Jose Mourinho's XI - 4-4-2 Diamond midfield formation
Goalkeeper:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: David de Gea, Hugo Lloris, Thibaut Courtois, Julio Cesar, Iker Casillas, Vítor Baía, Mark Schwarzer.
Mourinho's choice: Petr Cech (195 appearances under Mourinho)
Left-back:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Marcelo, Nuno Valente, Ashley Cole, Cristian Chivu, César Azpilicueta.
Mourinho's choice: William Gallas (91 appearances under Mourinho)
Centre-backs:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Jorge Costa, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Marco Materazzi, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Gary Cahill.
Mourinho's choices: Ricardo Carvalho (256 appearances under Mourinho) John Terry (266 appearances under Mourinho)
Right-back:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Paulo Ferreira, Maicon, Alvaro Arbeola, Branislav Ivanović.
Mourinho's choice: Javier Zanetti (106 appearances under Mourinho)
Central defensive midfielder:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Costinha, John Obi Mikel, Nemanja Matic, Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Michael Carrick, Esteban Cambiasso, Thiago Motta, Patrick Vieria.
Mourinho's choice: Claude Makelele (138 appearances under Mourinho)
Left midfielder:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Maniche, Damien Duff, Angel Di Maria.
Mourinho's choice: Mesut Ozil
Right midfielder:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Michael Essien, Luis Figo, Paul Pogba.
Mourinho's choice: Frank Lampard
Centre attacking midfielder:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Deco, Joe Cole, Dejan Stankovic, Wesley Sneijder, Kaka, Cesc Fabregas, Juan Mata.
Mourinho's choice: Eden Hazard.
Left striker:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Hernan Crespo, Benni McCarthy, Adriano, Samuel Eto’o, Son Heung-min.
Mourinho's choice: Cristiano Ronaldo.
Right striker:
Options he could have chosen but didn't: Eidur Gudjohnsen, Arjen Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Milito, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain, Diego Costa, Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane.
Mourinho's choice: Didier Drogba.