Rules for squad selection:
20 Players - 3 GK, 6 DF, 6 MF, 5 FW
Maximum of 4 players from a single country
Minimum of 1 player from every nation in the region must be included
South: Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Greece, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Turkey
GK (3)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy: Juventus)
Doudou Aouate (Israel: RCD Mallorca)
Aldo Simoncini (San Marino: Valenzana)
DF (6)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy: Juventus)
Domenico Criscito (Italy: Zenit St. Petersburg)
Fábio Coentrão (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (Spain: Barcelona)
Vasilis Torosidis (Greece: Olympiacos)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece: Schalke 04)
MF (6)
Yossi Benayoun (Israel: Arsenal)
Constantinos Charalambides (Cyprus: APOEL)
Arda Turan (Turkey: Atletico Madrid)
Andrés Iniesta (Spain: Barcelona)
Xavi (Spain: Barcelona)
Daniele De Rossi (Italy: Roma)
FW (5)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Nani (Portugal: Manchester United)
Burak Yılmaz (Turkey: Trabzonspor)
David Villa (Spain: Barcelona)
Michael Mifsud (Malta: Valletta FC)
Feel free to make suggestions and/or create your own South Europe team.
This has got to be the strongest of the regions to date. I went a pretty similar route with the midfield, but prefer Pirlo to DDR and Sahin to Turan. Also had to throw in Toto Di Natale up front considering how amazing he's been at club level the last few seasons.
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Gianluigi Buffon (Italy: Juventus)
Volkan Demirel (Turkey: Fenerbahçe)
Aldo Simoncini (San Marino: Valenzana)
DF (6)
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Servet Çetin (Turkey: Galatasaray)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy: Juventus)
Fábio Coentrão (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Greece: Werder Bremen)
Carlos Puyol (Spain: Barcelona)
MF (6)
Yossi Benayoun (Israel: Arsenal)
Constantinos Charalambides (Cyprus: APOEL)
Xavi Hernandez (Spain: Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Spain: Barcelona)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy: Juventus)
Nuri Şahin (Turkey: Real Madrid)
FW (5)
Danijel Bogdanović (Malta: Rochdale)
Antonio Di Natale (Italy: Udinese)
Nani (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal: Real Madrid)
David Silva (Spain: Manchester City)
GK (3)
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Aouate(Isr)
Simoncini(SMR)
Def (6)
Pique(Spa)
Bosingwa(Por)
Chiellini(Ita)
Coentrao(Por)
Busquets(Spa)
Torosidis(Gre)
Mid (6)
Xavi(Spa)
Iniesta(Spa)
Pirlo(Ita)
Turan(Tur)
Sahin(Tur)
Altintop, Hamit(Tur)
FW (5)
Ronaldo(Por)
Nani(Por)
Rossi(Ita)
Konstantinou(Cyp)
Mifsud(Mal)
Should be enough of the very top players to play an 11 of them only in a few different systems. Busquets and Iniesta are versatile as well and can play in a few positions, which helps if this team should say.. play in a regions tournament with the other teams :)
GK:
ReplyDeleteAldo Junior (San Marino,Valenzana)
Sinan Bolat (Turkey, Standard Liege)
Gigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus)
DF:
Kyriakos Papadopolous (Greece, Schalke 04)
Fabio Coentrao (Portugal, Real Madrid)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy, Juventus)
Vasilis Torosidis (Greece, Olympiakos)
Gerard Pique (Spain, Barcelona)
Eliseu (Portugal, Malaga)
MF:
Xavi (Spain, Barcelona)
Iniesta (Spain, Barcelona)
Yossi Benayoun (Israel, Arsenal)
Nuri Sahin (Turkey, Real Madrid)
Giorgios Efrem (Cyprus, Omonia)
Daniele de Rossi (Italy, Roma)
FW:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid)
Giuseppe Rossi (Italy, Villareal)
Michael Mifsud (Malta, Valletta)
Nani (Portugal, Manchester United)
Roberto Soldado, (Spain, Valencia)
Burak Yilmaz, (Turkey, Trabzonspor)
I'm surprised no one put down Bolat or Soldado, both have been really outstanding players for the last couple of seasons. Soldado is overdue for a Spain call-up.
GK (3)
ReplyDeleteGianluigi Buffon (Italy: Juventus Turin)
Rui Patrício (Portugal: Sporting Lisbon)
Aldo Simoncini (San Marino: Valenzana)
DF (6)
Elias Charalambous (Cyprus: Karlsruher SC)
Carles Puyol (Spain: FC Barcelona)
Fábio Coentrão (Portugal: Real Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (Spain: FC Barcelona)
Sokratis (Greece: Werder Bremen) (on loan from FC Genoa)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece: Schalke 04)
MF (6)
Yossi Benayoun (Israel: Arsenal)
Nuri Sahin (Turkey: Real Madrid)
Mehmet Ekici (Turkey: Werder Bremen)
Emre Belözoglu (Turkey: Fenerbahce Istanbul)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain: FC Barcelona)
Nani (Portugal: Manchester United)
FW (5)
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy: Juventus Turin)
Mario Balotelli (Italy: Manchester City)
Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal: Besiktas Istanbul)
David Villa (Spain: FC Barcelona)
Michael Mifsud (Malta: Valletta FC)