Soccer - What is Your Best first XI of all time

[Funkymonk]

Obviously, there have been far too many great soccer players over the years to fit them all into one "best XI".
But if you could choose any player, from any time and make a starting XI, what would it look like?

Mine team would essentially play a 4-4-2 formation, with a defensive mid and a second striker.

My team would look something like this:
Buffon
Dani Alves Maldini Stam Roberto Carlos

Rijkaard

Lionel Messi Steven Gerrard Ryan Giggs

Diego Maradonna

Marco Van Basten


There were many many more players i wanted to include, such as Pele, Zidane, and Cryuff but i just couldnt fit em in.

So what would ur Best/Favourite XI of all time look like?

[messi4h]

Steven Gerrard one of the best of all times? :x

Since i have not lived in the days of di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Pele and Cruyff i will only pick players from ~85 onward.

Oliver Kahn
Maicon - Paolo Maldini - Lucio - Roberto Carlos
Lionel Messi - Lothar Matthäus - Zinedine Zindane - Ronaldinho
Marco van Basten - Diego Maradonna

reserves would contain Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Raul, Michel Platini, ...

[koodledrum]

GK: Schmeichel
Defenders: Maldini, Bobby Moore, Beckenbauer,
Midfield: Brian Laudrup, Zidane, Cruyff, Messi, Christiano Ronaldo
Strikers: Van Basten, Pele

All managed by Sir. Alex Ferguson

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Goal : Jean-Michel Preud'Homme

Defence : Nesta, Bergomi, Couto, Songh

Midfield : Zidane, Hagi, Maradona,

Forward: Batistuta, Stoichkov, Cruyff

[Aksor]

All managed by Sir. Alex Ferguson

him indeed or Guus Hiddink

[Zapp]

Goal : Jean-Michel Preud'Homme

Do you mean Michel Preud'homme or Jean-Marie Pfaff here? :s

(OK his official name is Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme so you're at least a very little bit correct...)

[Pullup]

The best dream team I'd use right now is:

Casillas
Dani Alves Pique Vidic Lahm

Xabi Alonso
Iniesta Schwensteiger

Messi Gomez Ronaldo

Subs: Xavi,Nueuer,Dzeko,THiago Silva,David Silva,Hazard

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I meant Michel
Was hard to decide betweeen those 2 i mixed them up a bit

[Beasty]

in their prime, some in funny positions:

Shilton

S.Pearce L.Thuram R.Carlos

Xavi D.Maradonna G.Best Messi (really didn't want to include him but the guy is out of this world at times, otherwise he's totally absent)

Fat Ronaldo Raul Muller


Managed by Brian Clough!

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Will only post players that I've actually seen play.

GK: Iker Casillas
Defenders: Maldini, Cannavaro, Nesta
Midfield: Zidane, Ronaldinho, Messi, Xavi
Strikers: Del Piero, Ronaldo, Batistuta

[Lawkan]

Peleeeee is the best

[panjedi]

The best dream team I'd use right now is:

Casillas
Dani Alves Pique Vidic Lahm

Xabi Alonso
Iniesta Schwensteiger

Messi Gomez Ronaldo

Subs: Xavi,Nueuer,Dzeko,THiago Silva,David Silva,Hazard

QFT This team incorporates some of the best players out there today

[partysvensk]

I'll only use players that's been active in the 00s, its hard to compare and know everything about older players from different times:

Keeper: Kahn
Defenders: Maicon Lucio Vidic R.Carlos
MFs: L.Messi Xavi Zidane W.Sneijder (/hate CR)
Strikers: Z.Ibrahimovic Henry

Trainer: Can't choose between Mou, Pep, SAF and Hiddink.
Reserves: Robben, Iniesta, Schweinsteiger, Buffon, Lampard, Eto'o
Fans: AIK, Bröndby or Red Star (those clubs don't play in EL/CL often and aint well known cuz of that)

[smek]

Schmeichel
Vidic, Maldini, R. Carlos, Nesta
C. Ronaldo, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Beckham
Ronaldo, Messi

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As I'm only 20 years old, I have not seen many legends of Football play, but I'll give it a shot.

GK: Julio Cesar

Defense: (LB)Javier Zanetti (CB) Paolo Maldini (CB) Walter Samuel (RB) Roberto Carlos

Midfield: (RM) Arjen Robben (CDM) Franz Beckenbauer (CAM) Diego Maradona (LM) Zinedine Zidane

Offense: (RS) Lionel Messi (LS) Pelè

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

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Want to know something, different areas of the world have different words for the same things. Shocking I know. Who would have ever guessed there would be different word out there?

OT: Some of these match ups would be interesting to see. I'm not a huge soccer fan, as it isn't shown much in the great state of hockey, but when it's on I'll tune in.

EDIT:

The word "soccer" originated as an "Oxford '-er'" slang abbreviation of "association", and was popularized in the late nineteenth century by a prominent English footballer, Charles Wreford-Brown.[5] This origin is evident in the sometimes-heard variation, "soccer football".

SO you Europe "football" pride people can get over yourselves, ir was your people that started the term soccer.

well football was made before american football, so they stole our name! (THEY TOOK ER JOOBS)
much like rugby is actually called Rugby Football..

[Cubhabler]

Here's mine

Ray Clemence

Cafu, Bobby Moore, Lothar Mattheus, Paolo Maldini

Lionel Messi, Pele, Johan Cruyff, George best

Diego Maradona, Marco Van Basten

And to continue with someone else's off topic mention of best goal, check out this little gem from the Irish Premier League



Fixed the video link for you. ~ Fuzzzie

[Taik]

I'm gonna go with a more recent team aswell.


P.Schmeichel
Maicon R.Ferdinand C.Puyol G.Bale

C.Ronaldo Xavi P.Scholes R.Giggs

T.Henry Ronaldo

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Subs: Xavi

you gotta be out of your mind to put Xavi on the bench

I'm too young to remember even World Cup 1998, I was like seven back then, so it'll be (4-4-2)

Schmeichel
V. Bronckhorst, Puyol, Cafu, Maicon
Messi Vieira Zidane Iniesta
Ronaldo.br, van Basten

crap no space for Xavi too :<

[Peadoughbare]

Steven Gerrard one of the best of all times? :x

Yes? Hes a born leader, he was unreal in his prime.