Placido Longobardi

With a silky first touch and ferocious physicality, this arrogant maestro dictates play, though his lack of pace often leaves him trudging behind the action. To sharpen his focus, he insists on loudly reciting opera arias in the locker room shower, a peculiar ritual that his bewildered teammates have learned to endure with sighs and earplugs. He carries his unmatched confidence onto the pitch, treating every header as a personal statement of superiority.