Introduction
The best teams in soccer football are located in Europe, in the strong leagues in England, Spain, Italy or Germany. Other leagues like the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch also offer quality teams.
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The best squad in soccer football right now is FC Barcelona. The current champions of Europe, winning the Champions League final against Manchester United have dominated the game in the last 3 years, since Josep Guardiola took over the coaching duties.
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With three league titles in Spanish soccer football, one domestic cup, two Champions League trophies and a semi final, Barcelona is definitely the top team in the world. With a great nucleus of young players raised and developed at their own football academy, Barcelona not only dominated the sport with 12 competitions won from the possible of 15, but conquered fans all over with their offensive, ingenious, short passing and technique based style of play. Having the last 3 years Golden Ball winner Lionel Messi was a key factor in their success, but, besides him, Barcelona’s squad has a lot star players like Xavi Hernadez, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Dani Alves or Gerard Pique and young emerging stars like Thiago Alcantara or Isaac Cuenca.
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Another force in soccer football right now is Barcelona’s long time rival, Real Madrid. Although they won only one trophy in the last 3 years, a domestic cup, they are probably considered in the top two or three teams, The only reason they have not won more trophies is the play of FC Barcelona, which snapped most them in the last seasons. This year though, Real Madrid is dominating the Spanish league, and everyone is waiting to see what the team will do in the final stages of the Champions League.
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The team is build around Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, with great individual talents like Angel Di Maria, Golzalo Higuain or Mesut Ozil and great defensive players like Khedira, Pepe or Sergio Ramos.
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Manchester United in another top team in soccer football. Long time manager and symbol Alex Ferguson managed to create great teams in Manchester no matter how many of his players are lost, sold or retiring. They dominated the English league in the last years, with two consecutive titles in English soccer football, even though they sold Golden Ball winner and best player in the world at the time Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. They also played two Champions League finals in 2011 and 2009, both lost to FC Barcelona.
Tips
The team is a good combination of unique and super star players, like Wayne Rooney, with great, savvy and professional veterans in soccer football like Ryan Giggs or Paul Scholes and young emerging stars like Havier Hernandez or Phill Jones.
Sources and Citations
AC Milan is the probably the only top team in soccer football that comes from Italy. They won the league the last year and are considered among the favorites to win the Champions League. The whole dynamic of the team changed since they transferred Zlatan Ibrahimovic from FC Barcelona. Among the best players in the last 10 years in soccer football, he gave the team the star player that they needed.
