@ReggieBush
This team would operate under a blend of two of the best football philosophies of all time in the Italian Catenaccio and the Dutch Total Football.
The defenders in my team would play more Catenaccio with Beckenbauer operating as the natural sweeper and Cannavaro and Baresi able to cover him if he goes forward. Matthäus is the key to my entire Dream Team, when defending he will drop into the back line much like he did in the latter stages of his career and when we are attacking he will be the pivot point from defense to offense.
Now the attacking side of my team is definitely more of a Total Football style of play, specifically I wanted to key in on the 1970s Ajax teams.
All the attackers can each play in the 6 forward positions of this team. Best and Džajić would be running rampant down the wings and constantly switching sides. Charlton and Cruyff would be the maestros conducting the orchestra feeding the balls out to the wings and up to the forwards. Messi and di Steffano probably have the easiest job of just sticking the ball in the back of the net. Which shouldn't be to hard since the have 695 goals between the two of them.
Now the players in this team might not all be the very best and it's very hard not putting Pelé, Maradona, Garrincha etc. in the team. But IMO for a team to be successful they not only have to be talented footballers but also have to play a system that compliments their style of play.