World XI

Another pick your best eleven thread but before you chase me with the pitch forks and chainsaws with this XI you can only pick one player from a certain nationality. For example if you pick Lionel Messi, that is your Argentina pick.

Hope this is different enough to be a challenge. I'll look forward to seeing some of your teams, will get mine up in a bit.

julio cesar - brazil
sagna - france
vidic - serbia
chiellini - italy
lahm - germany
ronaldo - portugal
gerrard - england
xavi - spain
messi- argentina
drogba - ivory coast
ibrahimovic - sweden

Mmmm right, here I go.

-------------------Cech

Lahm-----Lucio----------Chiellini-----Cole

-------------Xavi----------Essien

Messi------------Sneijder---------Ronaldo

--------------------Eto'o


Only players that I considered but didn't put in were Maicon, Iniesta, Vidic and Ibrahimovic.

GK Petr Cech - Czech Republic

RB Dani Alves - Brazil
CB Giorgio Chiellini - Italy
CB Nemanja Vidic - Serbia
LB Philip Lahm - Germany

CM Xavi - Spain
CM Michael Essien - Ghana

RAM Lionel Messi - Argentina
CAM Wesley Sneijder - Holland
LAM Luka Modric - Croatia

CF Diego Forlan - Uruguay

No Ronaldo Steve?

GK- Petr Cech

RB- Dani Alves
CB- Nemanja Vidic
CB- Giorgio Chiellini
LB- Ashley Cole

RAM- Cristiano Ronaldo
CM- Xavi
CM- Wesley Sneijder
LAM- Lionel Messi

CF- Diego Forlan
CF- Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Not a chance Crimey, he is a woman

I don't like him as a person, but I can't deny that'd he get into any team in the world. His goals alone are ridiculous! Nobody has ever scored as many as he has in the La Liga, not even Messi.

GK: Petr Cech (Cze)

RB: Phillip Lahm (Ger)
LB: Ashley Cole (Eng)
CB: Nemanja Vidic (Ser)
CB: Vincent Kompany (Bel)

DCM: Andrea Pirlo (Ita)
CM: Luka Modric (Cro)
CM: Andres Iniesta (Spa)

RW: Lionel Messi (Arg)
LW: Cristiano Ronaldo (Por)
CF: Robin Van Persie (Ned)

I actually found it tough to balance the players nationalities with the positions and balance of my team. Poor Wesley Sneijder didn't make it on either count!

CURRENT WORLD XI

GK - Cech (Cze)

RB - Maicon (Bra)
CB - Carvalho (Por)
CB - Vidic (Ser)
LB - Cole (Eng)

RM - Ribery (Fra)
CM - Xavi (Spa)
CM - Sneijder (Hol)
LM - Giggs/Bale (Wal)

ST - Drogba (Ivo)
ST - Messi (Arg)

ALL TIME WORLD XI

GK - Yashin (Rus)

DEF - Varela (Uru)
DEF - Beckenbauer (Ger)
DEF - Baresi/Maldini (Ita)
DEF - Marquez (Mex)

MID - Cruyff (Hol)
MID - Zidane/Platini (Fra)
MID - Charlton (Eng)

STR - Pele (Bra)
STR - Eusebio (Por)
STR - Messi/Maradona (Arg)

SUBS

Dalglish (Sco)
Xavi (Spa)
Best (Ire)
Schmeichel (Den)
Giggs (Wal)