> Would Brazil 1970 beat Spain 2008 No. Spain 2008-2012 may be the best overall international team of all time. Too organized even for the front five of Brazil

> Would Brazil 1970 beat Spain 2008 No. Spain 2008-2012 may be the best overall international team of all time. Too organized even for the front five of Brazil. > Man Utd 1999 Yes. Good team, but a lot of things broke their way that season and they were defensively somewhat weak. Though Schmeichel was one of the first goalies to be very good with the ball at his feet, so that may give an advantage in the modern game. I think the exercise is fun partially because it makes us ask questions about the game, how it's changed and where it's going. To answer this question you need to think about the modern tactical game, the backpass rule, how players have changed and all the other factors that make me interested in a game. In the same way evaluating movies makes me think about the context of a movie and how it was made rather than just a pure evaluation of its "quality".