When asked about choosing the team of all time, Ronaldo said: “I have the great mission of putting together a historic team, I know I will be unfair to many people, but I will have to be fair to myself,” explaining, amidst laughter, why he will climb himself on this team. Next, the former player listed who are the most outstanding athletes in the history of world football, in his opinion.
“Let's start with Buffon, a great goalkeeper who, in my generation, grabbed a lot and it was very difficult to score against him. He is an excellent goalkeeper, for me the greatest in history,” he said about the best goalkeeper of all time.
Ronaldo warns right at the start that his team will be very focused on attacking. “It's a very offensive team, Cafu will be on the right, free to go up all the time, Paolo Maldini, Franz Beckenbauer and Roberto Carlos forming the line of four.”
“In the middle we will have a high quality midfield with Zico wearing number five, Maradona with eight, being very offensive. In the attack, it is formed by Lionel Messi, Rei Pelé, Ronaldinho Gaúcho and me, obviously,” finished Ronaldo Nazário to Betfair about his historic team.
Ronaldo also added other players that can complement this list for a possible reserve bench for this world team. “I would have a reserve bank filled with stars like Garrincha, Rivaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo and many other beasts that could be, for sure, in the all-time team of many people,” he added.
The man chosen to lead this team put together by the Betfair ambassador, was the coach four times champion for Brazil in the World Cup. “As a coach to lead this team of stars, I put the best I have ever worked with in my life: Mário Jorge ‘Lobo’ Zagallo.”
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FIFA The Best 2022
The FIFA The Best takes place today (Monday 27), an award that will choose the best player in the world between August 8 and December 18, 2022. In addition to the top prize, the best athletes in each position and coach will also be chosen. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Betfair, specialist in sports analysis, quoted who is the favorite for the prize.
Initially, 14 players were nominated for this season's award, being chosen by a panel of experts, from this list, three players were selected by a technical jury composed of national team coaches and captains, sports journalists and fans who voted, leaving only Messi, champion for Argentina in 2022, Mbappé, world runner-up and top scorer in the World Cup, and Benzema, Golden Ball and champion of the Champions League 2021/22.
Check who is the favorite in the analysis of Betfair, specialist in odds:
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Source: GMB
