Fifa 2008

Recommended team:
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Submitted by: boneK

The following is a great set of players to have on Manager mode.
These players are quality buys if you can get them quite cheap and
you are looking for players who develop into the 96+ category overall
rating. To find the best players, do a search for all players aged
between 16 to 19. You can find some 17 or 18 year olds with a rating
of 90. These players only cost about $7 million because of their age,
and you can make them worth about 40 in a season if the play well for
you.

Goalkeeper - Bruno (Brazilian)
Defense - Micah Richards
Defense - Vincent Kompany
Defense - Sergio Ramos
Defense - Dani Alves
Defense - Gareth Bale
Defense - Raul Albiol
Midfield - S. Aleksander
Midfield - Fernando Gago
Midfield - Francesq Fabregas
Forward - Cristiano Ronaldo
Forward - Nani
Forward - Sergio Aguero
Forward - Created player (do not give him too many defense points
as they do not really improve the overall rating for a striker)
Forward - Lionel Messi


Recommended team:
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Submitted by: boneK

Use the following players.
Ronahldino
Eto'o
Henry (Chelsea)
Rooney
Cech
Shevchenko


Manager mode: Spending experience points:
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In Manager mode, access the experience points menu. Near the top
of the screen is an option you can toggle if you wish to have the
experience points spent automatically. Turn the autospend off.
Save up until you have about 40,000 experience points, or roughly
a third of a season. Then, go back into the menu where you spend
your points. You can spend a lot more points in one go. This makes
it easier to decide what aspects of a player to upgrade. When you
have 40,000 experience points, turn on the auto spend.
The CPU spends the points better if there are more to spend.


Fifth difficulty level:
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Successfully complete all challenges listed in Challenge mode from any two
zones to unlock the fifth difficulty level.


Be a pro Co-op season:
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Midfield is easy because you can stay up front like a striker or go in to
defence if you prefere defending and the tasks will be easier.


The Best Team for 4-3-3:
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If you are going to start manager mode then use these players in the 4-3-3
formation.(Before going to manager mode, go to club transfers and move all
of the players needed to your team that you are going to use)

GK-Buffon
RB-Sergio Ramos
RCB-Nesta
LCB-Terry
LB-Abidal
RCM-Essien
CM-Pirlo
LCM-Gerrard
RCF-Rooney
CF-Henry
LCF-Messi


Use the following players in the future:
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Zubaer Alam (Galib)
Nani
L.Messi
Alexandre Pato (Inter)
Bojan
S.Brown
P.Mertesacker


The best 11:
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Submitted by: RICSIHARD

Gk:NELSEN 99
RB:DRENTHE 91
CD:RICHARDS 91
CD:SERGIO RAMOS 95
LB:BALE 91
MF:LENNON 93
MF:LULINHA 95
MF:DOS SANTOS 97
MF:MESSI 98
F:FERNANDO TORRES 95
F:HUNTELLAT(BEN ARFA) 91-91
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GK:NEUER 90
CD:A.FERDINAND 88
CD:KABOUL 89
MF:KERLON 90
MF-CD: GUILHERME 95!!-84
MF:RENATO AUGUSTO 86
MF:L.BENDER 85
MF:S.BENDER 85
MF:SCHWEINSTEIGER 92
F:GRANDET(he is a "SECRET" player in your academy!) 91
The half team is BRAZILIEN! The GK:NELSON(BRISTOL)


Hint:
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Submitted by: Printu

The best way to earn money in carrer mode is to scout out players and sell them.
I did this when I was playing with AC Milan so I don't guarantee it for smaller
clubs. Avois playing the scouted player salary by putting them in the shortlist
and signing them in a transfer period. Good luck.


Fifa 2008 Best Team:
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Submitted by: Ales

Best team (3-4-3) formation

GK : Neuer 90 (although i've heard nelsen from bristol gets to 99)
LCB: Ramos 94-95
CB : Mertesacker 93-94
RCB: Obi Mikel 92
RM : Ronaldo 98
CM : Fabregas 96
CM : Essien 92
LM : Jesus Navas 97-98
LS : Dos Santos 97
ST : Alexandre Pato 99
RS : Messi 98

You can play a 3-5-2 formation and put Dos Santos in Atacking Midfield but he's
still 97 so it doesn't matter or messi as attacking mid and he stays 98.

Sometimes players are more than Essiens or Mikels 92 in centre mid or centre back
but their skill in that position fades when they become established in their main role.

There are some players who you can buy cheap in the 1st season of manager mode who
you can sell 4-5 seasons later for 30-60 million pounds. Such as:

Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)
Lennon (Tottenham)
Lulinha
Bojan (Barcelona)
Marcelo Moreno (Cruzeiro)
Carlos Eduardo (Cruzeiro)
Dos Santos
Jesus Navas (Valencia)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
Ryan Babel (Liverpool)
Andersen (Man United)
Nani (Man United)
Fabregas (Arsenal)
Denilson (Arsenal)
Brown (Celtic)
Quaresma (FC Porto)
Silva


Gametips:
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Submited by: OLTEANU CORN3L
E-mail : cxnl_08@yahoo.com

Hi there, fifa fans from everywhere,i like to play at manager with the low team in 2nd
or 3rd league to promovate in the first league and win all trophy(without leaving on
other team). i will tell you how do do money,it's not a cheat but it's a little trick
to do this: upgrate more you can your negociator,and try to transfer that"free agent"
(it's hard without a good negociator) who have higher skils, no matter sallary you give
him beacause imediatly you transfer it, you will put it on transfer list and you will
earn a lot of money. invest your money in negociator and scout(in that way you will see
the player growth per more years) and 2-3 transfer like this and you will have all player
you want (pato from ac milan in 3-4 years will have skils 99, try to transfeer him faster
you can.and Dos Santos is a good player.). Yeah..that it!


Keeping players longer in Manager mode:
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Before you start Manager mode with a team, edit the age of the players so they play
longer for your team. For example, with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard (age 28) might play
for five years. However, Steven Gerrard (age 14) will play for at least twenty more
years.

Cheat:
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Submitted by FASAL KK
Ottappalam,
Kerala.
+919961864905.
IT_FASAL@rediff.com

Heyy..
While playing FIFA 08 Use SHIFT key for dribbling & taking tricks with arrow keys
(ball is u'r players legs ).Use SHIFT for keeper charge while ball is u'r opponents
side.And also use the same keyboard button for invite a goalkeeper for heading in a
corner kick.
In manager mode, start with a best team,and first sell some players from u'r team for
facing the financial problem.And buy a player who is under 21 (is good for future)
like PATO, BOJAN,DOS SANTOS,ADU,CICINHO,OCHOA etc..
Substite players regularly for increasing moral and match experiance
(That will use full to selling that player).

Never change club during the end of season.
Use joystick for better gameplay.And change Game speed to FAST.Use tricks in the time
of Freekicks(loke fake shot and lay offman shot).
I wish u a Better gameplay on FIFA 08.


Recommended team:
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Use the following players.

Starters
GK: Petr Cech (Chelsea)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
DF: William Gallas (Arsenal)
DF: Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
MF: Ronaldinho (Barcalona)
MF: Nani (Manchester United)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
MF: David Beckham (LA Galaxy)
ST: Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
ST: Tierry Henry (Barcalona)
ST: Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)

Substitutes
GK: Shay Given (Newcastle United)
DF: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspurs)
MF: Damien Duff (Newcastle United)
MF: Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United
ST: Lionel Messi (Barcalona)

Reserves/Alternates
GK: Pepe Reina (Jose Reina) (Liverpool)
GK: Kasper Schmeichel (Manchester City)
DF: Gary Neville (Manchester United)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
MF: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
MF: Nolberto Solano (West Ham United)
ST: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
ST: Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspurs)


You should try scouting, you can get some very good players!:
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Submitted by: maarten

season 2: spain: Ringt Defender Cazorla(grows to 97)
season 2: spain: Left Midfield Arroyo(grows to 97)
season 3: rest of europe: (rwm) Crilly(grows 99)
season 3: asia: (cb) Ha (grows 99)


Best team without scouted players: (3-4-3):
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gk :neuer or nelsen
cb : sergio ramos, mertesacker, Richards
rm :Jezus Navas
cm :Fabregas, (obi mikel or another midfielder)
lm :C Ronaldo
att:Messi, Pato, dos santos or rooney or agero

good subs: lulinha, bale, rafinha, lennon, carlos eduardo, benzema.

Remember that this is in about 3 or 4 seasons when the young players have
grown better.


Hint:
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Submitted by: OPPONG Richard Fordjour

earn easy cash in manager mode. when moving from a club to manage a new club
that have less finances to afford major transfers, reduce all the contracts of
the big stars in your previous club to one year and fail to renew for them.
move to the new club and go to the tranfer window with the little cash available
and go to free agents, the players from your previous club will be listed as
free agents. tranfer them to your new club and sell them at a high price to get
enough funds to manage your new club.


Best finishing player:
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submited by: CORN3L
E-MAIL: CXNL_08@yahoo.com

Finishing is the best player quality when he is alone with goalkeeper beacause
he have more chance to score.
If in the precedent game, "uefa champions league",the best finishing was Nicolai Zigic,
in Fifa 08 the best finishing has Henri,Drogba and Eto'o. And M.Owen from Newcastle have
a good finish too.


To make all your players grow to 90+ in 2-3 seasons:
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Submitted by: Karan Razdan

Before starting the season, go to team management menu and then to edit players and
then select the team you want to use in manager mode. Edit all the players and decrease
their age to minimum(i.e. 18)by making their year of birth 1990. remember after changing
the age of each player you have to click on "save and exit" to save the data that was
edited. after that start the manager mode with the team you selected earlier. Young
player grow a lot with match ex. and grow 2-5 level after every season if they play good.


Hint:
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Submitted by: Stetson

hey.if you can't find a team you like go to spanish priemera (different spelling) and
find Barcalona (different spelling).they have the greatest team in soccer (not an opinion).


Hint:
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Submitted by: Sukhee

4-4-2
GK.Cheh
RB.Castro
CB.S.Ramos
CB.Mertscaker
LB.Bale
RM.Crilly
CM.Fabergas
CM.Sahin
LM.Turan
ST.Carlos Eduardo
ST.Fattic
CAM.T.Kroos
CAM.Rakitic
CAM.Dos Santos
CAM.Nasri


World's Best Game Tip:
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Submitted by Sukrit

If you want to win every game in every difficulty, try this.
Take Manchester United of Barclays Premier League as your Default team. Next go to
My FIFA 08 then select team management. then of Man Utd edit all the player's overall to 99.
Keep Cristiano Ronaldo ,Wayne Rooney ,Rio Ferdinand and E.van der sar in your team coz they
are best in their fields.
If you want to win every game without playing ,try Zone play and be the goalkeeper.
The best team to play with is AC Lugano of Rest of the world.
You'll be the champ
For any problems or questions e-mail me at sukrit94@rediffmail.com


More reasonable individual and team goals in "Be a Pro" season:
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Use the following trick if you find an objective that is difficult to reach. Before the
upcoming match, save the game. When you see the tasks for the next match that you cannot
pass, quit the mode, reload it, and the objectives will change to one you want. For example,
if you are striker having trouble dealing with being in an offside position (and that is not
even being called by the referee) less than eight times, just quit the mode and reload it
again. Then, it may change to "Commit less than 4 fouls" or "Score at least one goal".
However your team objectives such as "Concede less than 5 corners" or "Stay scoreless by
the 80th minute" will also change.


Hint:
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Submitted by: pato

The greatest teams:4-1-2-1-2
gk buffon
rb:frings
cb:nesta.terry
lb:viera
cdm:diarra
rm_ronaldo
lm :pirlo
cam:kaka
st:henry,rooney

manager mode:
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gk ustari
rb castro
cb mertsacker
cb:richards
lb:bale clichy
cdm de rossi
cm fabrgas scott brown
cam kaka
st:bojan , alexandre pato


Hint:
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Submitted by: rohan b

Beating the wall is somewhat difficult job .but dont worry now.Best player for thise
job is ronaldinho.Now while hitting fill power to about 75-80%.as soon as the player
starts moving press upward arrow and arrow key (left or right) of that side on which
goalkeeper is not standing ie empty side.and the ball will be right into the net.and
yes good practise is essential.


The Fifa 08 Trick List When Playing on Keyboard:
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Submitted by: ashmitthegreat (at)yahoo.co.in

S=Shift
U=Up arrow key
D=Down arrow key
L=Left arrow key
R=Right arrow key
C=C on the keyboard

Each player can do these tricks
1. S+U+D=Medium speed
2. S+U+D=Fast speed
3. S+R+C+R
4. S+L+D+R=roulette
5. R+C+L
6. R+C+U+R
7. S+L+U+R

Good players like RONALDO,RONALDHINHO,HENRY,KAKA etc can also do these tricks
1. S+U+L+D=rainbow or heel flip
2. S+L+U
3. C+S
4. S+R+U

RONALDHINHO ELASTICO OR FLIP FLAP
When going in the right direction press & hold R and press U+U or D+D+U to go in
the other direction.

RONALDO AND ROBINHO SPECIALITY
When going in the right direction press & hold R and press U+U or D+D+U to go in
the other direction.

Hint:
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Submitted by: Sajid

Hey Guys easy 2 win
just play 3-4-3 formation n must use these players in the following positions
messi(LS)
ronaldo(ST)
agbonlahor(RS)
fabregas(RCM)
gerrard(LCM)
nasri(RM)
anderson(LM)
kompany(RCB)
mertesacker(CB)
terry(LCB)
try playing QW pass 2 the strikers n when ur one on one with the keeper play a side
pass 2 either of the strikers then just tap the ball in the net i scored 25 goals in
4 minute match in this way.


Hint:
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Submitted by: SAmMy B

When Playing play this team i beat Burnley 35 - 0 in a 4 min game with this team its
amazing!!! play 3-1-2-2

GK - Buffon
LWB - Terry
CB - Nesta
RWB - Dani Alves
CDM - Essien
RW - L. Messi
RAM - Ronaldinio
CAM - KaKa
LW - Ronhaar *doesnt play for a team but go on club transfer and type his name in*
RS - De Noteboom *doesnt play for team do same as ronhaar*
LS - MAATJE *Same as Ronhaar*

Play with this team and never loose team chem maybe bad but when ur passing it around its
as if God himself created this team!!


Best Team:
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Submitted by: marko

GK-Petr Cech
RB-Sergio Ramos
CB-John Terry
CB-Rio Ferdinand
LB-Dani Alves
RM-Cristiano Ronaldo
CM-Frank Lampard
CM-Michael Essien
LM-Kaka
ST-Fernando Torres
ST-Wayne Rooney

I played with this team and I won 12-0 against Man U. in a 4 minute game. You can do it too!


This is the best formation and the best team:
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Submitted by: nicholas aka niqQ

3-4-3

gk- victor valdez
rb-jean luka zambrotta
cb-carlos puyol
lb-marquez
rm-iniesta
rcm-xavi
lcm-deco
lm-lionel messi
rs-ronaldinho
cf-thierry henry
ls-samuel e'to

you can also score directly from the corner kick spot.just choose lionel messi for the
right corner kick and ronaldinho for the left corner kick. what you do is.


Clean sheets:
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For clean sheets to be credited in season, tournament, Be A Pro Season, manager modes
(everything outside exhibitions), it would be the final keeper present at the end of
a shutout (clean sheet) game. For example, if you start with Edwin Van der Sar in the
first half, Thomasz Kusczak in the beginning of second half, but finish with Wayne
Rooney in goal because Kusczak was red-carded, and the final score was 2-0, Rooney
will be credited with the clean sheet, and not Edwin Vander Sar. Kusczak is ineligible
because he was red-carded. The clean sheet is void if any goals are scored against them.
If any keeper conceded a goal, any substitute keepers in goal will not benefit even if
they didn't concede any further goals.


Hint:
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Submitted by: cheatdudez

In manager mode use a team like AC Milan or Barcelona and quick sim a game.
You will win by like 5 goals.


Cheat:
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Submitted by: vibhor

Hi, this cheat will make too easy to play this game
When u r playing this game only press the "shoot button+sprint button" and you are free
from all ur problems. the player will automatically get the ball.


Hints:
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Submitted by: rockuakshat

This is the best team possible as all players are 90+ by the third manager
season in a 4-1-2-1-2:

buffon
ramos
terry
dani alves
bale
fabregas
ronaldo
pirlo
kaka /diego
david villa
aguero /torres
try and win!


Best Team in fifa-08:
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Submitted by: aranya

guys i am playing 6th season in manager mode. i think this is the best
team so gar in 3-4-3 combination

GK : FIORILLO/ ASENJO-91
RCB: RAMOS-92
CB : MERTESERCAR-92
LCB: CHIELLINI-93
RM : RONALDO-98
RCM: ANDERSON-96
LCM: OBI MIKEL-92
LM : NAVAS-97
RS : DOS DANTOS-97
CF : ROONEY/PATO-96
LS : MESSI-08


Best young team (4-4-2):
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Submitted by: S.Tamoor

Andres Palop/Landreau(GK)
Zambrotta/Lahm(LB)
Marquez(LWB)
Cafu(RWB)
Sagnol/Abidal(RB)
Ribery/Beckham(RM)
Lampard/Essien(RWM)
Xavi/Nasri(LWM)
Nani(LM)
Podoliski(LS)
Gilardino/Gudjohnson(RS)

I played with this team and won many matches tournaments.


Awesome Manager mode bug!:
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Submitted by: lyonrulz

First , u need to finish manager mode, to unlock export team option(i know, it's long,
but it's worth it!) Assuming u built up a great team(90+scouts, pato, benzema, dos
santos...)export it, or get these using a money cheat and play 4-5 seasons, and export
it. Load ur team into a slot, open my fifa08-transfers, search for ur player's names,
check that they are on your loaded team not an other(to ensure that they're the more
advanced ones) and transfer them to a team u want to play on manager/tournament mode.
Voil! (this way u can get double players(a dossantos 90+ and a dossantos who will be
90+), or players under 10(!) years of age(the 90+ scouts(Sirotkin, Dutoit...))

Tips:
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Submitted by: Injamul Ahmed Shad

If you want to play Manager mode then select the team below i write

Formation 3-4-3
Starting 11
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Van Der Sar
Sergio Ramos
Terry
Nesta
Cristiano Ronaldo
Gerrard
Pirlo
KaKa
Alexandre Pato
Lionel Messi
Wayne Rooney


How to gain a lot of money in Manager Mode:
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Submitted by: Rizado

It's simple,once the transfer period starts,check for free agents and offer them the highest
salary.Once they came to your club,sell them.Be careful,check their Bio first,some may worth
a fortune and some not even 200k.This is how I've managed to get Gillingam from coca-cola 2
to Barclays with 4 stars and 60 mil $ budget ;)


Best Cheap young team:
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Submitted by: Maanesh

Formation 4-4-2

Gk - Riou,Cassio
Rb - Jonhson (Glenn)
Rcb - Thigo Helano
Lcb - Gary
Lb - Vrzovic
Rwm - Kroos
Rcm - Sankahare
Lcm - Coutdure
Lwm - Barnes
Rs - Vela
Ls - Patrick

( A must buy is Victor Moses, he is 59 overall, age 16, but will certainly be a star )


Easy money:
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Once the transfer period starts, check for free agents and offer them the highest salary.
Once they come to your club, sell them. However, check their bio first. Some players may
worth a fortune, and some not even 200,000.


PERFECT TEAM:
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Submitted by: THOMAS

4-1-2-1-2

(S)- SCOUTED PLAYER

gk-NELSEN-99(S)
Rb-A.cazorla-97(S)
RCB-Crilly-107(S)(fifa bug)
Lcb-Rindler-107(S)
LB-Seigre-92(S)
Cdm-Aguero-100
Rm-DOs santos-97
Lm-Arroy-97(S)
Cam-Anderson-96
Rs-Pato-99
LS-Latu-98(S)

SUBSTITUTES
gk-SIROTKIN-96(S)
cb-DERBYSHIRE-91
rm-C.RONALDO-99
LM-NANI-99
ST-MESSI-98
ST-ROONEY-96


Best team of formation 4-2-2-2:
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Submitted by: khusro

use the following players in your club
1-goalkeeper-buffon-(juventus)
2-lb-sergio ramos (barcelona)
3-cb-terry (chelsea)
4-cb-nesta-(milan) 9-cam-ronaldinho(barcelona)
5-lb-zanetti(juventus) 10-st-henry-(barcelona)
6-cm-pirlo(milan) 11-st-cristiano ronaldo-(manchesterunited)
7-cm-essien-(chelsea)
8-cam-kaka-(milan)