The system produced so many shots on goal, so much goalmouth drama and so few unnecessary triangles in midfield between Alonso, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Silva and Fabregas. Spain were so dominant at the time that teams adjusted their approach to facing them to a degree that was unprecedented in my lifetime of watching international football. Club football: 506 matches, 95 goals National team: 108 matches, 31 goals. The CL is a glorified FA Cup set to music. Yet they were mostly reduced to their own half against Spain, just like every other team at the time. Few teams can play exciting football with their opponents parking the bus so thoroughly and unapologetically.
I only really remember Switzerland and Paraguay parking the bus against Spain(probably Honduras too, but can't recall anything from that game). Iniesta Votes: 26 36.1% Zidane Votes: 46 63.9% Total voters 72; Poll closed Jun 4, 2016. The poll says it all really.
The attention was on them. Which doesn't get enough deserved praise, because it wasn't based on swashbuckling heroic individualism, but more on subtlety and intricate teamplay. When Spain played "4-6-0" was in 2012, and the funny thing is they outplayed all teams except Portugal in that Euro, the best team of the 3 winning sides was that one in 2012, rock solid in defense based on 99% posession. Hmmm, I wonder. Easily Zidane. Thread starter TheNewEra; Start date Jan 11, 2016; In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, the gang chat about the lack of football and reminisce about their first Manchester United heroes. Look at City, they play very refreshing football without a player on Messi's level. He made the team click. Go. Iniesta has come in a wrong era in my opinion, with Messi and Ronaldo stealing all the plaudits Iniesta is left without much recognition here in the UK. Iniesta was absolutely amazing as an individual but you always got the feeling he was second fiddle to Xavi, who was the maestro of the Spanish and Barca teams.
All 20 players in the gallery From Figo to Ferdinand to Félix: The most expensive transfers per season since 2000/01 . As I neutral, I much preferred Germany's football in the tournament. Aye, as exhilirating as Del Piero was before the injury, their decline was mainly down to an ageing team.
Germany was overrated in 2010 IMO, due to two factors. Between scoring the goal that won them their only world cup, being MOTM in that same game, being MOTM in the Euro 2012 final and being Player of the Tournament at Euro 2012 too, I would expect most people to say Iniesta had outshone Xavi on the international stage. Spain 2010 was an ugly but effective team. Jamie makes his United Hour hosting debut to chew over our disgrace of a performance as we tear into everybody and everything at the club, and try to dissect just what happened. In 98, Vieri was sold for a record fee to Atletico and Inzaghi was brought on, and Del Piero was progressively taking on more duties.
Andres Iniesta shots an average of 0.08 goals per game in club competitions.
Their dominance of Italian and European football since the mid-1990s was built on a rock solid midfield and defensive unit which had aged to the point where much of the core were the wrong side of 30 (Deschamps, Di Livio, Conte, Ferrara), compounded by the injury of Del Piero and the failure of Henry/Ancelotti to fill his boots, and the sale of the evergreen Torricelli not helping the ageing legs issue. Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille, France, on June 23, 1972. Thread starter TheNewEra; Start date Jan 11, 2016; Listen to the special United Hour episode here.
It isn't that those games weren't dour but rather that the dourness of them came from the way the opposition approached them as much as Spain's own style. Most teams aren't good enough to provoke that kind of reaction from the opposition either. In the current season for Vissel Kobe Andres Iniesta gave a total of 24 shots, of which 6 were shots on goal. I rooted againt Spain after that until the final where the Netherlands were so dirty it was impossible to support them.
Zinédine Zidane.
Zidane was the better player in my opinion.
Spain was always so exciting playing with a double pivot of Busquets / Alonso and no strikers, it definitely drew comparisons to Brazil 1970 and Holland 1974! My bad, I meant 4-6 years because they were still the favouritein 2014.
Spain's approach didn't make those games dull but rather the combination of their approach and the countermeasures their opponents were fearfully forced to adopt (deep defence, as many men behind the ball as possible, nullify Spain at whatever cost to your own attack). Blow me. Was it them that were ugly, or teams they faced that made the contests ugly? JavaScript is disabled. Who was greater in his prime ?
In my very own opinion, it has to be Xavi. To me it was hardly a surprise that they couldn't handle Spain which was the first team they met in the knockouts that was competently coached, and obviously had better players as well. At the tender age of five, young Zidane was introduced to the football game. Despite all their big names, mostly a result of the massive hype that revolved around Barca back then, their football was just so dull and slow. As a neutral, I found that generation very skillful and very boring. The triple investment in Buffon/Thuram/Nedved addressed shortfalls in the team that had been apparent since 98/99. Passes completed Andres Iniesta is … In hindsight i think its safe to say that Spain were the most boring team to win a World Cup in recent memory.
Torres was in bad form and Pedro replaced him in the semis and final.
Silva and Fabregas werent important in 2010 (they were in the 08 Euro). Iniesta is 28 so I think if he stays lucky he will have another 6-8 years left in his career. Chile certainly didn't and were doing well until the torres dive getting a player sent off/second goal one two took the edge and balance out of the game. That's what distibguished Guardiola and Aragones from Del Bosque, they put much more emphasis on attacking patterns and "productive" possession in dangerous areas. Was Iniesta named MOTM of the Euro 2012 final because Xavi completely dominated that match.
Anyways, Germany's best player was suspended for that match and as a young team they didn't rise to the occasion.
Prev. 1 … Go to page. Player stats of Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) Goals Assists Matches played All performance data ... Career. Better team doesn't necessarily equate to a fun team to watch.
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