The 26th installment of Barney Corkhill's Greatest Ever series is here!
In this series, I will look at the greatest talents to grace various sports. Here, I continue to look at football.
Over the past few weeks I have been counting down the top 10 players of every position. I am going to take the top player from each one, or the top two if there are two places to be filled, to create the all-time greatest football XI.
Enjoy!
Goalkeeper: Lev Yashin (USSR)
Right Back: Cafu (BRA)
Centre Back: Franz Beckenbauer (GER) (c)
Centre Back: Bobby Moore (ENG)
Left Back: Paolo Maldini (ITA)
Right Midfield: Garrincha (BRA)
Centre Midfield: Johan Cruyff (NED)
Centre Midfield: Alfredo Di Stefano (ARG)
Left Midfield: Francisco Gento (SPA)
Striker: Diego Maradona (ARG)
Striker: Pele (BRA)
Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson (SCO)
Representatives:
1. Brazil - 3
2. Argentina - 2
3. USSR - 1
= Germany - 1
= England - 1
= Italy - 1
= Holland - 1
= Spain - 1
For this team I picked the 11 best individuals, so it may not be the most balanced, but it's not exactly a bad team!
As a bonus, I have included the second team on the next page. This is made up of the players who finished as runners-up to those who got into the first team.
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