Paolo Maldini in the France Football Dream Team

Without the Ballon d’Or, in this year of a pandemic that has slightly distorted the balance of the European championships. But the weekly France Football has decided to compensate for the postponement of one year of the most coveted prize by each player, choosing the dream team, with champions of all time, of the past but also of the present. Yet eleven absolute stars that would bring any opponent to their knees, if only for the prestige of their respective résumé. They range from Ronaldo, the Brazilian, to Ronaldo of Juventus, through Messi and even Maldini, the only Italian.

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However, he left a team a little inclined to attack, in a hypothetical 3-4-3 dream. Between the posts is Yashin, the only goalkeeper to have won the French trophy. Three-cushion defense, with former Giallorossi Cafù on Beckenbauer’s right, and Maldini on the left, chosen for “style and elegance”, but also “for a certain idea of ​​football that no longer exists, even just out of loyalty to Milan where he played from 17 to 41 years. ”Winning everything, we must add it. But not the Ballon d’Or, which continues to deserve a place in the history of football also according to France Football. In the center of the field, another German, former legend of the Inter, Matthaus, paired with Xavi in ​​the middle. With Pelé and Maradona on the flanks, but you can imagine yourself free to create alongside Messi, to contribute ideas to Ronaldo & Ronaldo, all ennobled by the highest individual recognition. That Ball de Oro that will be played again in a year, by the best players of the present and the future. dfs