Rui Costa’s #One2Eleven

Former Benfica, Fiorentina, AC Milan and Portugal midfielder Rui Costa chooses his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club.

The former Portugal international had a plethora of talent to choose from, having also made 94 appearances for his country, and he puts together a very strong XI. 

Costa has gone with a 4-2-3-1 formation and told The Fantasy Football Club who makes his XI…

GOALKEEPER: Vitor Baia

The best goalkeeper I played with was Vitor Baia, who was my team-mate from the Portuguese national team. And aside from Vitor, I can’t not mention Toldo and Dida, but Vitor Baia is first choice. I only played with him for Portugal but he’s a great friend and was a great team-mate. He was great between the sticks and the whole team could always rely on him.

RIGHT-BACK: Cafu

Cafu is my right-back. A team-mate of mine at AC Milan, who played for Brazil. He was a right-back who seemed more like a winger at times. He moved to Milan when he was already in his thirties, but stood out in every game.

CENTRE-BACK: Alessandro Nesta

This is difficult because I played with some greats. For this 11, I’m going to pick two. Nesta, my team-mate at AC Milan. Nesta was probably the most elegant player I played with. He was really quick, had great acceleration and had his own way of defending. He was brilliant in one-on-one situations and is a great friend of mine.

CENTRE-BACK: Carlos Mozer

The second is Mozer, a team-mate of mine at Benfica. He’s perhaps the centre-back that I look up to the most because of his ability as an athlete, his skill and the …

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