Dream Teams: Liverpool
Wednesday 25 February 2009
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In the second of our Dream Team series, five times European Cup winners and 18 times English League Champions, Liverpool, take to the field against the backdrop of the club's crucial first leg tie against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu with Steven Gerrard captaining his heroes. He is the only member of the current crop of players worthy of a place in the all-time XI, although his team-mates can console themselves that far greater players than them, including Roger Hunt, Emlyn Hughes, John Barnes, Ian Callaghan and Tommy Smith, have failed to make the team.
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Next week, it's the legends of the San Siro's Rossoneri who are causing the selection headaches. So if you think Massimo Ambrosini should get the nod over Demetrio Albertini, Franco Baresi should wear the captain's armband instead of Paolo Maldini or Gunnar Nordahl should keep out Marco van Basten, then make your arguments convincing, your opinions brash and start influencing selection.
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