Solid defense, creative midfield, and deadly offense. 3 center-backs, 2 defensive midfielders, 2 outside midfielders, 1 second striker(Ballack) and 2 strikers.

This formation is a 4-2-2-2 playing with back four 2 defensive midfielders, two attacking midfielders, and two strikers. I think this players if not the best some of the best players South America has in Europe. On defense it looks very strong to me. Midfield looks creative and the strikers are goal making machines.

This formation includes one main striker, two wingers, three center-midfielders, two center-backs and two full-backs. Yes, I know this is not Real Madrid's real formation, but it's a formation that is very successfull and in my opinion it would do Real Madrid very good to use this formation because first of all it's well balanced in all its lines, and with Real Madrid's players this formation can be very dominating.

Another problem I have with people is that they don't know the difference between a winger and an outside midfielder or wide midfielder. Now let me explain the difference let me tell you this is a fact not an opinion, but the differences are simple. A classical winger is more offensive some examples are Cristiano Ronaldo, Arjen Robben, Simao Sabrosa, Ricardo Quaresma, etcet. A winger in some countries is considered a forward. In the pitch they are wide and are closer to the goal than an a wi...

Sincerely this formation and the players in it can be described as the best team of all time. Why? Because if we analyze all of this players, they are simply the best of all time. All of them are very complete. Now, let me explain why this players. Lev Yashin without doubt was the best goalkeeper of all time, he had the most incredible reflexes a goalkeeper could of have. Franz Beckenbaur and Paulo Maldini as center-backs would make the defense unbeatable. The full-backs have unlimited s...

If I was the coach for this team this is the way I would play, and for all those back four lovers three defenders is enough if you are going to have the possesion of the ball. I am sick of people thinking having a back four is the best. Well, let me tell you people, having a back four is the best for some teams, but understand Spain is the best national team in the world, and it's proven look at FIFA rankings. If you have the best team in the world why be defensive? Defensive teams never win...

If we look at Chelsea we can see they have a lot of talent, a lot of midfielders. But not just any type of midfieldersl; all terrain-midfielders. With Alex, Terry, and Belleti as center-backs shouldn't be a problem because they will be supported by Essien and Ballack. People might ask why Ballack as defensive mid? Well, if you know Ballack he can play anywhere,in Bayern Munich he played defensive midfielder sometimes, and also in German national team. As outside midfielders Malouda a...

People have to understand that football is irrelevant. People think that when a team plays a formation, the formation will always be the same. Well, the truth is it changes. One simple example is the so popular 4-4-2. When the team is in offense the formation changes to 4-2-4 or 2-4-4, etcet. Another example is the 4-3-3 on defense it becomes 4-5-1. Formations are just used to organize the players on the pitch. It is not something that holds the players in...

A lot of you guys have probably heard about Chivas, but the point is what you guys think about the formation 5-3-2. This formation has 2 center-backs, 1 sweeper/libero, 2 wing-backs, 2 defensive midfielders, 1 attacking midfielder, and 2 strikers. I have heard that the sweeper or libero is becoming extinct! But in Mexican League games I have seen teams using this formation a lot I don't why are they using this formation, but the point is they are using it. But if I analyze i...

I personally hate the 4-4-2 I think it's one of the most limited formations in the world. While, you might argue it's very good defensively, and yes I admit that, but I do not like defensive teams thought Mexico is not defensive. If you guys don't know the Mexican National coach is Steven Goran Erickson the ex-coach of England. He has played with Mexico so far 3 official FIFA World Cup qualifying and has won all of them, and I really like his style specially when he chang...