Key Soccerlytics Insight:
- Philipp Lahm is proving to be as efficient in holding midfield as he is at full-back evidenced by his selection in the starting eleven of the ESM October Team of the Month
- Javier Zanetti (Inter's 40 year old Argentine former International), Michael Essien (Chelsea's 30 year old Ghanaian International), and to a lesser extent, Pablo Zabaleta (Man City's 28 year old Argentine International) are other players with a similar level of versatility across right-back, left-back and holding midfield
October 2013 Team of the Month - European Sports Media
3-4-3 Formation
Goal Keeper:
- Morgan De Sanctis
- Mats Hummels (B Dortmund)
- Mehdi Benatia (Roma)
- David Alaba (B Munich)
- Miralem Pjanic (Roma)
- Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
- Franck Ribery (B Munich)
- Philipp Lahm (B Munich)
- Diego Costa (A Madrid)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)
- Luis Suarez (Liverpool)