Rafa Benitez is one of the first names you think of when you think of successful managers in Europe. Valencia, Inter, Liverpool, Chelsea, Napoli and Real Madrid are the big name clubs he’s had the luxury of managing, and he has led these teams to many trophies in his time with them.
Ronaldinho picked his dream 5-on-5 team and, as one would expect, it's a doozy.
Ronaldinho revealed his squad in a Goal.com article. He picked Messi, Ronaldo (Nazario), Denilson and Neymar, who he described as "happy people with amazing dribbling skills."
Barcelona have won the treble with possibly the deadliest front three in the modern game, and there is simply no stopping them. As Messi, Suarez and Neymar (MSN) now fight against each other in the Copa America, Luis Enrique is busy behind his desk in Spain creating the next squad that can sustain the current reputation. Which, let's be honest, is as hot as the Hindenburg right before it exploded.
Here are some of the possible line-ups Luis Enrique could use to ensure back-to-back championships:
Option 1 – Play Messi Wide, Send In Pogba As Reinforcement
As the Premier League comes to a close, The18 has compiled our ultimate XI team with the best players this season.
What if your club never sold any players? The starting XI for Southampton, Benfica, and Ajax (had they never released their top talent) could shock you.
Brazilian star Ronaldinho named his dream champion's league side, which included three Chelsea players.
The risk-taker, the trendsetter, the impassable, these are the players that etched their names into the history of Mexican soccer. Put together, would there be any team that could stop them?
Suarez, Gerrard, Alonso, and co. squaring off against Henry, Drogba, and Terry. Legends reunited, and we all will get to watch.
We've gathered up the hardest criminals ever to play soccer and put them in a starting XI. How many games they’d win is debatable. Their intimidation factor is not.
Each week (or so), The18's Mike Smith takes a look at how football is portrayed and covered in the media and popular culture. This week, we review the documentary "The Class of '92."