Cloete
International Captain
The fact that you have clubs like Sociedad and Bilbao doesn't help much though, does it?Craig said:On paper a great squad in general.
IMO you have the second best goal keeper in the world in goal, some good defenders, an awesome midfield, and some good striking options.
Pity they can't put the Basque, Catalan (if you have studied some Spanish history would would probably understand) or whatever other issues a side and play as a team. I mean I bet Xabi Alonso or Asier del Horno probably would consider themselves Basques first and Spanish second.
Really their problems are with Extremadura and the likes rather than Madrid itself. Purely economically based like alot of splits that seem to be occurring these days (Holland, Sudan, Bouganville etc.).
Back on track, here's their final team:
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Santiago Canizares (Valencia)
Defenders: Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Real Betis), Asier del Horno (Chelsea), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia)
Midfielders: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquin (Real Betis), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), David Albelda (Valencia), Marcos Senna (Villarreal)
Forwards: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Raul (Real Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)
Looks like a good team to me, defensively I'm not so sure though. Iniesta is a great player, was basically their best player in the one game against Benfica. Good tackler, good distributor and has a bit of creativity to boot. I'd actually have him in over Xabi Alonso. Vicente's unlucky though, I'd have him in my team.