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Joe Cole’s opponent #One2Eleven
- Updated: December 16, 2016
Joe Cole picked a #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club based on the toughest opponents he has faced throughout his career.
The former England international chose a team-mate #One2Eleven in a previous appearance on the show, and was faced with the tough task of selecting a best opposing XI.
Having represented his country 56 times and played for Chelsea in the Champions League, Cole has faced a host of world-class players – and his #One2Eleven certainly proves that.
See which player gave him the runaround at Wembley, and who forced Jose Mourinho to give the midfielder a telling off in the team below…
Goalkeeper – Edwin van der Sar
Manchester United went for a long time without having a decent goalie and I think [Sir Alex] Ferguson said not getting this guy in earlier was a mistake.
When you play against a ‘keeper and they have that commanding presence – even when he was at Fulham, he always had great games against us.
Great goalies make the goal smaller, and he was a different class – and good with his feet too.
Right back – Dani Alves
We played against him at Wembley when we faced Brazil. I was at left midfield and he was a nightmare to play against.
After about 15 minutes I gave up trying to get on the ball – he does this thing where he goes down the wing, then runs inside as if he’s a centre forward.
There’s so much movement when you’re facing Brazil, you haven’t got time to pass it on, and in the end I was playing centre-back for most of the game.
He was looking fresh, while all I could think was ‘I could do without playing you today’.
Centre back – Jaap Stam
I played against him on my debut. Having just come from youth team football, I stood next to him in the tunnel and just looked up thinking ‘this is the real deal’.
He was a beast. There was a 50/50 in the first 10 minutes. I’m 17 and 10 stone – and I actually put him on the floor and all my mates were like ‘yeah, you kicked Jaap Stam on the floor!’.
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