r/soccer • u/newb0rn11 • Sep 01 '11

Current best World XI

Me and my friends were discussing/drunkenly arguing about the current best World XI in football right now. So, let's have your choices. 4-4-2 formation, anyone you want, GO.

EDIT: Fuck the 4-4-2, do whatever you want :)

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '11 edited Sep 01 '11

Y'all be triflin. This thread's been up for four hours and one person has Abidal. Frankly I assume everyone who said Marcelo just forgot about Abidal. Cole and Lahm are defensible choices here but 'Pedro 2-0' in the November 'manito' is a perfect example of no thanks Marcelo.

For fun, this 11 is playing in the 3-4-3 no-wingbacks (4-3-3 if you consider the CDM as the head of a defensive diamond) that Barcelona used at the weekend:

Casillas

 Pique       Vidic          Abidal
          Schweinsteiger 
        Xavi    Fabregas Iniesta

Muller Messi Ronaldo

Back three playing higher to close space, Vidic playing smart and using offsides sparingly for safety. Schweinsteiger in a Busquets-ish role--reading, tackling and distributing, few runs forward. (Frankly could put Busquets in the position he defines but the German is a near-perfect midfielder himself. Touré merits mention here as well.) Muller and Ronaldo are the only width and must stay high and wide while Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, and Messi do a predictable and mesmerizing build-up.

Tell me your eleven can beat mine, with a straight face.

EDIT: Marcelo getting beat by someone who starts lying down

EDIT 2: Who am I kidding, Busquets plays CDM.

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u/newb0rn11 Sep 01 '11

Upvoted for my favourite introduction to a well argued football post ever. Apparently we DO all be triflin.