Juan Sebastián Verón picks his all-time Argentina XI

Could Messi and Maradona have played in the same team? Of course, says Verón, who balances his XI with JJ López and Redondo in midfield

My goalkeeper would be Amadeo Carrizo. I never saw him play but I have heard so many people speak wonders about him. One of those players who represents our notion of a modern player; a ball-playing goalkeeper, a modern goalie who can play with his feet.

At right-back, Eduardo Luján Manera – someone whose speed and headers were widely acknowledged as contributing factors to the success of the Estudiantes de La Plata team that in 1967 became the first small club to win a professional tournament, and who won the Argentine Primera with the club as both player and manager.

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