| Real Madrid are arguably the greatest ever | | | | they don't come much better than Claude |
| club team in the history of the sport, so it | | | | Makele. He is possibly the main reason that |
| will be almost impossible to have just 1 | | | | Real Madrid have been less than successful in |
| greatest ever team. | | | | recent times. |
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| This is why I have gone for 2 and still | | | | Strikers |
| missed out on some very great players. | | | | |
| Because of the way they play their football, | | | | I have gone for 2 greats of Spanish |
| I have decided to have to very attacking | | | | football. The old and then new if you like; |
| teams with very few defenders. | | | | The 2 players who have every right to claim |
| | | | they are the nest to have ever played for the |
| Goalkeeper | | | | club. The former master Alfredo Di Stefano |
| | | | and the current king Raul |
| Like a lot of great teams in history, Real | | | | |
| Madrid have not had that many outstanding | | | | For the second team that is in now way |
| goal keepers, mainly because their emphasis | | | | inferior to the my first team, I have also |
| is on attractive, attacking football. Just a | | | | gone for a 3-man defence. |
| handful of really great goalkeepers have | | | | |
| played for the Meringues. | | | | Goalkeeper |
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| For my first team I have gone for Ricardo | | | | I have gone for Iker Cassillas with Paco |
| Zamora as the goal keeper. | | | | Buyo and Bodo Illgner deserving of praise |
| | | | for their services. |
| Defence | | | | |
| | | | Defenders |
| I have gone for a 3-man defence with Manuel | | | | |
| Sanchis, Uli Steilike and Jose Santamaria. | | | | I have gone for Fernando Hierro, Jose Antonio |
| | | | Camacho and Roberto Carlos |
| Midfield | | | | |
| | | | Midfield |
| I have gone for a 5-man midfield. It was | | | | |
| extremely difficult to pick out 5 outstanding | | | | I have also gone for a 4-man midfield |
| midfielders from a team that has had over | | | | comprising of Juanito, who was just a |
| 1000 fantastic players in that position. | | | | fantastic talent, though he was sometimes let |
| These are the 5, I have gone for the first | | | | down by his temperament. |
| team that I have picked. | | | | |
| | | | Michel, who was a very good playmaker and a |
| Francisco Gento, who was 1 of the fastest | | | | mainstay from Real Madrid and Spain in the |
| players I have seen. He would definitely be | | | | 80's and early 90's. Fernando Redondo was |
| comparable to players of today in terms of | | | | also a fantastic midfielder who could protect |
| speed as he was really very quick, with or | | | | the defence but was also very skilful. |
| without the ball. | | | | |
| | | | Then there is Luis Figo who is amongst the |
| Raymond Kopa, was just a fantastic playmaker | | | | very best players to have played the game. |
| and was extremely instrumental in Real | | | | |
| Madrid's success in the 50s. | | | | Strikers |
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| Zinedine Zidane, arguably the most elegant | | | | I have gone for a 3-man attack that includes |
| player to have ever played the game. His goal | | | | Emilio Butragueno, Ferenc Puskas who is |
| in the champions league Final against Bayer | | | | amongst the greatest player ever and finally, |
| Leverkusen will always make him immortal to | | | | I have gone for Santillana, one of the best |
| Real Madrid fans. | | | | headers of the ball I have ever seen. |
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| Micheal Laudrup was just majestic and the | | | | To think that players of the caliber of Hugo |
| fact that he was voted the greatest ever | | | | Sanchez, Martin Vasquez, Davor Suker, |
| foreigner to have played for Spain speaks | | | | Clarence Seedorf, Bernd Schuster, Hagi, |
| volumes about his ability. | | | | Prosinecki, Pedrag Mijatovic and too many |
| | | | others to mention have not made my teams, it |
| For all these magicians to weave their magic, | | | | is easy to see why this was such a |
| they need a player to do the dirty work, and | | | | thankless task. |