EA SPORTS will release its FIFA Ultimate Team of the Year on January 12th. Based on the Official FIFProWorld XI, the FUT Team of the Year gives gamers the opportunity to play with and against the best players in the world, with their in game stats boosted to reflect their outstanding form in 2014. But who WERE the best eleven players in the world in 2014? To debate this, EA SPORTS brought together some of football’s most opinionated and respected voices – Rio Ferdinand, Joey Barton, Kyle Walker, and the strongest player in FIFA, Adebayo Akinfenwa. Each player selected their best eleven, and then fought their corner to come up with their combined Team of the Year. Will their choice match the FIFPro World XI? Which former teammates did Rio select? Who did the strongest player in the world pick to cause ‘ultimate damage’ in midfield? And could they all come to an agreement?
I think I could watch videos like this all day. Hearing guys like this discuss players and who is better makes for pretty entertaining TV for me.
And can we just talk about Ade Akinfewa for a minute. I’m sure you saw his goal against Liverpool and his subsequent interview. Seems like a good dude. But I can not imagine having to defend this cat. Just think about him getting position on a corner. Or running at you at full pace. Or going shoulder to shoulder with him. None of those things are fun to think about. I can only imagine central defenders absolutely physically worn out after defending this cat for 90 minutes.
Anyway, great video. Check out the FIFA blog over at EA SPORTS for more detail on all the picks.
