Imagine a hypothetical CL semi-final game between two sides comprised of these players:
La Liga Star XI: Casillas, Alves, Puyol, Ramos, Carlos, Zidane, Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldo, Suarez and Messi.
Bench: Koeman, Marcelo, Modric, Kroos, Busquets, Neymar, Bale, Benzema, R9.
VS
Premier League Star XI: Cech, Walker, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole, Gerrard, Lampard, De Bruyne, Henry, Shearer, Salah.
Bench: Schmeichel, Van Dijk, Vidic, Neville, Scholes, Viera, Rooney, Hazard, Van Persie.
Imagine first leg being at Anfield and the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu. What would be the aggregate scoreline?
La Liga could only be challenged by Serie A. I would say the premier league has the weakest all time of the top leagues.
Whoever subs in a DM first wins.
Vieira should already be in ahead of Lampard. Not an out and out DM, but he’d definitely do the job.
For LaLiga team , xavi out Busquets/casemiro in
For Prem , Lampard out , Viera/Roy Keane in
Xavi and Busquets are non-negotiable. You can then decide between Zidane and Iniesta.
Ronaldo, Bale and Suarez could be playing against themselves.