Real Madrid Greatest Ever XI

Real Madrid are arguably the greatest ever club team in the history of the sport, so it will be almost impossible to have just 1 greatest ever team.

This is why I have gone for 2 and still missed out on some very great players. Because of the way they play their football, I have decided to have to very attacking teams with very few defenders.

Goalkeeper

Like a lot of great teams in history, Real Madrid have not had that many outstanding goal keepers, mainly because their emphasis is on attractive, attacking football. Just a handful of really great goalkeepers have played for the Meringues.

For my first team I have gone for Ricardo Zamora as the goal keeper.
Defence
I have gone for a 3-man defence with Manuel Sanchis, Uli Steilike and Jose Santamaria.

Midfield
I have gone for a 5-man midfield. It was extremely difficult to pick out 5 outstanding midfielders from a team that has had over 1000 fantastic players in that position. These are the 5, I have gone for the first team that I have picked.

Francisco Gento, who was 1 of the fastest players I have seen. He would definitely be comparable to players of today in terms of speed as he was really very quick, with or without the ball.
Raymond Kopa, was just a fantastic playmaker and was extremely instrumental in Real Madrid's success in the 50s.

Zinedine Zidane, arguably the most elegant player to have ever played the game. His goal in the champions league Final against Bayer Leverkusen will always make him immortal to Real Madrid fans.

Micheal Laudrup was just majestic and the fact that he was voted the greatest ever foreigner to have played for Spain speaks volumes about his ability.
For all these magicians to weave their magic, they need a player to do the dirty work, and they don't come much better than Claude Makele. He is possibly the main reason that Real Madrid have been less than successful in recent times.

Strikers
I have gone for 2 greats of Spanish football. The old and then new if you like; The 2 players who have every right to claim they are the nest to have ever played for the club. The former master Alfredo Di Stefano and the current king Raul
For the second team that is in now way inferior to the my first team, I have also gone for a 3-man defence.

Goalkeeper
I have gone for Iker Cassillas with Paco Buyo and Bodo Illgner deserving of praise for their services.

Defenders
I have gone for Fernando Hierro, Jose Antonio Camacho and Roberto Carlos
Midfield
I have also gone for a 4-man midfield comprising of Juanito, who was just a fantastic talent, though he was sometimes let down by his temperament.
Michel, who was a very good playmaker and a mainstay from Real Madrid and Spain in the 80's and early 90's. Fernando Redondo was also a fantastic midfielder who could protect the defence but was also very skilful.

Then there is Luis Figo who is amongst the very best players to have played the game.
Strikers
I have gone for a 3-man attack that includes Emilio Butragueno, Ferenc Puskas who is amongst the greatest player ever and finally, I have gone for Santillana, one of the best headers of the ball I have ever seen.

To think that players of the caliber of Hugo Sanchez, Martin Vasquez, Davor Suker, Clarence Seedorf, Bernd Schuster, Hagi, Prosinecki, Pedrag Mijatovic and too many others to mention have not made my teams, it is easy to see why this was such a thankless task.

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