Reply With QuoteHim and Silva were on another level last night. He rolled back the years.
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Does anyone know if there is a biography written about this guy?
I've read snippets about how he was spotted by Barcelonawhen playing in that la liga promises competition in Graham Hunter's book about Barca (excellent book)
It will be a dark day for football when this guy retires. for me he's what football should be all about.
Him and Silva were on another level last night. He rolled back the years.
My favourite player. No better pass and move midfielder in the world NQAT
Due out this August, The Artist: Being iniestaOriginally Posted by thehumblegringo
the spanish play the way it's meant to be played .quick thinking in confined space is the name of the game and iniesta is 1 of a long line of great players that started out in futsal the small sided version of the sport .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70V6-L053uc
another great player coutinho is another example
http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/453..._football.html
I don't really get the futsal thing at the moment. Maybe that will change in the future but I'm not fully convinced at present.
I understand why the Academy focuses on ball manipulation and 1v1 domination in the young ages but I think Iniesta's understanding of the game can't be fostered in futsal. (maybe I'm wrong)
I listened to a podcast a while back in which Carragher was arguing that foreign players are not necessarily technically better but they tend to be students of the game and tactically they are miles ahead.
That's brilliant news
This is one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen. A collection of goals/passes/skill by iniesta and Michael Laudrup which are close to identical.
https://youtu.be/4Lf4DrcRntA
I have read " Inshallah: Odyssey to the Middle East "
a very good read, The author even signs it for you
doesnt help your question though, but someone might pick up the Inshallah: Odyssey to the Middle East and enjoy it
Just finished reading this book, thoroughly enjoyed it.
http://statsbomb.com/2016/11/4-coach...etter-players/
Here is an interesting article about youth coaching, and although it doesn't specifically focus on Futsal, it is easy to see that the skills talked about are especially useful in that especially balance and scanning
For 90 pounds I'll give that one a wide birth tah.I have read " Inshallah: Odyssey to the Middle East "
a very good read, The author even signs it for you
doesnt help your question though, but someone might pick up the Inshallah: Odyssey to the Middle East and enjoy it
See him live, he's even better than on TV. His movement, touch and the speed he does things is just incredible. Watched him and Silva for Spain vs Croatia in the summer, they were on another level.
Fantastic player. Should have won so many more Ballon D'ors, and would have if the world wasn't obsessed by goal-scoring.
yep . goals are ruining football.
Decent read that mate. When it comes to scanning, if you watch our team only Whittingham does this regularly.
The kids Spence also does it constantly in the youth team.
I'd also be surprised if Hoilett doesn't do it as he seems to be one step ahead of everyone else.
The first time I came across the term was during the Euro's, when the saes were playing Rooney in midfield one of the analyst guys I follow on Twitter was very critical of Rooney's scanning, said every time he received the ball ab and looked up it was like he was seeing the opposition positions for the first time
Not what I said friend. Difference between the obsession with goals (which can lead to rule changes which favour attackers unfairly or quality creative or defensive players missing from talks about the best in the world) and goals which are great.
I've always known it has head movement and the term scanning is quite new to me. The top players all do it an incredible amount of times when they don't have the ball.
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