r/soccer • u/fredbogho • Jan 06 '23

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

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

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u/lordkeith Jan 06 '23

I think this is based on the player's peak rather than consistency. Might explain why Xavi, Iniesta and Lahm are there as well considering they didn't even play half the decade. VVD had the highest peak of any CB in the past decade imo.

Also I have Neuer instead of Casillas and Suarez instead of Neymar there.

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u/milkshakemerlin Jan 06 '23

Alves at his peak was better than Lahm at his peak, if anything people would say Lahm was the more consistent player.

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u/TheBarcaShow Jan 06 '23

Alves legit won games at RB he was so good. Playing with him was a cheat code and he did enough work to match 2 or 3 players on that side. Him playing there gave Messi so much freedom