Over the years, they have had a tremendous career: scoring goals, covering distances, passing teams and countries and also winning titles – but one thing is missing. Champions League. Ahead of the upcoming season (next week, the preliminary stage playoff games will be held, including Maccabi Haifa who will play against Red Star Belgrade), the British magazine “FourFourTwo” ranked the 11 best players who never lifted a trophy.
With a 4:4:2 diamond setup, the British magazine placed (of course) the Gianluigi Buffon between the beams. The defense squad is divided Lillian Thuram as a right back, Luther Matthews and Fabio Cannabro are the two brakes, When Gianluca Zambrotta Will be the left defender. Patrick Vieira The fearsome will hold the center of the field as a midfielder, while in front of him Michael Ballack and Pavel Nadved – Dennis Bergkamp He will play as an attacking midfielder under the two strikers (the amazing ones), Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo the brazilian
Of the 11, Buffon was the man who reached the final the most times without winning, always with Juventus – he was there in 2003 (and was beaten on penalties by Milan), in 2015 (then Barcelona won at the expense of the old lady), and in 2017 he was defeated by Real Madrid.
By the way, the list may not have European champions for the teams – but there are definitely world champions: Buffon, Canavero, Matthews, Thuram, Zambrotta, Vieira and Ronaldo – all of them lifted the world cup at least once.
Buffon and Zlatan are the only ones on the list who are still playing – and while Buffon is playing in the second division with Parma (and most likely won’t win), the Swede will still have a chance to make amends – in a season that will benefit us, since Milan (Italian champions) will be playing in the group stage.
Is this the greatest XI to never win the Champions League? If not… who are you adding? pic.twitter.com/ufTrQqjVMC
— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) August 10, 2022