There is no doubt we are talking about soccer which is game of 11 players and here having just one star is never been good and ideal with having few good quality players are much better and beneficial as we have examples in recent time with not only national teams with also clubs like Bayer Leverkusen done amazing stuff and win titles without having star all teams is good, and every player is giving his best for this win.
With same, we can go for the Argentina which is also well-balanced and giving his best we need teams like these on all levels and things like these can bring better results instead of going for the star which is never been beneficial like we have only Cristiano Ronaldo which is having nothing to do for his team as there is no strong depth in team, and they are lack of quality which is important while you are going to win big events.
The problem in my opinion with having a star is that coaches will inevitably be pressured to maintain a game that is extremely dependent on the star, this usually happens with slightly smaller clubs... the team has a tactic based solely on this player. So, when the star player is absent or injured... the whole team loses.
I think there is a balance, I do agree that a full around team is better than a team with just a star, but I also think that you can't just have no star and expect to do well. Look at Belgium for example, we are talking about a team that had Lukaku, Thibious, Kevin De Bruyne and all that, a team with stars, but they didn't do well. Because, they were not that great with the team chemistry. On the other hand, look at last finals, Argentina with Messi, and France with Mbappe, so they both had their stars as well.
This is why I believe that you do need stars, but you also need to have a team that plays well together as well, they are both very important. You can't just have one and not the other and assume you will do fine.
That's really true... there has to be a balance for the team's chemistry to work well and inevitably there has to be a good atmosphere in the team, like for example Argentina in 2022 or even a good example was Brazil 2002.
Now look at PSG, with so many above-average players, they had some relationship problems that hurt the entire team.
Teamwork is great than a one man army squad where one star player is greater than other players in the pitch and they cannot corroborate the effort of the star player with good teamwork support. It is the easiest way a club can overwork their star player and produce little results.
A typical example stems from the Portugal National Team where one of the G.O.A.T player of football history, Cristiano Ronaldo struggles to win the trophy but cannot because he's literally the biggest player there and others cant measure up their performance with the star player. I had adviced long ago for Portugal to look for great performing players to form the first 11 squad.
Now I think they're trying to build up the squad with the coming of the likes of left winger, Joao Felix of Barcelona, attacking midfielder Bernardo Silver of Man City, Nunes of Man City, Reuben Dias of Man City, and Pepe amongst others.
This Portuguese team, even with Cristiano, will be very difficult to achieve something relevant... They couldn't do it in the early 2000s with several stars... unfortunately it won't happen now... I think I've already commented on this in some thread here
