All-time World Cup Auction Draft Please post your formations and team write-ups in this thread. You must post which version your player is in your formation: i.e "Maldini '94", "Maradona '86". You can also include a quick write-up of your player's performances (i.e what your players achieved, were awarded, player stats). VOTE CARD BEST TEAM 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH BEST DEFENCE 1ST 2ND 3RD BEST MIDFIELD 1ST 2ND 3RD BEST ATTACK 1ST 2ND 3RD (optional) BEST SIGNING: WORST SIGNING:
1. Gianluigi BUFFON - 2006 WC winner. WC record conceding 2 goals in 7 games. Buffon was named Man of the Match in Italy's 1–0 victory over Australia in the round of 16, and later also received the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper of the tournament, producing 40 saves, and was elected to the Team of the Tournament. 2. Carlos ALBERTO - 1970 WC winner. Captained Brazil to the title. Chosen Team of the Tournament. 3. Jurgen KOHLER - 1990 WC winner with Germany. FIFA didn't have an official team of the tournament at that year, but he was chosen as part of the ToT by various sources - Guerin Sportivo, Sportivo Sur, La Gazzetta dello Sport 4. Antonio CABRINI - 1978 4th place. Best young player of the tournament. Managed team of the tournament according to most sources. 5. Gaetano SCIREA - 1978 4th place. Managed team of the tournament according to Crónica. 6. Edgar DAVIDS - 1998 4th place. Managed team of the tournament. 7. P.R. FALCAO - 1982 - Silver Ball - second best player of the tournament. 8. Jean TIGANA - 1986 - Team of the tournament according to France Football and Sporting99.com selection. 9. EUSEBIO - 1996 Golden Shoe with 9 goals. Bronze ball - 3rd best player of the tournament. 10. Zinedine ZIDANE - WC winner, 2 goals in the final, Clarin’s retroactive World Cup player of the tournament. 11. PELE - Player of the tournament, Golden Ball, WC winner, 4 goals, Team of the Tournament.
- 3 x players of the tournaments (plus 2 x 2nd place) - 3 x top goalscorers - all 11 players made the All-Star team - attack boasts 17 goals, midfield 8 goals - yes, Mario Kempes played as an attacking midfielder in '78. - 7 x World Cup Champions - 4 x captains who lifted the World Cup
Ronaldo - 2002 WC Winner, Silver Ball, Golden Shoe, All-Star Team, somehow didn't win Golden Ball, but decided to score two goals in the final against the man who did. Rivaldo - 2002 WC Winner, Silver Shoe, All-Star Team, was Man of the Match 3 times, was brutally maimed when a Turkish footballer kicked a ball at him. It hit him in the legs so hard it made his face hurt. Rivelino - 1970 WC Winner, Team of the Tournament. Jairzinho - 1970 WC Winner, Silver Shoe, Team of the Tournament, Only player to score in every game of a World Cup. Toni Kroos - 2014 WC Winner, Nominated for Golden Ball, All-Star Team, Didier Deschamps - 1998 WC Winner, All-Star Team. Marcelo - 2014 Dream Team. Marcel Desailly - 1998 WC Winner, All-Star Team. Mats Hummels - 2014 WC Winner, Nominated for Golden Ball, All-Star Team, Dream Team. Pablo Zabaleta - 2014 All-Star Team. Fabien Barthez - 1998 WC Winner, Lev Yashin Award, All-Star Team. I've decided to put these 11 men into the formation of the greatest World Cup team of all-time. The 1970 Brazil winning side.
Neuer - World cup winner in 2014. Golden glove winner. Vogts - World cup winner in 1974 Thuram - World cup finalist in 2006 Baresi - World cup finalist in 1990. Conceded just 2 goals in the tournament. Brehme - World cup winner in 1990. Scored the winning goal taking the tally up to 3. Dunga - World cup winner as captain in 1994. Xavi - World cup winner in 2014. Spain's best player. Iniesta - World cup winner in 2014. Scored the winning goal. Rummenigge - Captained West Germany to World cup final in 1982. Second top scorer. Bronze ball winner Romario - World cup winner in 1994. Second top scorer. Golden ball winner. Eden Hazard - Captained Belgium to their best ever finish in 2014. Silver ball winner. All players either a part of the official team of the tournament or voted in by most sources for when there was no official team of the tournament.
Front 4 has 3 golden ball ( 2 of them won golden ball,golden shoe and WC) and 1 bronze boot 2 Man Midfield has 1 silver ball GK with Golden Ball Total 4 Golden Ball , 1 silver ball, 2 Golden boot , 1 brone boot. Total 10 players included in the All-Star Team
If I get 7th I'll jump for joy Edit: Looking back at the team, If I were to choose 11 players based on World Cup performances alone, I would have picked 3 of this 11. 2nd edit: Updated lineup https://www.buildlineup.com/shared/62b1d55866f8a058b51347db . Gordon Banks (1966): FIFA World Cup winners: 1966 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final: 1970 FIFA World Cup unofficial Lev Yashin award/Golden Glove (sporting99.com): 1966 FIFA World Cup unofficial All-Star Team (sporting99.com, Associated Press, Estadio, El Grafico): 1966 Conceded only 4 goals in 9 World Cup games including only 3 in 6 in 1966 Stefan de Vrij (2014): FIFA World Cup third place: 2014 FIFA World Cup statistical Team of the Tournament: 2014 Scored 1 goals in 7 World Cup games in 2014 Bobby Moore (1966): FIFA World Cup winners: 1966 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final: 1962, 1970 FIFA World Cup unofficial Silver Ball (Ejikeme Ikwunze): 1966 FIFA World Cup unofficial All-Star Team (sporting99.com, Associated Press, Estadio, El Grafico): 1966 14 appearances in 3 World Cups, including 6 in 1966. Marcos Rojo (2014): FIFA World Cup runners up: 2014 FIFA World Cup Round of 16: 2018 FIFA World Cup statistical Team of the Tournament: 2014 2 goals in 9 games in 2 World Cups, including 1 in 6 in 2014 Paolo Maldini (1994): FIFA World Cup third place: 1990 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final: 1998 FIFA World Cup Round of 16: 2002 23 appearances in 4 World Cups, including 7 in 1994 Socrates (1982) Javier Mascherano (2014) Arjen Robben (2014) Luka Modric (2018) James Rodriguez (2014) Thomas Muller (2014) I'll finish this later
Video Clips in Spoiler: Spoiler Johan Neeskens (1978) £7m Cristiano Ronaldo (2018) £100m Lionel Messi (2018) £100m Johan Cruyff (1974) £175m Diego Maradona (1982) £50m Giuseppe Bergomi (1982) £1m https://youtu.be/ijIfnA6lHbw
