Iniesta

[Rjk]

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.

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