Philipp Lahm: Mr. Versatile

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

Defenders:

• Mats Hummels (B Dortmund)
• Mehdi Benatia (Roma)
• David Alaba (B Munich)

Midfielders:

• Miralem Pjanic (Roma)
• Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
• Franck Ribery (B Munich)
• Philipp Lahm (B Munich)

Forwards:

• Diego Costa (A Madrid)
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)
• Luis Suarez (Liverpool)