Formation: 4-4-2
Goal keeper: Iker Casillas (Spain)
With over 130 international caps and more than 600 club appearances, Casillas is arguably the best shot stopper of this decade.
Trophy-wise, he has a over 16 titles to his name which includes a world cup, an Euro's trophy and series of La Liga as well as Champions League title. He moved from Real Madrid to Porto in Portugal
Right-Back: Ruud Krol (Holland/Netherlands)
Dutch defender Ruud Krol was so versatile that he could play anywhere in the defense. Left back, Centre back or Right back, you name it and Krol was willing to marshall out the defense with his defensive prowess.
Most of his playing career years were at Ajax in Holland under the guidance of the great Rinus Michels.
One of the world's best defenders of his generation, he played in two European cup finals and later became the captain of Ajax.
80 times did he wear the Dutch jersey, captaining them in the 1978 World Cup final defeat. The next season, he ended as third place in the European Footballer of the Year award.
Left-Back: Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)
One of the best attacking full-backs ever seen, Giacinto Facchetti was a generation ahead of his time with his adventurous run of surging from the back.
With 500 league appearances for Inter Milan, Facchetti played the defensive aspect of the left-back role with aggression yet self-control and the attacking aspect which saw him netting 75 goals for his team
With almost 100 appearances foe Italy, Facchetti was a World Cup runner-up and a European Championships winner with his nation.
After his Death in 2008, Inter Milan retired his shirt number (3), a show of how highly regarded he is.
Centre-Back: Paolo Maldini (Italy)
Maldini retired in 2009 at the age 41 after over 25 seasons of football.
Arguably the best centre back to ever kick the ball, Maldini played for only AC Milan in his playing years. Playing over 900 games and 120 international cap for Italy.
The Milan legend, who has also had his shirt number retired (again, 3), won seven Serie A titles and five European Cups with his team.
His sons are currently part of the Milan youth team and will be allowed to wear his No. 3 shirt only if they make it to the first team.
Centre-Back: Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
Argentinian central defender Daniel Passarella was another of the finest exponents of the art of aggressively stopping the ball
Presently the club president of River Plate in Argentina, Passarella played most of his career there before moving to Italy where he played for Inter Milan and Florentina.
He captained his national team to world cup victories in '78 and '86, though he played no part on the pitch in the latter tournament.
He netted over 130 career league goals in total.
Central Midfielder: Edgar Davids (Holland/Netherlands)
Technically gifted in his own right—to the extent of being one of the best Dutch midfielders throughout the 1990s—brief in height, he was a very fast player on the run and could provide incredible assists.
Davids played for the likes of Ajax, AC Milan and Juventus where he proved to be one of the greatest midfielders to play the game.
Capped almost 80 caps for Holland, his trophy haul include six domestic league titles, three domestic cups, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
Central Midfielder: Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Columbia/Spain)
Di Stefano played for about 3 countries including his place of birth, Argentina. The 2 other countries are Columbia and Spain
Netting an average of almost a goal every match and amassing a total of almost 500 goals, Di Stefano played as either a midfielder or a striker.
A great dribbler and extremely clever with his movement off the ball, di Stefano was, unsurprisingly, most noted for his immaculate finishing prowess.
Right Winger: Leo Messi (Argentina)
Arguably the best player on the planet presently, Messi has a total of 6 Balloon D'or one more than his closet rival, Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi has spend the majority of his career in Barcelona, although he started his career at Newell Old Boys in his home town in Argentina.
For the past 3 seasons, Messi has remained the highest goal scorer and assists provider in the La Liga. Winning everything that could be won for his club, his only deficit is his inability to win a major trophy with his country after gracing about 4 finals.
Left Winger: Johan Cruyff (Holland)
Hugely successful as both a player and manager, Cruyff was a fine forward with awesome dribbling ability that could outwit any defender that stood in his way. He was so versatile that he could play anywhere in the park.
The now-famous "Cruyff turn" was perfected by the Dutch genius to devastating effect in games.
Cruyff spent nine seasons at Ajax before heading for Barcelona, where he enjoyed a fruitful further five seasons.
He won six domestic cups and three European Cups—all at Ajax.
Attacking Midfielder/Forward: Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Known for his dashing run through the defence and his dribblings that were world class. Maradona learnt to make headlines both on and off the field.
Maradona won 91 caps with Argentina, during which time he almost single-handedly won the 1986 World Cup with five goals and five assists. He also netted one of the most controversial goals of all time, the so-called "Hand of God" goal, and one of the very, very best.
Centre Forward: Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)
Maybe the greatest left-footed goalscorer in the history of the game at the very top level, Ferenc Puskas scored a quite incredible total of 616 goals in 620 official matches.
Eight seasons of his career were spent with Real Madrid, where he netted almost 250 times.
He also scored 84 times in 85 appearances for the Hungary national side, which enjoyed the best spell of their history with him in the team.
Puskas possessed a quite lethal left foot that he deployed with ferocity and accuracy in equal measures.
Quite simply, he was one of the most single-mindedly deadly forwards the game has ever witnessed.
Substitutes/Honourable Mentions
Goalkeeper: Jose Luis Chilavert
Left-back: Roberto Carlos and Paul Breitner
Midfielder: Liam Brady
Wingers: Ryan Giggs and John Barnes
Attack: Raul
Columnist : Edaki Aaron Odion (A_Clef the poet)
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