Europe XI vs. RoW XI, who'd win?

Dont be at yourself · 20-05-2008 2:09am #1

Just for fun: What's your European XI, your Rest of World XI, and who would win?

I'll try:

Europe...

Casillias
Ramos-Ferdinand-Carvalho-Evra

Xavi-Fabregas-
--Ronaldo-Ballack-Henry

Torres

An obvious Premiership slant, and Serie A not represented at all, as I rarely get a chance to watch any! Henry's done nothing at Barca, but he's still a quality player.

Rest of World...

??
Alves--Toure--Heinze--Sorin

Essien-Macherano
---Messi---Kaka---Eto'o

Drogba

True to the South American stereotype, defence was a problem. No keeper came to mind, and I havent seen Sorin play in about a year! The central pairing are a bit prone to shockers too, but I cant think of alternatives...

With a decent keeper between the sticks, I would say RoW team would just about nudge it. In Macherano and Essien, Europe would struggle for space in the final third. I'll give it a thrilling 2-1 to RoW!

What about you? Your teams and winners?

aidan24326 · 20-05-2008 2:42am

Ronaldinho would have to be included in rest of world team. Even though not at his best recently he's still a world class player.

My European team would be.

Peter Cech

Phillip Lahm
Fabio Cannavaro
John Terry
Patrice Evra

Ronaldo
Michael Ballack
Cesc Fabregas
Thierry Henry

Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Fernando Torres

A bit of an attacking bias maybe, they'd be entertaining though!
For rest of world I'd be struggling to pick a defence. Players I'd have to include would be Michael Essien,Ronaldinho,Kaka,Etoo,Messi. At the moment I think a European selection would have the edge.

Xavi6 · 20-05-2008 3:25am

Euro XI -

Buffon

Richards

Terry

Cannavaro

Lahm

Xavi

Fabregas

Ronaldo

Ballack

Quaresma

Torres

Bit biased with Micah I know but I really couldn't think of any stand out right backs at the moment. It's only a matter of time before he makes these sort of teams anyway.

I think Ronaldo and Quaresma would have a field day out wide against a World XI that wouldn't be renowned for its defending.

World XI -

Kameni

----Dani Alves

Toure

Heinze

Essien

Yaya Toure

Messi

Kaka

Mancini

Drogba

Luis Fabiano

Essien and Yaya Toure are there to compensate for going three at the back. The plan is for Essien to drop in to allow Alves to bomb forward.

Messi and Mancini would be constant threats with the power and pace of Drogba and Fabiano looking for a sniff of goal.

Overall I think the European side would shade it possibly 4-2 thanks to their superior defence/goalkeeper.

Jazzy · 20-05-2008 5:37am

Euro XI:

Buffon

Ramos

Ferdinand

Nesta

Evra

Gerrard

Fabregas

----Ronaldo

Quaresma-

Torres

Toni

World XI:

Kameni

Alves

Toure

Heinze

Essien

Mascherano

---Messi

Kaka

Ronaldhino-

Eto'o

Drogba

I picked Kameni using Xavi6's judgement

couldnt think of anyone else.
i think the attacking power of the world XI is absolutely terrifying. mascherano and essien would dominate the midfield and the mix of power and pace from drogb and eto'o would mess defences around. i think the euro's would sneak a 2-1 victory tho.

gustavo · 20-05-2008 11:31am

Europe
1. Buffon
2. Zambrotta 4. Vidic 5. Ferdinand 3. Lahm

6. Fabregas 8 Xavi

7. C. Ronaldo 10. Rooney 11. J. Cole

9. Torres

Rest of world

1. Kameni
2. Alves 4. Milito 5. Alex 3. Heinze

6. Essien 8. Mascherano

7. Messi 9. Kaka 11. Robinho

10. Drogba

Be a close game , A draw!

weemcd · 20-05-2008 6:02pm

isn't there one of these every week

Euro:

Casillas

Zambrotta

Ferdinand

Ramos

Evra

Xavi

Fabregas

----Ronaldo

Gerrard

Torres----RVN

World:

Not a notion

Alves

Toure

Milito

Heinze---

Essien

Cambiasso

Messer

Ronaldinhio

Kaka

Eto'o

Hard to decide who'd win, probably the europ-yan's

Peyton Manning · 20-05-2008 7:28pm

Europe XI

Buffon

Sergio Ramos

Ferdinand

Nesta

Evra

Xavi

De Rossi

----Ronaldo

Iniesta----

Villa

Van Nistelrooy

Rest of World XI

Gomes

Maicon

Toure

Alex

Heinze

Essien

---Messi

Kaka

Ronaldinho---

Eto'o

Drogba

Peyton Manning · 20-05-2008 7:30pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

World XI -
Pepe

Plays for Portugal, he's in their Euro 2008 squad.

eZe^ · 20-05-2008 7:41pm

Copied the spine of Archimedes' choices...

Europe XI

Casillas

Sergio Ramos

Ferdinand

Nesta

Chivu

Sneijder

De Rossi

----Ronaldo

Iniesta----

Villa

Del Piero

Rest of World XI

Julio Cesar

Zanetti

Lucio

Alex

Maicon

Essien

---Messi

Kaka

Ronaldinho---

Eto'o

Aguero

Both absolute quality sides, I'd say it'd end 3-3 overall...

Peyton Manning · 20-05-2008 7:45pm

eZe^ wrote: »

Any good LB's outside of Europe, I don't like Heinze to be honest.

Had that same problem myself. Roberto Carlos and Sorin are getting on a bit, and Marcelo is merely potential at this stage.

eZe^ · 20-05-2008 7:49pm

Archimedes wrote: »

Had that same problem myself. Roberto Carlos and Sorin are getting on a bit, and Marcelo is merely potential at this stage.

I got it, play Maicon on the left and play Zanetti on the right, bing bing boom!

Bubs101 · 20-05-2008 8:09pm

Doesn't Kolo play left back as well?

European XI

Buffon

Ramos----Carvalho---Nesta----Chivu

Fabregas

--C. Ronaldo

Ribery

Totti

Toni

Torres

World XI

Friedel

--Alves

Toure

Alex----Maicon

Essien

Mancini

Kaka

Messi

Drogba---Eto'o

Reckon the Europeans would shade it by one

~Rebel~ · 20-05-2008 9:06pm

Bubs101 wrote: »

Doesn't Kolo play left back as well?

European XI
Buffon
Ramos----Carvalho---Nesta----Chivu
Fabregas

--C. Ronaldo
Ribery
Totti
Toni
Torres

World XI
Friedel

--Alves
Toure
Alex----Maicon
Essien

Mancini
Kaka
Messi
Drogba---Eto'o

Reckon the Europeans would shade it by one

With just Fabregas in central midfield i reckon that world team would tear them apart. Couldn't see Ronaldo and Totti helping out much in that respect.

I'd go with;

Europe

Buffon
Ramos---Nesta---Carvalho---Lahm

Xavi---Cesc
--Ronaldo---Gerrard----Silva

Torres

World

Kameni
Alves---Toure---Lucio---Marcelo
\/

\/
\/----Essien---Mascherano---\/

Kaka

----Messi

Ronaldinho

Eto'o

That front 3 was just astonishing when all on form together at Barca so why break up a working partnership

Marcelo's probably a bit young, but has impressed me whenever i've seen him.

Would be a savage game, not sure who i'd pick to win..

Bubs101 · 20-05-2008 9:11pm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

With just Fabregas in central midfield i reckon that world team would tear them apart. Couldn't see Ronaldo and Totti helping out much in that respect.

I compensated for that by putting Friedel in goal

.

TBH, I don't see why they would, Cesc is a good defensive midfielder, better than De Rossi anyway and Europe would have plenty going forward while being safe at the back

Mr. Presentable · 20-05-2008 9:13pm

Jazzy wrote: »

Euro XI:
Buffon

Ramos
Ferdinand
Nesta
Evra

Gerrard
Fabregas

----Ronaldo
Quaresma-

Torres
Toni

World XI:
Kameni

Alves
Toure
Heinze

Essien
Mascherano

---Messi
Kaka
Ronaldhino-

Eto'o
Drogba

I picked Kameni using Xavi6's judgement couldnt think of anyone else.
i think the attacking power of the world XI is absolutely terrifying. mascherano and essien would dominate the midfield and the mix of power and pace from drogb and eto'o would mess defences around. i think the euro's would sneak a 2-1 victory tho.

Well they do have two divers vs one.

~Rebel~ · 20-05-2008 9:22pm

Bubs101 wrote: »

I compensated for that by putting Friedel in goal .

TBH, I don't see why they would, Cesc is a good defensive midfielder, better than De Rossi anyway and Europe would have plenty going forward while being safe at the back

Its all well and good having amazing attackers, but there's not really anyone to be winning the midfield battles and letting them do their attacking. Would take one hell of a performance from Cesc to compensate for 5 players in front of him standing around lookin at their boots! (to be fair Torres and Ribery would help out a bit alright, but you get my meaning

)

Bubs101 · 20-05-2008 9:25pm

It's a diamond midfield tactic, Championship manager staple, I still fail to see the problem

~Rebel~ · 20-05-2008 9:31pm

Bubs101 wrote: »

It's a diamond midfield tactic, Championship manager staple, I still fail to see the problem

Totti Toni and Ronaldo are all notorious for not helping out on the defensive side of things...It means Fabregas has to break down every midfield attack all the way across the field, win the ball and then distribute it. Its the reason Gerrard isn't played in a midfield 4 anymore, 1 holdfield midfielder isn't enough if the others aren't chipping in a significant amount. Same reason Kaka has 2 players behind him so he can be free to go forward.

ach, sorry taking this far too seriously, i would really love to see that team lineout to see the potential of the attacking flair, i'd just worry about them actually winning the ball in midfield with Fabregas constantly being hounded.

Xavi6 · 21-05-2008 2:03am

Archimedes wrote: »

Plays for Portugal, he's in their Euro 2008 squad.

Jays he does and all. 2 caps. The turncoat bollox! Right I'll change her up so.

LuckyCharms · 21-05-2008 11:27am

Buffon

Ramos

Ferdinand

Vidic

Evra

Ballack

Fabregas

----Gerrard

Ronaldo---

Torres

World XI:

Garay

--Alves

Maicon---

Essien----Toure

Mascherano

---Messi

Kaka

Ronaldhino-

Eto'o

Drogba

Who needs a goalie with three man mountains like these in the midfield. On the rare occasions europe get the ball garay can step in goals till it's retrieved !

leninbenjamin · 21-05-2008 11:53am

lol. looking at most of these lineups you'd have to go with ROTW. Europe will be lethal in the break, but ROTW seem to have more doggedness in around the midfield which i think would be just enough to contain them soft continental types

Europe XI vs. RoW XI, who'd win?

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