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