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#4 Boateng and Hummels
Hummels and Boateng are both excellent in their respective defensive areas. Boateng is muscular, is adept at tackling, but is not as fast as Hummels. On the other hand, Hummels is a fluent distributor of possession, is a threat to the opposition from corners, covers the pitch quite quickly with his pace, but is not as strong and muscular in his approach as Boateng. Hence, each of them complements the other pretty well on the football field.
Hummels and Boateng have formed one of the best defensive partnerships in the world for both Bayern Munich as well as for Germany. Their excellent performance at the back was one of the key reasons for Germany's success at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Hence, they are one of the most standout defensive partners in the world currently.
