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2005 vs 2015
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:27 pm
==========2005==========
G Oliver Kahn
D Alessandro Nesta
D John Terry
D Lillian Thuram
D Paolo Maldini
M Steven Gerrard
M Figo
M Zinedine Zidane
M Ronaldinho
F Thierry Henry
F Ruud van Nistelrooy
Bench
Luigi Buffon
Ronaldo
Lucio
Carles Puyol
Cafu
Ashley Cole
David Beckham
Andriy Shevchenko
Luis Garcia
Pavel Nedved
Patrick Viera
========2015=========
G Manuel Neuer
D Jerome Boateng
D Thiago Silva
D Serio Ramos
D Mat Hummels
M Franck Ribery
M Toni Kroos
M Iniesta
M Cristiano Ronaldo
F Lionel Messi
F Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Bench
Luis Suarez
David De Gae
Wayne Rooney
David Alaba
Neymar
Andrea Pirlo
Arjen Robben
Eden Hazard
Philip Lahm
Gareth Bale
G Oliver Kahn
D Alessandro Nesta
D John Terry
D Lillian Thuram
D Paolo Maldini
M Steven Gerrard
M Figo
M Zinedine Zidane
M Ronaldinho
F Thierry Henry
F Ruud van Nistelrooy
Bench
Luigi Buffon
Ronaldo
Lucio
Carles Puyol
Cafu
Ashley Cole
David Beckham
Andriy Shevchenko
Luis Garcia
Pavel Nedved
Patrick Viera
========2015=========
G Manuel Neuer
D Jerome Boateng
D Thiago Silva
D Serio Ramos
D Mat Hummels
M Franck Ribery
M Toni Kroos
M Iniesta
M Cristiano Ronaldo
F Lionel Messi
F Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Bench
Luis Suarez
David De Gae
Wayne Rooney
David Alaba
Neymar
Andrea Pirlo
Arjen Robben
Eden Hazard
Philip Lahm
Gareth Bale
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 12:34 pm
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Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:30 pm to Lordofwrath88
winner gets to take on 1995
G Cláudio Taffarel
D Jorginho
D Márcio Santos
D Paolo Maldini
D Frank de Boer
M Dunga
M Gheorghe Hagi
M Michael Laudrup
F Romário
F Hristo Stoichkov
F Roberto Baggio
(basically the 94 all tourney team)
G Cláudio Taffarel
D Jorginho
D Márcio Santos
D Paolo Maldini
D Frank de Boer
M Dunga
M Gheorghe Hagi
M Michael Laudrup
F Romário
F Hristo Stoichkov
F Roberto Baggio
(basically the 94 all tourney team)
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:56 pm to Lordofwrath88
2005 has the edge in the midfield and on the back line. 2015 wins because of their All-Time, ELITE front line.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:50 pm to Tennessee Jed
Four center backs? Ok.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:52 pm to cwil177
Boateng and Ramos were fullbacks once upon atime. I think Maldini and Nesta spent time there as well.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:24 pm to Tennessee Jed
2005 easily better top to bottom, that's really the best back line that can be put together for 2015?
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:27 pm to RandySavage
quote:
2005 easily better top to bottom
Yeah I think its pretty cut and dry in favor of '05.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:32 pm to BleedPurpleGold
Messi and Ronaldo are probably the only players who could make the 2005 team. Maybe the keepers but they are all too close at the top for that to really matter anyway.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:45 pm to RandySavage
Iniesta and Zlatan too
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:46 pm to Tennessee Jed
Ramos over Thuram as well
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:53 pm to Tennessee Jed
Iniesta 2011 maybe, not now. I wouldn't take Zlatan on any team like this. Too much history of no showing when it matters.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:54 pm to Tennessee Jed
quote:
Ramos over Thuram as well
At goal scoring and red card getting. Not at defending.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:56 pm to Lordofwrath88
No way Buffon sits for Kahn and I personally would put in Sheva over Ruud but I have a Milan bias.
That bench in its prime would kill the 2015 team.
That bench in its prime would kill the 2015 team.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:18 pm to Lordofwrath88
2005 easily. I was watching some of the 2006 WC matches recently and it really struck me how much better the national teams were back then compared to now. England has Neville, Cole, Gerrard, Ferdinand, Terry, Beckham, Lampard, Rooney and Owen and that team didn't even make it to the semis. Italy was stacked with Buffon, Cannavarro, Del Piero, Totti, Nesta and Pirlo. France had Vieira, Makalele, Zidane, Henry, Thuram and Ribery. Brazik had Kaka, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. Teams were just much better back then.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 1:10 am to Bench McElroy
Could have used Kaka last year. Not the same elite player but his leadership.... he could have been the Wambach (hi Alexi)
Posted on 7/9/15 at 8:53 am to Bench McElroy
quote:
Teams were just much better back then.
I don't agree with that at all. France and Italy were better, sure. Barcelona, over the past 6 or 7 years, has been arguably the best football team of all time. We've seen Spain and Germany sides that have looked unbeatable for long stretches of games.
I mean, Greece won the Euro in 2004.
There are great players and great teams in every generation. The difference between 2005 and 2015 is marginal, at best.
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 8:55 am
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:27 am to Tennessee Jed
or is Barca just amassed the best talent of a lesser generation and dominating?
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 10:27 am
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:30 am to Lordofwrath88
quote:
G Oliver Kahn
D Alessandro Nesta
D John Terry
D Lillian Thuram
D Paolo Maldini
M Steven Gerrard
M Figo
M Zinedine Zidane
M Ronaldinho
F Thierry Henry
F Ruud van Nistelrooy
No Sheva, no care
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:42 am to Bench McElroy
you're probably just looking through nostalgia goggles.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 11:34 am to bbap
quote:
you're probably just looking through nostalgia goggles.
yep.
Happens all the time across all sports.
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 11:35 am
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