Monday, April 26, 2010

Dream Team: Allies vs Axis

So whenever I get bored, I like to conjure up “dream teams”: imaginary teams of sports players.
I wanted to recreate the historic battle between the Allies and Axis powers of World War II through a soccer/football match. The Allies will be represented by players from the United States, France, and England, and the Axis powers will be comprised of German, Italian, and Russian players.

Allies (playing a 4-4-1-1 formation)

GK: Tim Howard (United States, Everton)
LB: Ashley Cole (England, Chelsea)
CB: Rio Ferdinand (England, Manchester United)
CB: John Terry (England, Chelsea)
RB: Glen Johnson (England, Liverpool)
LM: Franck Ribery (France, Bayern Munich)
CM: Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea)
CM: Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool)
RM: Aaron Lennon (England, Tottenham)
CF: Landon Donovan (United States, Everton/LA Galaxy)
ST: Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United)


Bench:
G- Hugo Lloris (France, Lyon)
D-Patrice Evra (England, Manchester United), Oguchi Onyewu (United States, AC Milan)
M- Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux)
F- Jozy Altidore (United States, Hull City), Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid), Thierry Henry (France, Barcelona)

Axis (playing a 4-3-1-2 formation)

GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus)
LB: Yuri Zhirkov (Russia, Chelsea)
CB: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy, Juventus)
CB: Giorgi Chiellini (Italy, Juventus)
RB: Philipp Lahm (Germany, Bayern Munich)
CM: Daniele De Rossi (Italy, Roma)
CM: Andrea Pirlo (Italy, AC Milan)
CM: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany, Bayern Munich)
CF: Alessandro Del Piero (Italy, Juventus)
ST: Lukas Podolski (Germany, FC Koln)
ST: Alberto Gilardino (Italy, Fiorentina)

Bench:
G- Igor Akinfeev (Russia, CSKA Moscow)
D-Per Mertesacker (Germany, Werder Bremen), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy, AC Milan)
M- Michael Ballack (Germany, Chelsea), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia, Everton)
F- Francesco Totti (Italy, Roma), Giuseppe Rossi (Italy, Villarreal)

So who would you take, the Allies or the Axis?

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