Champions League: Team of the Semi Finals

---------------Neuer
Lahm---Boateng----Subotic---Alaba
--------Javi/Piggy---------Gundogan
Robben-------Muller-------Reus
-------------Lewa

Bayern are just too good

Dante played 1 match so, couldn't put him there I guess...
Would've put Hummels, but that one mistake could've been costly, even though he beasted in the second leg
Lahm/Pizczcek was a hard one..
Robben and Muller were immense, enough said
Reus/Ribery was a bit tricky..went with Reus for the sake of diversity
Lewa 4 goals

Dude piggy was arguably the best player in the semis. How can you not have him on there?

Neuer,no piggy?You serious brah?

--------------Weidenfella-----------
-------Lahm--Dante--Boateng-Alaba--
----Schweinsteiger-Javi-Gundogan--
------Robben---Lewandowski---Muller-

Piggy and Javi were both Goat tbf, couldn't choose 1. i'll put Javi/piggy

Just put the Bayern first 11.

And Lewandowski and Gundogan as subs.

----------------Diego Lopez
---Lahm---Boateng---Hummels---Alaba
------------Martinez---Schweinsteiger
-----Robben-------Muller-------Reus
----------------Lewandowski

RED wrote:Just put the Bayern first 11.

Was playing with that idea

I think Schweinsteiger was better over the 2 legs than Gundogan. Also Neuer didn't really have much to do. Diego Lopez made some good saves over the 2 legs for Real Madrid.

Weide
Piszczek-Hummels-Dante-Alaba
-----Bastian-Javi-Gundogan
Robben---Lewa-----Muller

-------- Weidenfeller
-------Piszczek---Hummels---Dante----Alaba

Gündoğan-Javi

Błaszczykowski----Müller----Reus

------- Lewandowski

PizzaCheck faced a far more potent threat than Lahm who was coasting without any direct onset of attack and posed to moved central. As a RIGHTBACK. Piszcek was on another level and a man possessed. Hummels & Dante is obvious. Alaba as well since Schmelzer was good by his standards yet Alaba world class.

Ilkay with his 1st leg masterclass and 2nd leg composure and Javi for being the absolute fulcrum of thwarting and dominating the Barca play, backed by Osram's choice to build the midfield around him.

Kuba over Robben as Robben's one-footed predictability and horrid defensive displays by Alba and Adriano didn't convince me the least bit. Kuba created, pressed and caused havoc both legs. Mueller and Reus is obvious as despite Ribery's performances, Reus was a masterclass. Lewa is obvious as well..


Manager of the Leg was Osram by a country Mile as he composed Bayern more out of systematic performances rather than individual brilliance.

Lopez

Lahm Dante Hummels

Javi Schweinsteiger Gundogan

Muller

Robben Lewandowski Reus

Lopez - I had chosen weidenfeller earlier but now that i start to think about it, the saves weidenfeller had to make werent that difficult and tbh he didnt have that many to make, whereas lopez made a couple of excellent saves that kept Real in the tie

Hummels - He is a very good player . Keeping such an attacking force at bay was no easy task but he did his job with panache

Gundogan- He is one of those players whose work you dont notice until you see the replays, but he was immense, his energy, technical ability, and intelligence were key to dortmunds performances

Robben- His was the best wing play ive seen from any player this season, he terrorised barca's defence, if walcott had even a 10th of robbens or riberys technical ability and intelligence he would a top 5 player in the premier league

Lewandowski - His finishing skills were unbelievable, I had never seen him play before last week but i now fully buy into the hype, hes an excellent player, maybe the next ibra with more mobility

Chose Martinez over Muller and made it a 4-3-3 as i felt Martinez was more important to Bayern's success albeit barely.

Was close to not picking any Bayern CBs due to how rarely they were tested and a lot of Bayerns defensive work is due to the immense work the midfield does.

Aside from the horrid back pass, Hummels was immense in both legs everything he does is magnified on this forum though.

Dante might have only played one leg but it was so good i couldn't ignore it, the rest speaks for itself.

El Shaarawy wrote:

RED wrote:Just put the Bayern first 11.

Was playing with that idea

Replace Neuer with Lopez and ur set

Lopez
Pizczeck-Ramos-Hummels-Alaba
Schweini-Martinez-Gundogan
Robben-Lewa-Mueller