Football quiz: can you name these four legendary starting XIs?
Spain 2010, Liverpool 2005, Manchester United 1999 and Brazil 1970. Name all eleven starters from four of football's most famous finals, plus a Ballon d'Or bonus.
Every football fan has a line-up they can recite in their sleep. The question is whether you know the other ones: the full eleven, including the left-back nobody remembers and the striker who was taken off at half-time.
This quiz comes from Famous 11s, one of the four modes in our game Football Bingo. You get the match and the formation, and you have to name the starting eleven.
How to play: grab a piece of paper, write down as many starters as you can for each match, then open the answer. One point per player, so 44 points are up for grabs.
1. Spain, 2010 World Cup final
Spain vs the Netherlands, 11 July 2010, Soccer City, Johannesburg. Formation: 4-2-3-1. Manager: Vicente del Bosque.
Show the XI
Iker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila; Sergio Busquets, Xabi Alonso; Pedro, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta; David Villa. Iniesta scored the winner in extra time.
2. Liverpool, 2005 Champions League final
Liverpool vs AC Milan, 25 May 2005, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul. Formation: 4-4-1-1. Manager: Rafael Benítez.
Show the XI
Jerzy Dudek; Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypiä, Djimi Traoré; Luis García, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, John Arne Riise; Harry Kewell; Milan Baroš. Liverpool were 3-0 down at half-time and won on penalties. Kewell went off injured in the first half, which is why many people forget he started.
3. Manchester United, 1999 Champions League final
Manchester United vs Bayern Munich, 26 May 1999, Camp Nou, Barcelona. Formation: 4-4-2. Manager: Alex Ferguson.
A hint: two of United's best-known midfielders weren't in the side. Both were suspended.
Show the XI
Peter Schmeichel; Gary Neville, Ronny Johnsen, Jaap Stam, Denis Irwin; David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Jesper Blomqvist; Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole. Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were the suspended pair. United scored twice in stoppage time to win the treble.
4. Brazil, 1970 World Cup final
Brazil vs Italy, 21 June 1970, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City. Formation: 4-2-4. Manager: Mário Zagallo.
The hardest one. Many of these players went by a single name.
Show the XI
Félix; Carlos Alberto, Brito, Wilson Piazza, Everaldo; Clodoaldo, Gérson; Jairzinho, Tostão, Pelé, Rivellino. Brazil won 4-1, finished off by Carlos Alberto's famous team goal.
Bonus: the three-time club
Five men have won the Ballon d'Or three times or more. Can you name all five? Bonus points if you know how many each has won.
Show the answer
Lionel Messi (8), Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Michel Platini (3), Johan Cruyff (3) and Marco van Basten (3).
How did you do?
- 40-44: Encyclopaedic. Did you cheat?
- 30-39: Very impressive. Brazil 1970 is brutal.
- 20-29: A proper fan. You probably got Istanbul and Johannesburg and stumbled on the rest.
- Under 20: You know the famous names. The full-backs are what separates the good from the great.
Play the full game
Football Bingo has four modes, all based on real football knowledge rather than luck:
- Bingo: real players are drawn one at a time, and you place each on the square he fits: his nationality, a club he played for, a manager he played under. The first to complete a line wins.
- Famous 11s: what you just did, with 68 line-ups from iconic finals and classic club sides. You get three lives and three hints.
- Tenable: name the whole top ten, like top scorers or most expensive transfers, before your lives run out.
- Trivia: quick-fire questions, including multiple choice, true or false, and stat duels between two players.
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