Better team doesn't necessarily equate to a fun team to watch. Let's have a look at their face to face stats. 3 1 1 3 1 1 1. That's what distibguished Guardiola and Aragones from Del Bosque, they put much more emphasis on attacking patterns and "productive" possession in dangerous areas. At the tender age of five, young Zidane was introduced to the football game. You dont know what the fuk are talking about.
All the greatest players have atleast one outstanding worldcup.. I wonder if Barcelona would have been equally as boring if Messi didn't play there.
They made full amends 4 years later, whereas Spain didn't qualify from the group. If Spanish football fans were voting for the greatest Spanish player of all time, would Iniesta not finish ahead of Xavi? 20th anniversary The 50 biggest TM icons: Loyal footballers, ten times Bayern and 16 active players . JavaScript is disabled. They had a plethora of younger fairly unknown players which lowered the expectations initially, and then benefited from playing England in the 1/8, and a completely inept Argentina in 1/4.
In the info box, you can filter by period, club, type of league and competition. Please read: Let's keep it together. Blow me. Biography Childhood and early life . Xavi won them all iirc.
Go. For example, Del Piero came on a second half substitute in the CL final vs. Dortmund. In hindsight i think its safe to say that Spain were the most boring team to win a World Cup in recent memory. 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. Yeah dude, the 4-6-0 formation from Del Bosque was super exciting!
Listen to the latest United Hour Podcast episode here. As a neutral, I found that generation very skillful and very boring. Thread starter TheNewEra; Start date Jan 11, 2016; Listen to the special United Hour episode here. 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. 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. Who was greater in his prime ?
Zinédine Zidane. Which doesn't get enough deserved praise, because it wasn't based on swashbuckling heroic individualism, but more on subtlety and intricate teamplay.
It's okay for Spanish people to idolize the 2008-2012 generation - I mean up to that point you had never won anything in international football, so you're obviously going to fawn over your heroes. 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. Was Iniesta named MOTM of the Euro 2012 final because Xavi completely dominated that match.
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. This page contains information about a player's detailed stats. Iniesta is 28 so I think if he stays lucky he will have another 6-8 years left in his career. The luck against Paraguay, loss to Switzerland, Muller getting suspended in the most rudiculous way ahead of the Germany match, the fact that the winning goal against Holland came from a goalkick that so obviously should have been a corner, and not to get started on the endless sidepasses and backpasses that put all fans to sleep. That's not to say he wasn't the best all round midfielder most of us have ever seen, he was just the one who did his thing quietly and without fuss. All the Wikipedia links and made up awards you like won't change that. Juve had Boksic who was a monster, and also a young Vieri who was very good. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. In it, Imran subjects Nik, Ed and Raees to a quiz which you can play along with. 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! In a team with Messi, Ronaldinho, Henry, Iniesta and so on, Xavi was never the star.
More News. Iniesta vs Zidane. What gives?
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.
Silva and Fabregas werent important in 2010 (they were in the 08 Euro). 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. You must log in or register to reply here. In the current season for Vissel Kobe Andres Iniesta gave a total of 24 shots, of which 6 were shots on goal. Spain played all games with Alonso-Busquets-Xavi in midfield, Iniesta creating the magic in the last third and Villa & Torres as strikers. Prev. Germany was overrated in 2010 IMO, due to two factors.
I mean 8 goals in 7 matches will never be bettered in our lifetime. There have been several such polls. 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. Barcelona fans are extremely protective of there players. 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). Who was greater in his prime ?
In above you can see Xavi beats Zidane in stats by a large margin. Date of birth/Age: Jun 23, 1972 (48) Place of birth: Marseille ... View full stats.
He made the team click. He wasn't. Player stats of Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) Goals Assists Matches played All performance data ... Career.
In my very own opinion, it has to be Xavi. The CL is a glorified FA Cup set to music. Anyways, Germany's best player was suspended for that match and as a young team they didn't rise to the occasion.
Few teams can play exciting football with their opponents parking the bus so thoroughly and unapologetically. 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. 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. Look at City, they play very refreshing football without a player on Messi's level. Passes completed Andres Iniesta is … Iniesta Votes: 26 36.1% Zidane Votes: 46 63.9% Total voters 72; Poll closed Jun 4, 2016. The attention was on them. My bad, I meant 4-6 years because they were still the favouritein 2014.
Zidane with almost twice as many votes on a neutral forum. Where was that allegedly superior "direct football"? Spain 2010 was an ugly but effective team. Easily Zidane. Most teams aren't good enough to provoke that kind of reaction from the opposition either.
Zidane was the better player in my opinion. 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. Iniesta vs Zidane. Andres Iniesta shots an average of 0.08 goals per game in club competitions. Club football: 506 matches, 95 goals National team: 108 matches, 31 goals.
The triple investment in Buffon/Thuram/Nedved addressed shortfalls in the team that had been apparent since 98/99.
Was it them that were ugly, or teams they faced that made the contests ugly? 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.
However, Zidane was still the regista. Zinedine Zidane representing France in 2006 World Cup. Yet they were mostly reduced to their own half against Spain, just like every other team at the time. I also agree with those saying Spain was by far the most boring team to win the world cup in recent memory. True but nobody really starred in that worldcup.they just played well. Stats .
And to get back on topic, Iniesta was one of the main reasons for that sort of unprecedented and enduring dominance both on club and NT level. In it, Alex, Colm and Jamie congratulate Jose on a well deserved win for Spurs at Old Trafford. 1 … Go to page. I only really remember Switzerland and Paraguay parking the bus against Spain(probably Honduras too, but can't recall anything from that game). Aye, as exhilirating as Del Piero was before the injury, their decline was mainly down to an ageing team. Hmmm, I wonder. 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.
Other teams were out-possessed but played quite balanced. Torres was in bad form and Pedro replaced him in the semis and final. All 20 players in the gallery From Figo to Ferdinand to Félix: The most expensive transfers per season since 2000/01 . 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. I rooted againt Spain after that until the final where the Netherlands were so dirty it was impossible to support them.
The poll says it all really. Note I can't find the assist totals for Iniesta and his stats are subject to change There seemed to be something magical about Zidane in his prime, a talking point is that Iniesta has been at the same club, where as Zidane started at Cannes, went to Bordeaux, Juventus and finished his career at Real Madrid. Last season his average was 0.02 goals per game, he scored 1 goals in 42 club matches. Boksic and Vieri were the preferred starters. As I neutral, I much preferred Germany's football in the tournament. Stats.
Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille, France, on June 23, 1972. There is also a focus on Ighalo who is quickly becoming a fan favourite. First name Andrés Last name Iniesta Luján Nationality Spain Date of birth 11 May 1984 Age 36 Country of birth Spain Place of birth Fuentealbilla Position
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