Spain star's team packed with Stamford Bridge players...
Saturday 8 November 2014 08:48, UK
Cesar Azpilicueta - named by Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher as the best defender in the Premier League on Monday Night Football - picked his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club.
The full-back arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2012 after a two-year stay at Marseille and established himself at left-back, ahead of Ashley Cole, last season.
The Osasuna youth graduate, who has picked up two French league cups and a Europa League winners' medal so far in his career, selected the best players he's played alongside on the show - and favoured many of his current Chelsea colleagues...
GOALKEEPER: PETR CECH
CESAR SAYS: I've played with very good players. Iker Casillas, Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois are some of the best goalkeepers in the world. It's very tough but I'm going to pick Cech. He's the keeper I've spent more time with.
RIGHT-BACK: BRANISLAV IVANOVIC
CESAR SAYS: He's really strong in defence and he scores goals as well. He's a complete player and always gives everything on the pitch. He doesn't like to speak too much in the media but he's a very good person. He helps a lot in the team and is a big person in the dressing room.
LEFT-BACK: ASHLEY COLE
CESAR SAYS: With his career with Arsenal, Chelsea and the national team, all the trophies he's won, he deserves his place. He's a very competitive guy and he was training 100% last season. You have to give 100% to keep your place but he always helped me. He's a top man.
CENTRE-BACK: SERGIO RAMOS
CESAR SAYS: I play with him in the national team. He's very good and he helps a lot in the team. He has over 100 caps. Even if it's a friendly game he's always there, training and trying to boost and help the team to play better.
CENTRE-BACK: JOHN TERRY
CESAR SAYS: Since I arrived he has helped me a lot. I used to play next to him and I learn a lot from him. His character, his passion - he's one of the best. He tries his best to win, to compete. He never likes to lose.
CENTRE-MIDFIELD: CESC FABREGAS
CESAR SAYS:I played with him before he came to Chelsea in the national team and he has a lot of talent, sees the football very well. He knows the Premier League, he knows everything about football. He was a massive signing for us.
CENTRE-MIDFIELD: XAVI
CESAR SAYS:When you're training with the national team, you think you're going to take the ball and you never get it off him! He has been around for a long time now. He's finished with national team but he always used to try to help. He was the first to training and he was an example for everybody.
CENTRE-MIDFIELD: NEMANJA MATIC
CESAR SAYS: He's the defensive one - because we have to defend! To have him in the team is very helpful for everybody. He runs everywhere, he recovers a lot of balls and he knows how to play. He's very quiet and serious in the job but he plays every game 100%.
FORWARD: OSCAR
CESAR SAYS: I'd play Oscar on the right. He always wants the ball to create chances. He has improved a lot in terms of his defensive work. He's getting better every day.
FORWARD: EDEN HAZARD
CESAR SAYS: On the left I'll go for Hazard. I played against him when I was playing for Marseille and he was at Lille and I felt how strong he is. He is the same in training. He has a lot of talent and when he picks up the ball you know something is going to happen. He's an important player for us.
FORWARD: DIEGO COSTA
CESAR SAYS: He's in very good form and is another important player for us. He adapted very quickly to the Premier League and his style is good for English football. For us he's a big, important player. To defend against him is very difficult; he's very strong. He's a complete player.
