The Treble 38-0

Draft the greatest footballers in history into one starting XI. Then find out whether they can actually win anything. Eleven rounds. Each one draws a random country and a random decade, and you take one player from whoever played there. A goalkeeper from 1970s Italy. A winger from 2010s Spain. You will not get the eleven you wanted — that is the game. Then you build the XI, choose a shape, and play a full season: 38 league matches, the domestic cup, and a European competition. THE TREBLE Win all three and you have done what almost nobody does. Go unbeaten in the league as well — 38-0-0 — and you have the Perfect Treble. It happens about twice in a thousand runs. CHEMISTRY, NOT FAME Team rating is not the average of eleven numbers. Width, defensive cover, a real spine, who creates and who finishes, how many players are out of position — all of it multiplies. Drafting the eleven most…