When one goes about picking a Best XI, it's always smart to go with your system first. Then, you kind of know what direction you want to take the team. For Lothar Matthäus, he decided that a 4-1-3-2 system would best show off the plethora of attacking talent that has graced the Bundesliga over the years.
Here is his team:
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Goalkeeper: Oliver Kahn (Sepp Maier, Manuel Neuer)
Right Back: Philipp Lahm (Jorghino, Manni Kaltz)
Left Back: Andreas Brehme (Paul Breitner, Bixente Lizarazu)
Center Backs: Franz Beckenbauer & Karl-Heinz Förster (Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Jürgen Kohler, Lucio)
Defensive Midfield: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Rainer Bonhof)
Attacking Midfield: Günter Netzer (Helmut Haller, Michael Ballack, Wolfgang Overath)
Right Wing: Arjen Robben (Mehmet Scholl, Kevin Keegan)
Left Wing: Jupp Heynckes (Ze Roberto, Franck Ribery, Lothar Emmerich)
Strikers: Gerd Müller & Uwe Seeler (Rudi Völler, Giovane Elber, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge)