True but it worked because those were all good players. If he had Candreva, Eder, McKennie, Jorginho instead we wouldn't have gone far. But ofcourse it takes a great coach to figure out a way to play his best players, even though they technically shouldn't coexist, like Max did with Mandzu, Dybi and Higgy, or DA and Cuads on the right, or Pjanic-Sami in a double pivot. Some ordinary coach would bench Mandzu, add another mid for extra cover, bench one of Cuads/DA etc