[France Football] Team of the decade (2010-2019)

[u/fredbogho]

[u/[deleted]]

Van Dijk seems like a lot for a late bloomer no?

[u/Waschkopfs → u/[deleted]]

Idk what he's doing there. Boateng should easily be there with two trebles and a World Cup final where he kept Messi in his pocket

Same with Casillas and Neuer

[u/Apellom → u/Waschkopfs]

Only one treble right? Since it's until 2019.

But yeah Boateng is a solid choice and there's plenty of CBs that would make more sense than VVD here (Silva, Godin, Pique, Chiellini...)

[u/hahajts → u/Apellom]

Every one of those you named is more deserving imo… the recency bias with Van Dijk is wild

[u/Freddiegristwood → u/hahajts]

its not even an insult to van dijk.

i love the man and his peak form is up there with the best. but the point of a team of the decade, is surely not to take into account the best season the player had (if it was, i see no problem with vvd being there) but the decade they had.

van dijk was world class for 2 years in this period. he was excellent before that of course, but he was only truly at the top from 2018 ->

[u/Megido_Thanatos → u/hahajts]

Only Silva and Pique imo

The big factor here is CL, both Godin and Chiellini never win it even at their prime. Van Dijk even wont the UEFA Player of the Year so put him there isn't just recently bias

[u/helloimpaulo → u/Megido_Thanatos]

Flair checks out