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Well after a few weeks of the world cup, looking at the performaces of a few players in the tournament & with due respect to some other class players who aren't participating in this tournament. I had an idea just to pick two 20-man squads from Europe & Rest of the World based on mixture of current form & overall career performances to see how they would match up:
EUROPE 20-MAN SQUAD:
FORMATION: 4-4-2
GOAL-KEEPERS: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Peter Cech (Czech Republic)
DEFENDERS: Gary Neville (England), Ashley Cole (England), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), John Terry (England), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Carlos Puyol (Spain), Gianlunca Zambrotta (Italy).
MID-FIELDERS: Michael Ballack (Germany), Arjen Robben (Holland), Frank Lampard (England), Steven Gerrard (England), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Michael Ballack (Germany), Patrick Vieira (France)
STRIKERS: Wayne Rooney (England), Thierry Henry (France), Fernando Torres (Spain), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
GK – Gianluigi Buffon
RB – Carlos Puyol
LB – Gianlunca Zambrotta
CB – Fabio Cannavaro
CB – John Terry
RM – Christiano Ronaldo
LM – Arjen Robben
CDM – Andrea Pirlo
CAM – Steven Gerrard
ST- Andriy Shevchenko
ST – Thierry Henry
REST OF THE WORLD 20-MAN SQUAD:
FORMATION: 3-5-2
GOAL-KEEPERS: Dida (Brazil), Oswaldo Sanchez (Mexico)
DEFENDERS: Javier Zanetti (Argentina), Roberto Ayala (Argentina), Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Gabrielle Heinze (Argentina), Ivan Cordoba (Columbia), Rafael Marquez (Mexico).
MID-FIELDERS: Emanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Michael Essein (Ghana), Kaka (Brazil), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina), Mahamadou Diarra (Mali), Stephen Appiah (Ghana).
STRIKERS: Adriano (Brazil), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Ronaldo (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina).
GK – Dida
RWB – Javier Zanetti
LWB – Gabrielle Heinze
CB – Roberto Ayala
CDM – Michael Essein
RM – Emanuel Eboue
LM – Kaka
CAM – Ronaldinho
CAM – Juan Roman Riquelme
ST – Hernan Crespo
ST – Samuel Eto’o
EUROPE 20-MAN SQUAD:
FORMATION: 4-4-2
GOAL-KEEPERS: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Peter Cech (Czech Republic)
DEFENDERS: Gary Neville (England), Ashley Cole (England), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), John Terry (England), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Carlos Puyol (Spain), Gianlunca Zambrotta (Italy).
MID-FIELDERS: Michael Ballack (Germany), Arjen Robben (Holland), Frank Lampard (England), Steven Gerrard (England), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Michael Ballack (Germany), Patrick Vieira (France)
STRIKERS: Wayne Rooney (England), Thierry Henry (France), Fernando Torres (Spain), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
GK – Gianluigi Buffon
RB – Carlos Puyol
LB – Gianlunca Zambrotta
CB – Fabio Cannavaro
CB – John Terry
RM – Christiano Ronaldo
LM – Arjen Robben
CDM – Andrea Pirlo
CAM – Steven Gerrard
ST- Andriy Shevchenko
ST – Thierry Henry
REST OF THE WORLD 20-MAN SQUAD:
FORMATION: 3-5-2
GOAL-KEEPERS: Dida (Brazil), Oswaldo Sanchez (Mexico)
DEFENDERS: Javier Zanetti (Argentina), Roberto Ayala (Argentina), Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Gabrielle Heinze (Argentina), Ivan Cordoba (Columbia), Rafael Marquez (Mexico).
MID-FIELDERS: Emanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Michael Essein (Ghana), Kaka (Brazil), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina), Mahamadou Diarra (Mali), Stephen Appiah (Ghana).
STRIKERS: Adriano (Brazil), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Ronaldo (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina).
GK – Dida
RWB – Javier Zanetti
LWB – Gabrielle Heinze
CB – Roberto Ayala
CDM – Michael Essein
RM – Emanuel Eboue
LM – Kaka
CAM – Ronaldinho
CAM – Juan Roman Riquelme
ST – Hernan Crespo
ST – Samuel Eto’o
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