10 - Ferenc Puskas 11 - Zoltan Czibor 12 - Gyorgy Orth 13 - Antal Szabo 14 - Jozsef Varga 15 - Gyula Lorant 16 - Gyorgy Sarosi 17 - Ferenc Bene 18 - Peter Palotas 19 - Florian Albert 20 - Lajos Detari 21 - Jozsef Zakarias 22 - Lajos Tichy 23 - Gyula Rakosi France-B Selector: thebigman Order shown: order drafted Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Laurent Blanc Patrick Vieira Dominique Rocheteau Bixente Lizarazu Claude Makelele Willy Sagnol Robert Pires Raphael Varane Hugo Lloris Jean-Pierre Papin N'Golo Kante Youri Djorkaeff Ludovic Giuly Emmanuel Petit Eric Abidal William Gallas Franck Leboeuf Bacary Sagna Gregory Coupet Didier Six Blaise Matuidi Rest of South America-A Selector: msioux75 Order shown: squad numbers 01 CHILAVERT, José Luis (Par) 02 ARCE, Francisco (Par) 03 FIGUEROA, Elías (Chi) 04 FUENTES, Nicolás (Per) 05 VELÁSQUEZ, José (Per) 06 CHUMPITAZ, Héctor (Per) 07 SÁNCHEZ, Alexis (Chi) 08 VIDAL, Arturo (Chi) 09 ERICO, Arsenio (Par) 10 CUBILLAS, Teófilo (Per) 11 JOYA, Juan (Per) 12 CÓRDOBA, Óscar (Col) 13 SOLANO, Norberto (Per) 14 QUINTANO, Alberto (Chi) 15 CÓRDOBA, Iván (Col) 16 FLEITAS SOLICH, Manuel (Par) 17 HORMAZÁBAL, Enrique (Chi) 18 SPENCER, Alberto (Ecu) 19 CUETO, César (Per) 20 RODRÍGUEZ, James (Col) 21 ZAMORANO, Iván (Chi) 22 ORTIZ, Willington (Col) 23 BRAVO, Claudio (Chi) Italy-B Selector: Titanlux Order shown: grouped by position Dino Zoff Walter Zenga Enrico Albertosi Franco Baresi Fabio Cannavaro Leonardo Bonucci Eraldo Monzeglio Tarcisio Burgnich Giussepe Bergomi Renzo De Vecchi Giacinto Facchetti Marco Tardelli Giancarlo Antognoni Gianni Rivera Giovanni Ferrari Francesco Totti Giussepe Meazza Alessandro Del Piero Giampiero Boniperti Mario Corso Bruno Conti Gianluca Vialli Silvio Piola
Group 3 Squads Yugoslavia Selector: PDG1978 Order shown: squad numbers 1 - Vladimir Beara 2 - Branko Stankovic 3 - Robert Jarni 4 - Ivan Gudelj 5 - Josip Katalinski 6 - Dragan Holcer 7 - Vladimir Petrovic 8 - Dejan Savicevic 9 - Davor Suker 10 - Dragan Stojkovic 11 - Dragan Dzajic 12 - Branko Zebec 13 - Samir Handanovic 14 - Luka Modric 15 - Nemanja Vidic 16 - Vladimir Jugovic 17 - Aljosa Asanovic 18 - Zvonimir Boban 19 - Bernard Vukas 20 - Stjepan Bobek 21 - Alen Boksic 22 - Safet Susic 23 - Fahrudin Jusufi Rest of the World Selector: Excape Goat Order shown: alphabetical Paulinho Alcantara Massimo Bonini Tim Cahill Cha Bum Kun Stephane Chapuisat Avi Cohen Emre Belozoglu Brad Friedel Magico Gonzalez Hong Myung-Bo Harry Kewell Rafael Marquez Severino Minelli Wes Morgan Yuto Nagamoto Shunsuke Nakamura Keylor Navas Park Ji-Sung Rustu Recber Hugo Sanchez Giourkas Seitaridis Mark Viduka Theodoros Zagarakis British Isles-A Selector: thebigman Order shown: order drafted George Best Ryan Giggs Kenny Dalglish Jimmy Greaves Ashley Cole Sol Campbell Phil Neal Alan Hansen Paul Scholes David Seaman Graeme Souness Paul Gascoigne Duncan Edwards Gareth Bale Pat Jennings John Charles David Beckham Rio Ferdinand Wayne Rooney Stuart Pearce Gary Neville Glenn Hoddle Gary Lineker Spain Selector: poetgooner Order shown: grouped by position Ricardo Zamora Iker Casillas Rafael Gordillo Jose Antonio Camacho Joan Segarra Sergio Ramos Carles Puyol Fernando Hierro Gerard Pique Pep Guardiola Xabi Alonso Sergio Busquets Pirri Luis Suarez Miramontes Xavi Hernandez Andres Iniesta Michel David Silva Amancio Amaro Paco Gento Raul Emilio Butragueno David Villa
Group 4 Squads Italy Reserves Selector: PDG1978 Order shown: squad numbers 1 - Gianluca Pagliuca 2 - Alessandro Costacurta 3 - Antonio Benarrivo 4 - Demetrio Albertini 5 - Roberto Rosato 6 - Pierluigi Cera 7 - Roberto Donadoni 8 - Giacomo Bulgarelli 9 - Roberto Boninsegna 10 - Giussepe Giannini 11 - Pierino Prati 12 - Gianluca Zambrotta 13 - Francesco Toldo 14 - Giovanni Lodetti 15 - Pietro Vierchowod 16 - Marco Verratti 17 - Attilio Lombardo 18 - Benito Carbone 19 - Enrico Chiesa 20 - Giussepe Signori 21 - Giovanni Trapattoni 22 - Roberto Mancini 23 - Luigi De Agostini Bulgaria-Romania Selector: La-Maquina Order shown: squad numbers 1 Georgi NAYDENOV 2 Aleksandar SHALAMANOV 3 Cristian CHIVU 4 Gheorghe POPESCU 5 Dimitar PENEV 6 Alexandru APOLZAN 7 Ilie BALACI 8 Nicolae DOBRIN 9 Georgi ASPARUHOV 10 Gheorghe HAGI 11 Hristo STOICHKOV 12 Ion VOINESCU 13 Dan PETRESCU 14 Costică ȘTEFĂNESCU 15 Stefan BOZHKOV 16 László BÖLÖNI 17 Miodrag BELODEDICI 18 Hristo BONEV 19 Dimitar YAKIMOV 20 Florea DUMITRACHE 21 Dimitar BERBATOV 22 Krasimir BALAKOV 23 Adrian MUTU Benelux-B Selector: poetgooner Order shown: order drafted Marco van Basten Ruud Krol Arjen Robben Johan Neeskens Willem van Hanegem Dennis Bergkamp Eden Hazard Vincent Kompany Frank De Boer Wim Suurbier Piet Keizer Clarence Seedorf Jan Cuelemans Jan Vertonghen Jean-Marie Pfaff Enzo Scifo Robin van Persie Arie Haan Michel Preud’Homme Paul Van Himst Wesley Sneijder Hans Van Breukelen Virgil van Dijk Argentina-A Selector: msioux75 Order shown: squad numbers 01 CARRIZO, Amadeo 02 PERFUMO, Roberto 03 TARANTINI, Alberto 04 SOSA, Carlos 05 REDONDO, Fernando 06 AYALA, Roberto 07 ORSI, Raimundo 08 PEDERNERA, Adolfo 09 DI STÉFANO, Alfredo 10 MARADONA, Diego 11 BATISTUTA, Gabriel 12 GATTI, Hugo 13 SALOMÓN, José 14 YÁCONO, Norberto 15 SORÍN, Juan Pablo 16 RATTÍN, Antonio 17 SIMEONE, Diego 18 SASTRE, Antonio 19 BOCHINI, Ricardo 20 CORBATTA, Oreste Omar 21 PONTONI, René 22 BERTONI, Ricardo Daniel 23 TESORIERE, Américo
Group 5 Squads Austria Selector: Titanlux Order shown: alphabetical Alaba, David Bican, Josef Binder, Franz Blum, Josef Decker, Karl Hanappi, Gerhard Happel, Ernst Herzog, Andreas Hiden, Rudolf Koller, Karl Krankl, Hansi Nausch, Walter Ocwirk, Ernst Pezzey, Bruno Polster, Anton Prohaska, Herbert Sara, Robert Schall, Anton Sesta, Karl Sindelar, Matthias Smistik, Josef Zeman, Walter Zischek, Karl British Isles-B Selector: poetgooner Order shown: order drafted Bobby Moore Bobby Charlton Sir Tom Finney Sir Stanley Matthews Roy Keane Danny McGrain Tony Adams Denis Law Gordon Banks Steven Gerrard Eddie Hapgood Frank Lampard Dave Mackay John Terry Dixie Dean Bryan Robson Alan Shearer Danny Blanchflower Billy Wright Billy Bremner Peter Shilton Jimmy Armfield Kenny Sansom Portugal Selector: Excape Goat Order shown: alphabetical Jose Aguas Alvaro Jose Augusto Manuel Bento Ricardo Carvalho Domiciano Cavem Humberto Coelho Mario Coluna Costa Pereira Fernando Couto Deco Eusebio Luis Figo Paulo Futre Germano Hilario Pepe Fernando Peyroteo Joao Domingos da Silva Pinto (known as Joao Pinto) Cristiano Ronaldo Rui Costa Paulo Sousa Vitor Baia Africa Selector: Peru FC (to be announced soon, in a further post)
Group 6 Squads Soviet Union Selector: La-Maquina Order shown: squad numbers 1 Lev YASHIN 2 Vladimir BESSONOV 3 Anatoliy DEMYANENKO 4 Valery VORONIN 5 Murtaz KHURTSILAVA 6 Albert SHESTERNYOV 7 Andriy SHEVCHENKO 8 Igor NETTO 9 Eduard STRELTSOV 10 Valentin IVANOV 11 Oleh BLOKHIN 12 Rinat DASAYEV 13 Revaz DZODZUASHVILI 14 Evgeny LOVCHEV 15 Yuri VOINOV 16 Oleh KUZNETSOV 17 Aleksandr CHIVADZE 18 Fyodor CHERENKOV 19 Vladimir MUNTYAN 20 Igor BELANOV 21 David KIPIANI 22 Mikheil MESKHI 23 Igor CHISLENKO Germany-B Selector: Peru FC Order shown: alphabetical Michael Ballack Andreas Brehme Paul Breitner Hans-Peter Briegel Guido Buchwald Stefan Effenberg Karl-Heinz Forster Oliver Kahn Manfred Kaltz Jurgen Klinsmann Jurgen Kohler Philipp Lahm Pierre Littbarski Lothar Matthaus Thomas Muller Manuel Neuer Mesut Ozil Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Matthias Sammer Bernd Schuster Bastian Schweinsteiger Uli Stielike Rudi Voller Spain Reserves Selector: Titanlux Order shown: alphabetical Arconada, Luis Miguel Basora, Estanislao Cesc Fábregas Del Sol, Luis Gaínza, Agustín Gallego, Francisco Fernández Gamborena, Francisco Garay, Jesús Gorostiza, Guillermo Iríbar, José Ángel Joaquín Sánchez Jordi Alba Lángara, Isidro Míchel Salgado Panizo, José Luis Quincoces, Jacinto Rivilla, Feliciano Samitier, José Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Manuel Sergi Barjuán Zarra, Telmo Zubieta, Ángel Zubizarreta, Andoni Brazil-A Selector: thebigman Order shown: grouped by position Claudio Taffarel Julio Cesar Marcos Lucio Hideraldo Bellini Aldair Juan Carlos Alberto Cafu Roberto Carlos Marcelo Zito Dunga Gilberto Silva Didi Socrates Roberto Rivelino Kaka Rivaldo Garrincha Pele Tostao Leonidas
Group 7 Squads Germany-A Selector: Peru FC Order shown: alphabetical Franz Beckenbauer Rainer Bonhof Ludwig Goldbrunner Jurgen Grabowski Jupp Heynckes Paul Janes Erick Juskowiak Ernst Kuzorra Sepp Maier Gerd Muller Gunter Netzer Wolfgang Overath Helmut Rahn Hans Schafer Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Willi Schulz Heinrich Stulfauth Uwe Seeler Fritz Szepan Horst Szymaniak Berti Vogts Fritz Walter Wolfgang Weber Fennoscandia Selector: PDG1978 Order shown: squad numbers 1 - Peter Schmeichel 2 - Roland Nilsson 3 - Erik Nilsson 4 - Morten Olsen 5 - Sami Hyypia 6 - Jonas Thern 7 - Allan Simonsen 8 - Nils Liedholm 9 - Gunnar Nordahl 10 - Jari Litmanen 11 - Brian Laudrup 12 - John Sivebaek 13 - Ronnie Hellstrom 14 - Soren Lerby 15 - Rune Bratseth 16 - Gunnar Gren 17 - Karl Aage Praest 18 - Preben Elkjaer 19 - Lars Bohinen 20 - Lennart Skoglund 21 - Henrik Larsson 22 - Michael Laudrup 23 - Stig Inge Bjornebye Brazil Reserves Selector: thebigman Order shown: grouped by position Alison Emerson Leao Marquinhos Naldo Roque Junior David Luiz Maicon Jorginho Felipe Luis Alex Sandro Cesar Sampaio Emerson Ferraira da Rosa (known as Emerson) Clodoaldo Edu Gaspar (known as Edu) Ze Roberto Oscar Leonardo Willian Robinho Bebeto Careca Edmundo Adriano Italy-A Selector: Titanlux Order shown: grouped by position Gianluigi Buffon Gianpiero Combi Angelo Peruzzi Gaetano Scirea Alessandro Nesta Ciro Ferrara Virginio Rosetta Claudio Gentile Giorgio Chiellini Paolo Maldini Umberto Caligaris Antonio Cabrini Romeo Bonetti Andrea Pirlo Valentino Mazzola Sandro Mazzola Gianfranco Zola Roberto Baggio Franco Causio Luigi Riva Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Christian Vieri
Group 8 Squads Czechoslovakia Selector: Excape Goat Order shown: alphabetical Jaroslav Burgr Petr Cech Karol Dobias Zdenek Grygera Marek Hamsik Marek Jankulowski Miroslav Kadlec Jan Koller Laszlo Kubala Josef Masopust Pavel Nedved Oldrich Nejedly Ladislav Novak Anton Ondrus Antonin Panenka Frantisek Planicka Svatopluk Pluskal Antonin Puc Karel Poborsky Jan Popluhar Tomas Rosicky Thomas Ujfalusi Ivo Viktor Rest of South America-B Selector: msioux75 Order shown: squad numbers 01 LIVINGSTONE, Sergio (Chi) 02 EYZAGUIRRE, Luis (Chi) 03 MELÉNDEZ, Julio (Per) 04 DÍAZ, Rubén (Per) 05 BENÍTEZ, Víctor (Per) 06 GAMARRA, Carlos (Par) 07 SOTIL, Hugo (Per) 08 MARCOS, Rubén (Chi) 09 FERNÁNDEZ, Teodoro (Per) 10 VALDERRAMA, Carlos (Col) 11 SÁNCHEZ, Leonel (Chi) 12 ROJAS, Roberto (Chi) 13 DUARTE, Jaime (Per) 14 MEDEL, Gary (Chi) 15 DELGADO, Guillermo (Per) 16 RINCÓN, Tomás (Ven) 17 PIZARRO, David (Chi) 18 FALCAO, Radamel (Col) 19 ETCHEVERRY, Marco (Bol) 20 ROMERO, Julio César (Par) 21 SALAS, Marcelo (Chi) 22 SEMINARIO, Juan (Per) 23 VALDIVIESO, Juan (Per) France-A Selector: La Maquina Order shown: squad numbers 1 Fabian BARTHEZ 2 Manuel AMOROS 3 Maxime BOSSIS 4 Didier DESCHAMPS 5 Lilian THURAM 6 Marcel DESAILLY 7 Raymond KOPA 8 Jean TIGANA 9 Just FONTAINE 10 Michel PLATINI 11 Franck RIBERY 12 Joel BATS 13 Patrick BATTISTON 14 Patrice EVRA 15 Luis FERNANDEZ 16 Robert JONQUET 17 Marius TRESOR 18 David GINOLA 19 Paul POGBA 20 David TREZEGUET 21 Alain GIRESSE 22 Eric CANTONA 23 Jocelyn ANGLOMA Brazil-B Selector: Peru FC Order shown: alphabetical Ademir de Menezes Dani Alves Dida Djalma Santos Domingos da Guia Paulo Roberto Falcao Gerson Gilmar Jairzinho Julinho Junior Luis Pereira Mauro Ramos Mauro Silva Neymar Nilton Santos Romario Ronaldinho Ronaldo Thiago Silva Toninho Cerezo Zico Zizinho
Knock-out stage schedule Round of 16 game 1: Group 1 winner vs Group 2 runner-up Round of 16 game 2: Group 2 winner vs Group 1 runner-up Round of 16 game 3: Group 3 winner vs Group 4 runner-up Round of 16 game 4: Group 4 winner vs Group 3 runner-up Round of 16 game 5: Group 5 winner vs Group 6 runner-up Round of 16 game 6: Group 6 winner vs Group 5 runner-up Round of 16 game 7: Group 7 winner vs Group 8 runner-up Round of 16 game 8: Group 8 winner vs Group 7 runner-up Quarter Final 1: R16 game 1 winner vs R16 game 3 winner Quarter Final 2: R16 game 2 winner vs R16 game 4 winner Quarter Final 3: R16 game 5 winner vs R16 game 7 winner Quarter Final 4: R16 game 6 winner vs R16 game 8 winner Semi Final 1: QF 1 winner vs QF 3 winner Semi Final 2: QF 2 winner vs QF 4 winner 3rd Place Play-Off Final
Africa Selector: Peru FC order shown: alphabetical Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Celestine Babayaro Lakhdar Belloumi Paul Bonga Bonga Tshimen Bwanga Didier Drogba Rifaat El-Fanagily Michael Essien Samuel Eto'o Bruce Grobbelaar Osei Kofi Kalidou Koulibaly Samuel Kuffour Lauren Sadio Mane Thomas N'Kono Augustine 'Jay-Jay' Okocha Abedi Pele Mohamed Salah Taye Taiwo Kolo Toure Yaya Toure George Weah
Yeah, quite a few. It's a feasible tactic, because we are all assured that nobody will get injured (let's say in theory extra goalkeepers could get called up if an injury occurred....but it's not going to happen!). The medical teams and pre-match preparation etc must be good in this Fantasy world, but still the squad needs to be used - the trade off for having only 2 goalies is that there is an extra outfield player that needs to play at some point, at least if the team goes all the way to the end of the tournament. If 3 good goalie options were available maybe it's still a good choice to include them all, especially if any are good at saving penalties!
I am using a different philosophy. I thought playing the third keeper will not matter that much. Instead, I shortened the number of outfielders on my team. Anyway, none of my teams won't go too far.
Excellent compilation of most of the best soccer players in history. We have only "forgotten" about a handful of other great players. I point out a list of the great absents of this world championship: Ademir da Guía Altafini, José Bastin, Cliff Ben Barek, Lerbi Brady, Liam Braine, Raymond Buchan, Charlie Canhoteiro Carter, Raich Clemence, Ray Crompton, Bob Croy, Jürgen Courtois, Thibaut Crespo, Hernán Danilo Alvim Deak, Ferenc Di María, Ángel Eder Ferreira, Manuel Ferreyra, Bernabé Friedenreich, Arthur Gallacher, Hugh García, Enrique Griezmann, Antoine Haller, Helmut Hamrin, Kurt Hassler, Thomas Higuaín, Gonzalo Ibrahimovic, Zlatan Jackson, Alex Jair da Rosa James, Alex Johnstone, Jimmy Keegan, Kevin Kroos, Toni Lawton, Tommy Marinho Chagas Martino, Rinaldo McGrory, Jimmy Meredith, Billy Mijatovic, Predrag Milla, Roger Moller, Andreas Morena, Fernando Morton, Alan Pesek, Karel Peucelle, Carlos Raí Ramallets, Antonio Romano, Ángel Rush, Ian Sanfilippo, José Francisco Schaffer, Alfred Schlosser, Imre Schumacher, Harald Sekularac, Dragoslav Seoane, Manuel Takacs, Jozsef Tévez, Carlos Van Moer, Wilfreid Vasovic, Velibor Walker, Billy Zsengeller, Gyula
Oh, I don't think in penalties. So, Goycochea should make the list But, I trust my ofensive weapons would be enough to win at 90'
PDG1978 asked me to post his line-ups, in order that he made those before he saw the opposition team. "I guess I just thought if I sent them to a third party like you to post then it kind of verifies that I submitted them without seeing other people's teams (the opposition teams). I don't think anyone would think I was lying/cheating in that way anyway lol, but it sort of validates being the organiser plus participating in the game at the same time I think." Hungary line-up for Group stage game 1 vs France-B Subs to be used: After half-time - Varga (for Biro) After 70 minutes - Bene (for Albert) Yugoslavia line-up for group stage 1 game vs Rest of the World Subs to be used: After half-time - Handanovic for Beara After 70 minutes - Asanovic for Jugovic
Thanks Puck - to clarify those are the line-ups for the two games my own teams are involved in where the other manager has sent his team to me already too. Maybe those games, among others, will get kicked-off later today, but everyone should wait for all week 1 fixtures to be posted (and for me to send you a 'score card' to use) before voting for any results (and scores/scorers/assisters etc).
Well, in this game hopefully not lol! But if Yugoslavia managed to make it to the knockout stage then maybe (he won't need to play anymore after this game necessarily, but yeah he could come on ready to save penalty shots in a knock-out game still it's true). He provides a modern keeper, giving balance with Beara I suppose!