The Champions League never fails in delivering quality, excitement and surprise and this season has been no exception
But if we could take the best elements of every team that made it to the last 16 this year – the best players – who would make the cut in an ultimate team?
Well, we’re here to tell you with who we think would make the cut in a Footy-Boots.com Fantasy XI…
Goalkeeper:' Manuel Neuer, Bayern
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It took Neuer a while to settle in at Bayern and win over the home fans, but his all round ability and presence between the sticks has confirmed the shot stopper as one of the top keepers in the world.
A sound and confident number 1 for the Champions League 11.
Defenders:
RB: Dani Alves – Barcelona – adidas F50 adiZero' football boots
Alves may have a reputation for displays of play acting, but when the Brazilian stays on his feet, his record in the top club competition in the world speaks for itself. His energy up and down the flank,' particularly' offensively is top notch.
And that ball he played to Messi against PSG – well… See that pass again
CB: Thiago Silva – PSG – Nike CTR360 football boots
He’s been tremendous the last three years, and since joining PSG from Milan, his form has been maintained. His influence was a big factor in PSG making it to the last 16.
Despite being labelled fat and overrated„(amongst other things) by the perfect role model Joey Barton, Silva has proved beyond doubt why PSG stumped up a mega £35 million for a defender.
Midfield:
Xavi – Barcelona – adidas Predator football boots
Truly the linchpin in the Barcelona midfield, it’s almost as if nothing happens in the centre circle without his say so. His astounding 88% pass completion in this years competition tops the charts once again and would surely make him one of the first players on any manager’s teamsheet.
Forwards:
Lionel Messi – Barcelona – adidas F50 adiZero football boots
What more is there to say about Messi that hasn’t already been said?
He’s just 25 years old and is already being lauded amongst the best the game has ever seen.
Fast, skilful and great with both feet – there have been games in which Messi has been completely unplayable.
Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – Nike' football boots
Substitutes:'
Cech
Alves Alex Vidic Evra
Iniesta Xavi Lampard Ronaldo
Rooney Eto’o
agree mostly but center backs should be terry and ferdinand
Van der Sar
O’Shea Puyol Terry Vidic
Ronaldo Giggs Lampard Ballack
Van Persie Messi
Cech
Sagna Alex Vidic Evra
Iniesta Xavi Lampard Ronaldo
Rooney Eto’o
Cech
OShea Vidic Terry Cole
Xavi Fabregas Lampard
Messi Rooney Henry
I’m sure it is only meant to be the semi finalist players louis and i don’t fancy Messi in goal!
Almunia
Sagna Terry Vidic Evra
Messi Essien Anderson Ronaldo
Drogba Rooney
Valdes
Alves Toure Ferdinand Evra
Messi Iniesta Fabregas Ronaldo
Eto’o Henry
goalkeeper: cech
defenders: alves, terry, ferdinand, bosingwa
midfield: ronaldo, essien, xavi, iniesta
forwards: messi, rooney
Cech
Sangna Terry Vidic Evra
Walcott Lampard Fabregas Ronaldo
Messi Drogba
————Cech———–
—–alves-terry-vidic—–
—————————
-ronaldo-fabregas—–xavi-
————lampard——–
–messi———arshavin—
———–rooney———-
how can arshavin be in it when i wasnt in the champions league and wer the hell is steven gerrard in any team he has been amazin
arshavin is illegible pal..
cech
alves ramos terry cole
ronaldo lampard fabregas messi
torres rooney
Almunia
Dani Alves,Puyol,Vidic,Abidal
Yaya Toure,Iniesta,Xavi
Messi,Eto’o,Rooney
Defenders: Alves pique marquez sylvinho
Midfield: iniesta toure xavi
Strikers: henry eto’o messi.
Keeper: Cech!
=D
vandersar
oshea
ferdinand
vida
evra
fletcher
carrick
anderson
rooney
ronaldo
tevez
same as the office but take away giggs and yaya toure and replaced by fabregas & essien
Van der sar
O’Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra
Ronaldo, Anderson, Scholes, Giggs
Rooney, Tevez
At least these players won their game…
————Almunia————
–Bosingwa–Terry–Vidic–Gibbs–
-O’Shea–Lampard–Carrick–Xavi-
——-Drogba—-Messi———–
Well, the only thing I would change is that there were 0.000 Arsenal players in the second one. No Fabregas, no Walcott. At least one is necessary . . .
Almunia
Alves-Terry-Ferdinand-Clichy
Walcott-Fabregas-Giggs
Messi-Drogba-Ronaldo
cech
ferdinand terry evra
lennon lampard arshavin
messi rooney ronaldo
they forgot iniesta he played the best game of everyone betwen barca and chelsea
they also forgot alves he saved barca a couple times
Van d. sar
alves ferdinand vidic evra
ronaldo xavi lampard messi
rooney henry
Almunia
Bosingwa Terry Ferdinand Evra
Essien
Ronaldo Messi
Iniesta
Rooney Drogba
Chech SUCKS!!
For the 1st Leg performance, i would have to say:
***********Almunia*************
O’Shea-Ferdinand-Terry-Bosingwa
********Essien**************
*****************Iniesta*******
—Ronaldo——————-
************************Messi*
—————–Eto———
**********Drogba***************
Almunia
O’Shea Vidic Terry Alex Abidal
Ronaldo Iniesta Fabregas
Drogba Henry
Cech
Bosingwa Terry Vidic A.Cole
Iniesta Essien Lampard
Messi Drogba Ronaldo
Cheers ~
Cech
alves – pique – vidic – evra
toure
Iniesta – Xavi – Fabregas
Messy – Rooney
I know it’s “messi”, just wanted to point out what defenders look like after he’s run past them!
Almunia
Alves-Puyol-Ferdinand-Evra
Yaya Toure
Anderson
Iniesta
Ronaldo
Messi
Eto’o
———–almunia————–
–alves–ferdinand–evra—-
Puyol
–ronaldo-fabregas-iniesta
Xavi
———–Eto—–drogba——-
With ferguson as coach. Definately an unstoppable force.. I would definately have henry as a sub because he truly was the best player in the first leg..
cech
vidic terry
alves cole
iniesta
fabregas
walcott messi
henry
drogba
VDS
Rafael – Vidic – Evra
Carrick – Ballack
Ronaldo – Fabregas – Giggs
Rooney – Messi
**************cech**************
***Alves***Ferdinand***Vidic***Evra***
***Ronaldo***Xavi***Anderson***Messi***
**********Henry******Rooney***********
Subs:
Van Der Sar
Abidal
Lampard
Carrick
Scholes
Giggs
Eto
Cech
Alves Terry Vidic Abidal
Messi Xavi Fabregas Ronaldo
Eto’o Drogba
Subs
Valdes
Puyol
Cole
Walcott
Lampard
Rooney
Henry
van der sar
alves ferdinand vidic evra
xavi essien iniesta
ronaldo rooney messi
where is vidic? how can vidic not be there?
Valdes
Alves, Ferdinand, Puyol, Abidal
Ronaldo, Xavi, Fabregas, Messi
Eto’o, Drogba
I’m a bit late but here we go guys.
Van der Sa
Alves Terry Ferdinand Evra
Lampard Xavi Iniesta
Messi Etoo C.Ronaldo
What a team that is.
Valdes
Alves Vidic Pique Evra
YAYA TOURE
Xavi Iniesta
MESSI Eto’o Henry
GK: Almunia (valdes untested, vds had a great defense in front of him)
RB: Alves (maybe o shea bc he got the only goal)
CB: Terry (barca didn’t have much to do with possession)
CB: Ferdinand (great job silencing adebayor, cant give defensive place to arsenal being the only defense to concede a goal)
LB: Bosingwa (to keep Messi quiet is something most defenders have to fantasize about, Evra dealt with Walcott but Walcott is no Messi, Abidal was attacking more than defending)
CM: Carrick (did a great job disrupting the midfield, Fabregas was virtually not there, Mikel would be runner up having kept Barcas midfield to minimal damage)
RCM: Iniesta (possibly the best player of both games, great skill hardworker, only problem with him is hes inconsistent, but this week he was on, well done, chelseas midfield was there for tackling, not very impressed with that, but they did do a great job)
LCM: Anderson (showed that he should be in the starting XI a little more often, tons of creativity, really like it, arsenals mids were held to nothing)
RW: Ronaldo (really opens the game up for man u, scary for defenses, Messi wasn’t fully there, when you’re incredible every other game of the year and you come into this and you are only amazing its sad that you find people like me who are disappointed at it, he had his chance against bosingwa now hes gotta deal with cole, one of the best LBs in the world)
LW: Malouda (did a great job of making sure Alves and Messi were being pressured at all times, Walcott and Henry were defended pretty tightly)
ST: Rooney (None of the strikers impressed me, none of them had more than 2 shots, Drogba touched the ball maybe twice, etoo was quiet, rooney and tevez both had the space and should have attacked it a lot harder, adebayor looked like a practice ground training dummy, i thought about putting ronaldo to here and slotting messi to the right but i think rooney did the best, even though he was playing more of a left wing kind of position)
4-4-2
Van Der Sar
O’Shea
Ferdinand
Terry
Evra
Messi
Xavi
Essien
Ronaldo
Rooney
Drogba
casssilas
alves vidic terry evra
inesta fabregas xavi
eto ronaldo messi
—– Van Der Sar —-
——-Ferdinand——
Sagna————-Evra
——Yaya TourĂƒÂ©——
—–Xavi—Iniesta—
Walcott———-Ronaldo
———Messi——–
———Henry——–
Subs:
Diaby
Fabregas
Berbatov
Malouda
Vidic
Cech
———–Van der Saar
Alves—Fernidand—Vidic—-Evra
———–Fabregas———–
Ronaldo—Xavi—-Inesta—-Rooney
————-Messi————
Cech
Alves – Terry – Ferdinand – Bosingwa
Iniesta – Fabregas – Ronaldo
Eto – Drogba – Messi
Julio cĂƒÂ©sar
Alves Ferdinand Terry Evra
Cristiano Ronaldo Fabregas Anderson Messi
Rooney Ibrahimovic
cech
alves
ferdinand
terry
evra
cristiano ronaldo
fabregas
anderson
messi
rooney
etoĂ‚´o
casillas
ramos
ferdinand
puyol
maicon
iniesta
messi
xavi
beckham
zlatan ibrahimoviĂƒÂ§
eto’o
————–reina————-
alves—puyol—vidic—maicon
————-essien————-
———xavi——kaka———
—messi—-torres—-ronaldo—
—–Boruc—–
alves-vidic-agger-clichy
de rossi-iniesta
messi silva
eduardo-berbatov
—Julio Cesar–
Maicon—Terry—Vidic—-Evra
Messi–Gerrard—Xavi—-Ronaldo
—–Rooney——–Eto’o——–
btw im ManU fan…
I think it must be only BARCELONA!!!!!!
J.Cesar,Bosingwa,vidic,Maicon,Evra,Cristiano,Lampard,Gourcuff,Ribery,
Agbonlahor,F.Torres.
—Van der sar—
arbeloa – vidic – ferdinand – evra
fabregas – kaka – ronaldo
messi – ibrahimovic – rooney
Van der sar
M.Caceres ferdinan terry A.Cole
Lampard
Xavi Lodeiro
C.Ronaldo
Forlan Rooney
casilias
alvez terry puyol evra
wallcot diego fabregas kaka
messi ronaldo
…………casillas……………..alves..terry..vidic….evra……ronaldo.(C)gerrard/xavi…iniesta………….messi/torres………..
Van der sar
alves puyol vidic evera
carrick
valencia giggs
diego
Messi rooney
———————cech———————————-
—marquez——puyol——terry———carvahlo—-
——————-robben——–kakA———-
———————-lampard————————–
—messi———-drogba———–cristiano ronaldo
casillas
beckham puyol ferdinand van der vaart
kaka xavi robben
ibrahimovich c. ronaldo messi
cristiano- drogba- messi
iniesta- xavi- kaka
alves- puyol- terry- maicon
casillas
_ Casillas
-Maicon-Terry-Pique-Cole
-Ronaldo-Xavi-Alonso-Robben
-Gerrard
-Torres
-Casillas-Terry-Puyol-Alves
-Kaka-Xavi-Fabregas-C.Ronaldo
-F.torres-Ronney-Ibrahimovich
bouffon
maicon – piquĂ© – ferdinand – evra
yaya toure
xavi
messi ronaldo
eto’o
ibrahimovic
4-1-2-1-2
cech
alves-terry-ferdinand-puyor
xabi alonso
kaka-robinho
ronaldinho
messi-c.ronaldo
Formation 3-4-3
Wiese
Evra-Gallas-Sagna
Senna-Xavi-Navas-Iniesta
Rooney-Defoe-Crouch
– 1 __ Cech (Chelsea)
– 2 __ Rafael (Manchester UTD.)
– 3 __ Kjaer (Wolfsburg)
– 4 __ PiquĂ© (Barcelona)
– 6 __ Maxwell (Barcelona)
– 8 __ Lucas (Liverpool)
– 11 __ Lennon (Toteham)
– 17 __ Arnautovic´ (Werder Bremem)
– 7 __ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
– 10 __ Messi (Barcelona)
– 9 __ David Villa
CECH
RAMOS TERRY PIQUE COLE
MESSI LAMPARD XAVI RONALDO
DROGBA VAN PERSIE
casillas
alves-terry-vidic-cole
ronald-gerrard-fabregas-messi
david villa-suarez
casillas
maicon-vidic-terry-bale
ronaldo-gerrard-fabregas-messi
david villa – suarez
M.Stekelenburg
Dani Alves-E.Abidal-Lucio-Maicon
wing:Xavi midlle:M.Essien wing:Nani
G.Bale
C.Ronaldo-L.Messi
casillas
pique
puyol
alves
A.cole
lampard
gerrard
kaka
messi
rooney
david villa
MunĂşa 99
Alvez 2
Lado 22
Kompany 3
Yaya Touré 42
David Silva 21
Fletcher 18
Iniesta 8
Messi 10
Vila 9
Ronaldo 7
GK: Casillas
Defence: Rafael Pique Vidic Evra
Centre Midfield: Xavi Iniesta
LW: Bale
RW: Ronaldo
Playmaker/Striker : Messi
Striker: Rooney
Vidic isnt in this team? and bale is? he had like 1-2 good games.
              Neuer (Schalke 04)
Alves (Barca) Pique (Barca) Vidic (ManU) Evra (ManU)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Xavi (Barca) Essien (Chelsea)
Robben (Bayern) Â Â Â Messi (Barca) Â Â Â Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
               Rooney (ManU)
____________________________
Subs: Casillas, Abidal (Tribute), Puyol, Lahm, Iniesta, Schweinsteiger, Ozil, Eto’o, Raul
GK:Â ÄŚech
LB : Clichy
CB: Puyol
CB: Carvalho
RB: Maicon
LM: C. Ronaldo
CM: Xavi
CM: Kaka
RM: Robben
S(right): V. Persie
S(left): Â Ibrahimovic
Best talented squad:
GK: Neuer
LB: Bale
CB: Â Koscielny
CB: Kompany
RB:Â
LM: Bale/Nasri
CM: Ramsey
CM: Hazard/Pastore
RM: Walcott
S(left) : Lukaku
S(right) : Pato/Benzema
   Â
2 great performences and gareth bale gets pfa player of the year and spots in things like this. his is quite simply the most overrated player of alltime
VAN DER SAR: GK
IVANOVIC: RB
CARVALHO: CB
VIDIC: CB
EVRA: LB
XAVI: CM
INIESTA: CM
OZIL: RAM
MESSI: CAM
C. RONALDO: LAM
ETO`O: ST
SUBS
CECH: GK
ALVES: RB
LUCIO: CB
NASRI: CM
DOUGLAS COSTA: CAM
SNEIJDER: CAM
GOMEZ: ST
I think vidic instead of pique, vidic was probably our best player all season, on top of that he is a great captain, vidic and ivanovic in defense would make this team become incredibly sturdy at the back.
I also wouldnt pick bale, he isnt a consistent player, Im thinking J.S.Park since he has been working like a little trojan throughout his time back at the CL and has been a vital part to man uniteds system.
I think rooney should come into the system somewhere because he has been very impressive since he went back on form.
So my team would be
GK – Edwin Van Der Sar
RB – Dani Alves
CB – Nemanja Vidic
CB – Branislav Ivanovic
LB – Â Marcelo
RM – Cristiano Ronaldo
CM – Xavi
CM – Mesut Ozil
LM – Lionel Messi
FW – Samuel Eto’o
FW – Wayne Rooney
No Wilshere?
I was thinking the same thing.
No Wilshere?
GK: Neuer
DEF: Ramos, Pique, Marcelo
MID: Robben, Ozil Scweinsteiger Ronaldo
ST: Messi, Huntelaar
Subs: Raul, Bale, Farbegas, Rooney, Maicon, Valdes
GK – Casillas
RB – Dani Alves
CB – Pique
CB – Puyol
LB – Â Marcelo
CM – Inesta
CM – Xavi
CM – Alonso
FW – Lionel Messi
FW – David Villa
FW – Christiano Ronaldo
GK – Casillas
RB – Dani Alves
CB – Pique
CB – Puyol
LB – Â Marcelo
CM – Inesta
CM – Xavi
CM – Alonso
FW – Lionel Messi
FW – David Villa
FW – Christiano Ronaldo
The only fantasy here is forgetting to put Ryan Giggs on the starting XI after his wonderful season!
The only fantasy here is forgetting to put Ryan Giggs on the starting XI after his wonderful season!
srna must be in the 11. and marcelo… lol
-valdes
-alves
-pique
-mascherano
-puyol
-busquets
-xavi
-iniesta
-pedro
-villa
-messi
you think of any player tht could replace them and do a better job, bar maybe a couple. i was at wembley and we were completely outplayed. best team ever!
-neuer
-fabio
-pique
-pepe
-marcelo
-bale
-xavi
-inesta
-messi
-ronaldo
-rooney
cristiano in the team, and the other players working for him
-valdes
-alves
-pique
-mascherano
-puyol
-busquets
-xavi
-iniesta
-pedro
-villa
-messi
GK- Casillas
LB- Marcello
CB- Puyol
CB- Pique
RB- D. Alves
LM- Xavi
CDM/SW- Xavi Alonso
RM- Inestia
LF- Messi
RF- Ronaldo
CF- Rooney