Andrés Iniesta

vegitot

Senior Member
Pedri is brilliant but he still has long way to reach this version of Iniesta
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Maradona37

Well-known member
15 years ago


Also kudos to this guy, this was back in April 2009. An important goal he did score later on.
Two extremely important goals, really. The Chelsea goal that kickstarted Pep's Barca's brilliance, and the goal that won the World Cup.

The guy is a genius and one of the best players of all time.

Also, Andres and Arjen have been bald for even longer than me @Fati_Future_BallonDor
 
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Andresito

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Knew he was involved in Albacete but I just noticed that he's also part owner and "strategic advisor" of FC Helsingør in Danish second division since 2024. Kinda random.
 

RedxMAK

Well-known member
I was very surprised when I found out he has less goals than Xavi for Barcelona despite playing more attacking compared to Xavi. Although Iniesta’s goals are more about quality and importance than most of Xavi’s goals
 

vegitot

Senior Member
I was very surprised when I found out he has less goals than Xavi for Barcelona despite playing more attacking compared to Xavi. Although Iniesta’s goals are more about quality and importance than most of Xavi’s goals
Iniesta's shooting isn't really good. But his attacking value isn't just about goals.

Xavi has very good box movement and it explains why he scored decent.
 

Andresito

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Xavi's deep runs were very important for F9. When Messi was dropping deep he was very good at exploiting that space.

Iniesta's shooting wasn't great, had almost no power lol. But he also didn't get into clear shooting positions as a pure #10 would for example. Often very tight spaces with no space to shoot. Didn't really have that instinct either as compared to for example Coutinho who did everything he could to get into position for his usual curlers from the left.

Another interesting fact is that Kroos who is considered to have a super shot has worse goals/game than Xavi, even without considering Xavi's Qatar stint.
 

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