Oof, that Benitez team is great. I considered taking Torres early in a Chelsea-esque move simply to deprive others of him, but I wanted Suarez (loved Nando, think he was the best 9 on the planet for two years but Suarez was better) and Rush so it would have been way too many pure strikers.
The midfield is the thing of beauty in that lineup, narrow for sure, not massively mobile, but Modric and Alonso simply would not give the ball away, Masch is one of the finest destroyers the game's seen in the last 25 years and Aimar was a genius. Possibly would have gone Lucio over Sami, who I love dearly but I think Lucio was the finer player. But it's close. Reina over Canizares but that's why I took Pepe a few rounds early for a keeper, he was one of only two viable options I could choose and the only one available to other managers. Petr Cech in his prime was better than any of them in my opinion.
