Wine and football: my dream team

Among the topics that like few others know how to unite but also divide people, creating factions and producing ethernal discussions, there are undoubtedly football and wine.

Two world so far but united by this common feature, capable of bringing them closer than it is legitimate to think.

For this reason, I thought to start new year by ideally combining these two realities, having fun approaching my dream team, 11 great players of the past and present, with the appellation that best approach them for technical and character features.

It’s little more than a game, but I hope you like it!

Enjoy the reading!

 

1 Gianluigi Buffon - Rioja Reserva

Talent and strength. Able right from the beginning to show his great gifts, bright as a supernova, over time he has demonstrates his immense potential, helping to write memorable pages never forgotten by fans. In addition, it ages very well, perhaps losing a small part of its power but gaining class and elegance. Superman.

 

2 Roberto Carlos – Barbaresco

Class and carefree. Out of the ordinary champion, he has flanked a lot of phenomena without ever being crushed by them, on the contrary, often becoming the absolute protagonist. Precise and effective, unique and inimitable but at the same time never too serious and serious, capable of expressing love and happiness for life, and reaping unanimous success and recognition. Joy of life.

3 Paolo Maldini – Pomerol

Elegance and longevity. Phenomenon and example to be studied and taken as a reference. Round stride, continuous and unstoppable progression. Beautiful as hell, perfect in every aspect and without any defeacts. He has made converts, admirers and imitators in every part of the globe, but he has always remained faithful to his home, to the theater in which he was able to best express his immense art. Champion.

 

4 Andrea Pirlo - Brunello di Montalcino

Phlegmatic and talented, noble and with a royal gait. He doesn’t impress for power and vigor, but moves with charm and grace, giving pearls of incredible value. With the time passage he has shown more and more his great potential, reaching to conquer even the most skeptical and demanding palates, by right entering the elite of the great ones. Princely.

5 Fabio Cannavaro - Cannonau di Mamoiada

Determination and character. A urchin among the nobles, a "son of a lesser god" at the court of the great ones, without ever disfiguring them in their presence. Excessive but disciplined like a Spartan soldier, always poised, always near the limit, but at the same time capable of recoveries and impossible and prodigious performances. Almost unbeatable in the hand-to-hand confrontation, he has often deleted from the field phenomena that have stood before him. Pride of his people.

 

6 Franz Beckenbauer - Ribera del Duero

Style and discipline. A champion of absolute value, symbol and reference for his category. Strong and vigorous but at the same time very elegant, rich in facets but with a well-defined and defined character, almost Teutonic. Glacial like few others, he has achieved success all over the world, becoming an example imitated by many but reached by none. Perfectionist.

7 Cristiano Ronaldo – Margaux

Absolute perfection. A monster of determination, a machine built to cancel records and grind successes and awards. Apparently devoid of weaknesses, copied and admired in every part of the globe, perhaps not able to fully warm the hearts of fans but like few others able to direct the canons of the world to which he belongs. Also, it even seems to improve over time, showing endurance qualities beyond human. Martian.

 

8 Gennaro Gattuso – Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

The greatness of the effort. Human hero in a world of phenomena and Olympian gods, he has been able to build his “place in the sun” with time and work, achieving unimaginable successes and becoming a symbol of determination and dedication. Strong and powerful, tireless and never tame, capable of growing and improving when others begin to decline, when time and fatigue differentiate talents from champions. Highlander.

9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Barolo

Strength and elegance. Cheeky, demanding, never banal and with a great character, he is not afraid of anything or anyone. Often grumpy and out of the established rules, he also went through some difficult transition periods, but over the years he acquired further charm, showing that for him time is just a number on his identity card, but certainly not a rival. Peter Pan.

 

10 Diego Armando Maradona - Taurasi Riserva

Genius and recklessness. Not inclined to classifications and compromises, outside the lines and preconceived schemes. Able to reach unbelievable peaks for humans but also of falls and sensational thuds. But like few others - or perhaps like no one - able to speak to the soul of the people who had the pleasure of meeting him, remaining in the memories and hearts of every enthusiast, even after many years. Eternal.

11 Johan Cruyff - Chambertin Grand Cru

Immense style. Out of time and out of the ordinary, among the interpreters who more than any other have been able to revolutionize the world they belong to, forever changing its canons and references. Total and all-encompassing, a prophet idolized beyond imaginable, Holy Grail and dream of every enthusiast. Anyone who has had the pleasure and the fortune to see it in action will have a hard time forgetting it. Comet.