There is a very important factor that everybody bypasses in this talk shows. Spain is a nation that capitalizes her successes in the collective group. In all the team sports, Spain is competitive at the highest level because their mentality it is to work for the team and not for personal glory. They believe in camaraderie, spirit of sacrifice for the team, humility, and especially common goals. When a player makes a mistake, the rest of the team is there to backing him/her back and they really capitalize in their mistakes to improve their performances. In my two years playing in the Northern Spain Regional division, nobody put me down, made derogatory comments or treated me differently when I made a mistake ( I did make many), on the contrary, everybody cheered me up, encouraged me and I had to hear very often "Don't worry about it" "It happens to all of us" which made me pay more attention and give my blood for a team that always backed me up no matter what. I could feel the warmth, the kindness and tolerance all around me specially in very difficult and physical games.
Have you seen what Spanish people did when Valencia's DANA happened? That's the reason why they are good in team sports, they know how important is the community and they fight for it.
Por eso fueron los primeros en derrotar a Napoleón en su dia, o fueron los primeros en derrotar al imperio otomano en mar, o fueron los primeros en llegar a América , etc etc..
Because English football culture is about playing in moments to be a hero. Spanish football culture is about the beauty of being part of a system. Simple as that. England will never compete with Spain’s midfield.
The magician Mr. Aragones said to his spanish national team players, refering to the oposite team: "They could be faster, but the ball is faster than they", and that's what Rodri explained about spanish stile of football.
In Spain the younger children start playing 5 a side football, called futsal in a small pitch with a very heavy ball. It teaches you how to move in tight spaces, not only forward but also to the sides and also to pass the ball quick after you receive it. These are qualities that any good midfielder needs to have
@@luisrafaeldeterry1951 futsal is not indoor football, im spanish and i have been playing futsal since i was 5 until today and im 32, the 70% of matches i’ve played futsal was outdoors
@@theflood2724 la mayoría de los campos de fútbol sala son en la calle. Sólo en polideportivos son cubiertos, tengo 47 años y rara vez he jugado en uno cubierto.
I played football at a professional level skill-wise. I simply lacked the speed to be pro. I spent 6 weeks in Ourense, Galicia, Spain and was humbled...not by their level of play, but, by the intense ominous culture of football that permeates the country. There were so many skilled stocky young footballers there. In fact, I ran into parents of professionals or ex-players that had played with pro club teams at different levels. It really left me speechless and with my eyes wide open. I absolutely loved Galicia because of it.
England always thinks they will win everything because (then people start rambling names)- this is an issue because 1) English players are way overhyped and 2) in todays football the team through tactics, press, build up is what wins games more so than in the past. They asked Henry the same questions and it was the same answers. Spain in that final and tournament has better players than England and has a better system. Simple. Want proof? Look at their younger age groups and look at their women's teams. They have cohesion and not just names.
Yo suelo leer, a los ingleses escribir que los jugadores ingleses son mejores que los españoles, individualmente. Pero yo les digo: ¿Es el fútbol un deporte individual? Ese es uno de los problemas que tienen. El primero, dar por sentado que sus jugadores son mejores que los españoles, porque cobran más. Segundo, no darse cuenta que el fútbol es un deporte colectivo. Un jugador, por bueno que sea, se puede neutralizar, incluso en algunas ocasiones por sus propios compañeros, si no hay buen rollo. Cuando se juega con mentalidad de equipo, con jugadores de calidad, a la larga se es más efectivo.
From Bilbao, I think the key was in Barcelona, specifically Johan Cruyff at the time when the rule of passing the ball to the goalkeeper was changed. Pressure appeared all over the field, the goalkeeper played with his feet and the technique of the defenders and midfielders improved considerably to overcome the pressure based on passes and passes. That is how Spanish football evolved.
España , fue campeona de Europa en 1.964 . Llegó a la final en 1.984 . Esta vez , la ganó francia , con la ayuda arbitral. Y en Corea , el árbitro y sus estúpidas decisiones , eliminaron a la gran selección española .
The reason is very simple and it is explained to you by a 47 year old guy who has played and coached football all his life. In Spain since we are very young, and this can be seen in any school playground or on any pitch anywhere, I don't know why we are attracted by a specific thing that for us makes the difference in the quality of the game and that is the VISION OF PLAY, VISION OF SPACES. Although we have strong and fast players in Spain people are much less concerned about physical strength, speed or playing more fast-paced football. Quality one-on-one action is also very popular here (like everywhere else). I don't know why we have this tendency but I imagine that we like to play like this since we are children because our elders reinforce this type of action with good words and applause.
I also believe a big part of Spanish or Argentinian or Brazilian football is that in the youth systems you basically play 5v5 futsal or baby football as some of the name it is called, which is basically playing in a small pitch, just try to play a beautiful brand of football. Of course Spanish football culture is more about a system and in South America is more about the individuals building relations on the pitch but either of those are a whole other step above compared to England where the ball is basically a bomb and no one wants to have it. Playing indoors or in sunny places helps though, there's no raining 100% of the time.
The most easy answer is the weather. Living and playing in the sun gives you a different mindset than playing in the grey and rain. You've got to use your brain more and make more well thought decisions when playing in the sun, because you get fatigued quicker. I'm also a believer of playing in the sun resulting in a better technique (body/joints less stiff).
If that’s the reason then why south east asian countries not known as footballing nation? Sun always shine in here. Then why germany have good footballing culture? Germany weather not always sunny either.
That is not the reason lol. The reason is because of the way they think about football and their historical style, and the attributes they value in players.
@@TunaStrata Obviously the sun is not the only factor. To me it is the first primal difference. But south east asian countries simply don't have the infrastructure and academies they have in Spain/Portugal/Italy. Also culturally it is way different, it is much harder to break through or to pursue a career in a sport cause the wages are lower and it is a risk when you are already surrounding in poverty comparing to Spain.
How quick people forget Spain was even less successful than England until 2008. The sun didn't suddenly start shining in Spain. I suppose before they weren't successful because it is too hot to run?
Because in Spain they want to have very good midfielders. Clubs select the young midfielders according their technical qualities, and they will improve those qualities during the training. In France, for example, they select young midfielders according athletical qualities, and they will improve their defensive games during the training.
Xabi Alonso , Busquets and Fabregas they are madly underrated never got enough credit you forgot Santi Cazorla , Guti Hernandez , Juan Mata Spain produced best Midfielders always
@@hamidabibi2394 Soy canario, y supongo que tiro hacia mi tierra. Cuando Silva empezó a jugar en la Real intentaba ver los partidos, cuando antes, la verdad, no le hacía caso al equipo donostiarra. Ahora intento ver siempre al Barça con la esperanza de que juegue Pedri. Pero has nombrado a Cazorla (que no es canario). Mientras estuvo en el Villareal intenté siempre ver sus partidos. Para mí Cazorla tenía algo mágico que no sé decir qué era.
@@hamidabibi2394 google trnaslate: I'm from the Canary Islands, and I guess I'm drawn to my homeland. When Silva started playing for Real, I tried to watch the games, whereas before, to be honest, I didn't pay attention to the San Sebastian team. Now I always try to watch Barça in the hope that Pedri will play. But you mentioned Cazorla (who is not from the Canary Islands). While he was at Villarreal, I always tried to watch his games. For me, Cazorla had something magical that I can't say what it was.
I know that Lineker played for Barcelona and he started with “Guardiola” but Pep was not that great of a player. Ronald Koeman had a way better career if you wanna talk about that generation. Pep is not one of Spain’s “great midfielders” - Xavi Alonso, santi cazorla and David Silva were all better midfielders than Pep. They deserve more of a mention. They didn’t even need Barcelona to have a great career.
Why do people just like to disgrace themselves smh🤦🏿♂️? He's talking about CDMs, Koeman was a CB sir, not a CDM. Pep wasn't a great midfielder? Ok. Name me 5 players better than him as CDMs in the 90s. Infact name any other player who fitted better in Cruyff's team in that position? Guys before speaking just do simple research on stuff
@@bigmitchtv3922 Koeman played in midfield as much as Guardiola, if not more during his career, sorry ;-). Subjective, but a list of midfielders at least as good as Pep in the 90's, who could not tackle to save his life and could not run : Redondo, Rijkaard, Deschamps, Dunga, Dino Baggio, Matthaus, Sammer, Roy Keane, Albertini, Davids... By the way, Guardiola was playing for Brescia in Italy by the age of 30yr because Barcelona let him go...
My boy's training 5 days a week, all drills,a few practice matches. 2 local leagues and cups, manger drills them hard, they know their individual jobs and positions, my boy is 6.
Ramos is massively overrated. Yes, insane silverware, but also Kovacic has it, so what? Hierro was way ahead of him as a defender. Ramos was an excellent marker and ball-playing CB. But he needed to foul consistently because he was caught out of position consistently. Only after Mourinho was kicked out he got impunity and his red card statistics went down. I mean, the guy saw yellow in a CL Final for intentionally dislocating a shoulder. Cuadrado or Lehmann, for example, saw red for much less. He was also a joke of a tough guy. When Lovren took revenge for Salah and challenged him publicly both on and off the pitch, Ramos chickened out
@@juanjorbrr Senna fue el mejor jugador de la Euro 2008. Absolutamente monstruoso. Pero no era del Barsa ni del Madrid y por eso no le dieron premio. Aragonés tuvo una gran intuición con él. Jugaba muy parecido a Rodri porque defendia una barbaridad y llegaba muy bien desde segunda línea
Sergio Ramos is the best defender ever, no doubt about. Technically, Tackle, leadership, most goals, scoring impossible and unforgettable winning goals, and the soul of the team. Maybe you will say "what about Baresi"?? Well, he played in the best defensive team ever in the Calcio at the 80s/90's in Italy a place where the defender where close to gk all the time while Ramos played at RM was 50 to 60 mts ahead of gk and has the time to going back to tight his opponents.
Are you out of your mind? Alonso was the most complete of them all. But Rodri mastered the defensive pivot and added some box-to-box abilities which had not been seen since Rijkaard, my personal goat in that position. Busquets wasnt that great in attacking phase, "only" a master transitioner. Xavi only became a true great in Guardiola's system (never that phenomenal in the National Team), Iniesta, Silva and Cazorla were strictly offensive. Alonso was the best of them all IMO. He was a superstar with every coach he had, both at club and international. Better progressive passer than Rodri but he wasn't a box to box like Rodri.
@@miguelporras8366don’t mind these people, they’re stuck in the past by nostalgia to the point they believe new players can’t be as good as old players
Maybe thats correct for Spain from 2008-2012. But in the last European Championship, even with the presence of players trained in the Barcelona youth team, they came from many different teams, with special attention to Athetic Bilbao and Real Sociedad.
IMO Spain also benefits from the fact that Spain is the desired destination for most South American players and this influx over the past 20+ years improves the quality of players Spanish players consistently train against
I agree, you are completely right. When in the rest of europe they played with strengh and speed, in spanish stadiums they enjoyed great skillful southamerican talents. And imitated them in schools and in the streets. That's why it was more accepted this way of play in the academies.
I don't think it's because of the culture that only in the last 20 years have such good 5's (defensive midfielders) been coming out of Spain. In my opinion this has happened since the arrival of Argentine and Dutch professionals to Spanish football, many of whom later ended up working in the youth teams of the clubs or being the coaches of the first team imposing their football ideologies. Because from the 90's onwards Spain stopped being, in terms of football culture, Spain with its "red fury" as they always called it, they had a football much more similar to Uruguay's. Now they are a mix of Argentine and Dutch football, but it must be noted that it is successful. Because, for example, Portugal also copied the Argentine methods and although they have improved and great players have appeared, they still haven't managed to create their own way of play based on them like Spain did in this century.
Te lo compro a medias, creo que aunque es verdad lo que dices tambien creo que en general el fútbol ha perdido mucho de ese estilo "local" para ser mas "global" pero con ligeras particularidades (como el caso de España con esa herencia del cruyffismo). A dia de hoy mas que mirar a lo que paso en los 90s o antes hay que mirar a la historia mas reciente y sus jugadores mas inspiradores para los niños y lo que se hace en el fútbol base. En España si empiezas a jugar desde muy niño probablemente hagas fútbol sala, el que sepa pasar y pisarla excepcionalmente bien destacará, esto son cualidades imprescindibles para un mediocampista y hará efecto bola de nieve, vas a mejores equipos donde se potencia mucho al mediocampista, que es un posición bastante competitiva. Aunque la selección ya no sea tan tiki taka los entrenadores de los críos son muy de táctica, equipo y pasar el balón y poco de regate e individualidades, eso da buenos mediocampistas, tambien salva de que los entrenadores no pongan a jugar solo a negros que su principal factor diferencial sea el físico, no es casualidad que los extemos de la selección sean negros que no destacan físicamente, son de barrios de clase "baja" donde hay mas fútbol de estar horas en la calle (podría incluir a ansu fati también) y menos niño que empieza en la academia con 5 años, ellos han sobrevivido al "sistema" a base de ser jugones, otro ejemplo de esto y que no es negro es Bryan Zaragoza que tiene una forma de regatear muy poco ortodoxa, sus centros no son especialmente buenos (algo impensable hoy en dia) y llego al fútbol profesional de milagro a base de jugar como si estuviera en la calle.
@cayyacare1903 Concuerdo, en lo último tenés toda la razón. Pero no es exclusivamente por ser de clase baja, como vos dijiste esa técnica la obtienen por jugar futbol libre sin reglas en la calle básicamente. Acá en Argentina en las juveniles de los clubes se entrena así, si una buena cantera como la masía lo aplica podría sacar buena cantidad de delanteros creativos, más sabiendo que allá hay instituciones con mucho más dinero y con mejores instalaciones.
@@francosaid4777 Sisi, digo clase baja en el contexto de España (que tampoco es baja como tal) en el que hay mas futbol así, el que esta mejor económicamente está en club, (tampoco es que sea tan caro pero ya es un filtro) yo jugue algo de mediocampista de pequeño y luego en la calle siempre iba a regatear y jugar a vacilar pero en el club nunca, era algo que no se busca,por eso digo lo de la clase baja. Aun así creo que cambiará si Lamine consigue ser mas grande aún, muchos querrán ser como el y los entrenadores se almodarán igual que se almodarán a noser todo tiki taka, por eso hablo de la importancia de jugadores inspiradores, como para mi lo era Iniesta o Xavi
Yo dir'ia no solo Argentina, sudamerica en general. Los Mágico González o Roberto Carlos, por poner dos ejemplos, también sumaron. Creo que los sudamericanos empujaron a jugar más tecnicamente y los holandeses ordenaron ese talento.
@sumbonete El tema es que el resto de América saca un décimo de fracción de jugadores que los que sacan Brasil y Argentina en cualquier momento de su historia, y en mi opinión es más que nada por cosas culturales, osea que lugar ocupa el futbol en cada país. En Argentina y Brasil aunque no te guste el futbol sabés jugarlo y conocés algo del deporte porque es impuesto como la religión cuando eramos colonia sjajsj, además acá está lleno de clubes, yo vivo en un pueblo chico y tiene 2 clubes participando en el futbol profesional (2da división Argentina) donde es baratísimo formarte. Lo que si tenemos todos los latinoaméricanos en común y vos lo dijiste es que al compartir todos una población mayoritariamente de clase baja, aprendemos a jugar futbol en la calle o en algún club de una manera poco ortodoxa como dijo el español que comentó arriba, por lo que te desarrollás mucho mejor y creás un estilo y técnica propia impredecible, que al no ser tan bueno te da ventaja por sobre un europeo (no todos) por ejemplo que hace siempre el mismo regate. Edit: Feliz año nuevo 🧐
Hablad en español dejad de ser amables con ellos, si un inglés entrevista a un español no tenemos porque hablar en inglés si quieren pueden preguntar en inglés pero responder en español. HABLAD ESPAÑOL y mantened la soberanía y la dignidad
I think if you look at the history germany produced more quality midfielder. Spain has always played in such fashion but football then was different, more rough, intensity, also to me more entertaining
In Spain it was not always played like this. In the 80s in Spain the game was played like in the rest of Europe, many fouls, passes to the goalkeeper when they were winning, getting to the opponent's area as soon as possible with crazy runs to cross and finish quickly. And the stars of the team without defending. The same thing over and over again. It may give you the impression that this is intensity but it is not. Nowadays it is played at a much higher pace. The statistics show that Xavi Hernández or Iniesta traveled more kilometers than the opposing midfielders. The game from 2008 to 2012 of the Spanish team was based on continuous movement and pressing quickly after losing the ball. For the short passing game to work, players have to continually move. Giving a good pass can be done by any professional football player. Giving a good, precise pass when your opponent is pressing you quickly and intensely and your teammates are constantly moving is not something that everyone can do. It requires you to think quickly and execute your decision quickly. But it also requires running, moving the ball quickly and everyone defending. Modern football is based on achieving precision with great speed. Actually much more physical than the 80's game. I have a lot of respect for football professionals in Germany. Their technical directors, coaches, football players... But every day I think more and more that the German fan is too emotional and doesn't know much about football.
I wouldn't say so, spain has overcome them in that regard considering they've produced the best set of midifielders over the past 15 years or so. Before 2008 it was most likely germany, after that it's definitely gone to spain
@@elnaveganteperdido6373 i'm not a german fan...in fact i've always hated playing against them. History tò me does not start in the 90s only. For intensity i meant more on a physical contact level. I think german midfielders were more all-around player. Quality but also quantity and strenght in the middle of the pitch. Since the game changed a lot in the 2000s you can see a "cleaner" game and the quality of Spain overcoming in many aspect for sure not just with the ball.
For a while Italy produced way more number 10s than Spain in the last 20 years... Once they could choose amongst Baggio, Mancini, Zola, Del Piero and Totti, and lots of excellent players are not considered in these league (Fiore, for example, was a fixture in Euro 2000's runners up but never was a great). Also lots of great strikers (Vialli, Delvecchio, Montella, Vieri, Inzaghi, Ravanelli, even Hubner who managed to be goal leader amongst monsters). And they consistently had at least one phenomenal deep lying playmaker since the 80s: Antognoni, Ancelotti, Albertini and then Pirlo. Also lots of great defensive pivots, specially De Rossi who was Busquets before Busquets just like Carrick was. I understand the hype with Spain and the whole marketing thing behind 2010's Madrid and Barcelona, but football didnt start with them
@santiagoandresmartinez3093 ¿cuántos equipos grandes habían en esa época? ¿Quiénes eran las superestrellas del Madrid? Di Stefano, Puskas y Kopa. Un argentino, un húngaro y un francés. Gento era un gran jugador pero no estaba al nivel de esos 3. El primer español superestrella fue Luis Suárez
France and Germany not produced so much quantity and quality, Iniesta Xavi, Busquets Cesc, Silva, Xabi Alonso, Guardiola, now Rodri Pedri Olmo, casado.
@@jaimegarcia9408The current Spanish midfielders are not the best midfielders in the world and especially do not compare them to legends like Xavi or Iniesta. Do not even mention them in the same sentence as them. And Robbery doesn't even have Iniesta's left foot. Lol. 😂
France is mostly producing athletes these days. Defenders and defensive midfielders in particular, but lacked creative players in recent years like the ones from Spain who are talked about in this video. Not sure how France would have looked without Griezamann during the last decade, who was rejected by every club he applied for in France because deemed not athletic enough and had to move to Spain in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a pro football player. It just lets you wonder how many french iniesta, yamal, pedri,etc didn't make it because of France's current criteria. Not blaming France here but how money is changing football. The reason athletes are favored over artists is because they are a safer bet financially.
@@jaimegarcia9408 Are you sure about what you are saying? Zidane, Makelele, Kante, Griezmann, Ribery, Vieira, Pogba, Pires, Petit Deschamps, Matuidi, and now Tchouameni, Camavinga, Zaïre Emery and Rabiot... I will give it to you, the level has dropped the past 3 years or so, but you don't get 2 world cup and go to 2 finals in 25 years: meaning they went to more wc finals then they haven't during that time period, without some of the best midfielders in the world.
@C.Vitalizio Different style of play Physical dominance, pressure and defensive minded football. It doesn't make them only 'athletes'. Nasri, Ben Arfa, Fekir, Payet, Valbuena, Tolisso, Lemar, Aouar, Diaby. And Benzema playing. They would probably have been fine overall. But that's like saying: what would Portugal have been without Ronaldo, argentina without Messi etc.. You can't remove the best player and hope something good comes out of it.
Isn't this the guy who wanted to go on strike because of how many football matches he had to play in? Poor soul. Thank God I'm working 12 hour shifts 5 days a week for peanuts in comparison to his wages.
@@aleromcas83 on 80s and early 90s the Spain game was Italian method. Was a real disaster at the Spain team. the idea of possesion and technique started in 2000 with Camacho as a coach. You even can see Spain sub20 in 1999 as wining world cup. Was a real process that was completed with Luis Aragones in 2008. Only needs the correct players in all positions to achieve it.
Best pure midfield I have ever seen is Modric. Most complete midfielder Bellingham. If you think best defensive mids I think Makelele, Vieira, Yaya Toure, Essien. This guy is up there with them. But no, Spain does not produce the best mids. Forgot to mention attacking mids Lampard, De Bruyne, Kaka, Zidane... Gerrard kinda was as well, but he could even do defensive like Bellingham lol.
@@mikol1977que no, ni de lejos. Probablemente iniesta (y quizas también xavi) han sido los mejores mediocampistas del mundo en los últimos 15 años pero hay jugadores cómo zidane que casi seguramente superan a iniesta y xavi
@@francescotrombetta8548 Es que Zidane puede estar en el top 10 de la historia, pero no los demás. Aún así, se está diciendo por ahi arriba que los españoles están sobrevalorados cuando es justo al contrario, no hay más que ver que solo hay dos españoles con balón de Oro y encima se está poniendo en entredicho el último. Para mi es justo que lo tenga. El año anterior se lo mereció de calle. Ha habido jugadores españoles que en su pico habrian sido merecedores del balón de Oro pero nunca se lo han dado. De todas formas, la diferencia es la mentalidad con la que se juega desde niño. En España los "chupones" no están bien vistos. Mueve la pelota, crea huecos y mete el pase, ya anotará tu compañero.
@@francescotrombetta8548 posicions diferentes, Xavi ha sido el mejor medio organizador del mundo mientras que Zidane jugaba de 10(Iniesta), lo que esta claro que los argentinos tecnicamente son muy malos.
En España aprendieron a patear la pelota en el 2006, antes de eso eran del montón. PD: Cuando Guardiola era jugador aburría, hacia un cambio de frente cada 96 partidos.
😂😂😂. Lo siento pero los españoles serán mejores centrocampistas. Pero no te enfades. Vosotros tenéis a dos de los mejores jugadores de todos los tiempos y a dimaria. Ahí es nada. No necesitas presumir.
@@Robmell-u8s Estas equivocado, hermano. El Mediocampo de Argentina es mejor quel tuyo. Sin dudas. Mira la final contra Francia u el final contra Colombia.
And now we're the top winner of any Euro championship (u17, u19, u21, first team), two times olympic champions and world champions playing the best football ever. Keep crying.
@@madridistaporvida6529 You do know that Spain was for centuries an Arab country, right...? Inform yourself a bit of history before you say racial nonsense XD I don't know what you mean by "Spanish guy". Mediterranean people is not blonde with clear eyes
@ you talk like france has indeed produced the best midfielders of all time lol, france has indeed produced lots of great midfielders but apart from zidane (and platini if we consider him as a pure midfielder which i don’t think he was) the others were only great from the pure athetical and difensive point of view like petit, makelele, kante etc. Spain has been known over the past 15 years for producing the most technical midfielders in the world
La Francia de Platini , con la tecnología y arbitraje de hoy dia la España de Muñoz E. D. Le habría ganada aquella final del 84 . Gran selección la de España , en aquella época .
Si eres realmente grande no sientes celos de los que son más pequeños. Menuda pelusilla que os da que haya reconocimiento al fútbol español. Lo vuestro es algo de psicólogo en serio.
What a stupid comment. The Euro in Europe is like a World Cup of Europe, it's not seen as small cup or as a way to classify to other competitions like some people think in other continents, the Eurocope is like mini world cup, and it's the real cup too, and Spain has 4 Eurocopes, more than any other team of Europe. The last time Spain got 2 Eurocopes they won the World Cup actually, that they have won the Euro, the Nations League and the olimpic games tells you about their good game, the great players they have (and the young talent they can use too) and make them a great rival to other teams. Also I love how they never surrender, and their beautiful game.
A complete disrespect to Germany, they have, at least, the same quality of mitfielders... Schweinsteiger, Kimmich, Lahm (also RB) Gündogan, Kroos, Musiala, Wirtz, Khedira, etc... Spain always overhyped
There is a very important factor that everybody bypasses in this talk shows. Spain is a nation that capitalizes her successes in the collective group. In all the team sports, Spain is competitive at the highest level because their mentality it is to work for the team and not for personal glory. They believe in camaraderie, spirit of sacrifice for the team, humility, and especially common goals. When a player makes a mistake, the rest of the team is there to backing him/her back and they really capitalize in their mistakes to improve their performances. In my two years playing in the Northern Spain Regional division, nobody put me down, made derogatory comments or treated me differently when I made a mistake ( I did make many), on the contrary, everybody cheered me up, encouraged me and I had to hear very often "Don't worry about it" "It happens to all of us" which made me pay more attention and give my blood for a team that always backed me up no matter what. I could feel the warmth, the kindness and tolerance all around me specially in very difficult and physical games.
As a spaniard, gracias por tu comentario.
Solidarity is the key word.
The whole country operates under the same mentality. It’s not only in sports, but sports like football are universal, so it becomes more visible there
Gracias por tus palabras de ❤
From Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 thank you.
when a baby is born is Spain, his father says: pass the ball, son
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Eso si no nace en moto, se dice apura la frenada hijo.
In uk the son dont pass the ball ,lost the ball and dad tell him unlucky ,
Absolutely guys. I always tell my kids when we are playing"I habe the ball, I pass the ball".❤
Jajajajajajaja
Have you seen what Spanish people did when Valencia's DANA happened? That's the reason why they are good in team sports, they know how important is the community and they fight for it.
Por eso fueron los primeros en derrotar a Napoleón en su dia, o fueron los primeros en derrotar al imperio otomano en mar, o fueron los primeros en llegar a América , etc etc..
Bravo 💪 🇪🇦 @@tigreblanco7170
in spain the ball is your friend in britain its treated as a grenade to get rid of
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You kick your friends?
Because English football culture is about playing in moments to be a hero. Spanish football culture is about the beauty of being part of a system. Simple as that. England will never compete with Spain’s midfield.
The magician Mr. Aragones said to his spanish national team players, refering to the oposite team: "They could be faster, but the ball is faster than they", and that's what Rodri explained about spanish stile of football.
In Spain the younger children start playing 5 a side football, called futsal in a small pitch with a very heavy ball. It teaches you how to move in tight spaces, not only forward but also to the sides and also to pass the ball quick after you receive it. These are qualities that any good midfielder needs to have
Futsal is indoor footbal , kids play 7 or 8 fotball on across the pitch
@@luisrafaeldeterry1951 futsal is not indoor football, im spanish and i have been playing futsal since i was 5 until today and im 32, the 70% of matches i’ve played futsal was outdoors
@@luisrafaeldeterry1951 that's not true. 5-player Football is very popular in Spain for kids as a starting point.
@@andrescano4065 Que el fútbol sala es al aire libre ?
@@theflood2724 la mayoría de los campos de fútbol sala son en la calle. Sólo en polideportivos son cubiertos, tengo 47 años y rara vez he jugado en uno cubierto.
I played football at a professional level skill-wise. I simply lacked the speed to be pro. I spent 6 weeks in Ourense, Galicia, Spain and was humbled...not by their level of play, but, by the intense ominous culture of football that permeates the country. There were so many skilled stocky young footballers there. In fact, I ran into parents of professionals or ex-players that had played with pro club teams at different levels. It really left me speechless and with my eyes wide open. I absolutely loved Galicia because of it.
Ourense , awesome!!!! Galiza calidade!!!!
England always thinks they will win everything because (then people start rambling names)- this is an issue because 1) English players are way overhyped and 2) in todays football the team through tactics, press, build up is what wins games more so than in the past. They asked Henry the same questions and it was the same answers. Spain in that final and tournament has better players than England and has a better system. Simple. Want proof? Look at their younger age groups and look at their women's teams. They have cohesion and not just names.
Yo suelo leer, a los ingleses escribir que los jugadores ingleses son mejores que los españoles, individualmente. Pero yo les digo: ¿Es el fútbol un deporte individual? Ese es uno de los problemas que tienen. El primero, dar por sentado que sus jugadores son mejores que los españoles, porque cobran más. Segundo, no darse cuenta que el fútbol es un deporte colectivo.
Un jugador, por bueno que sea, se puede neutralizar, incluso en algunas ocasiones por sus propios compañeros, si no hay buen rollo. Cuando se juega con mentalidad de equipo, con jugadores de calidad, a la larga se es más efectivo.
No we don't, stop lying. Stop pretending what the lying, corrupt media says is what the average working man thinks
This is why Spain even defeat basketball USA team with out "stars"
What does basketball have to do with it? In Spain, basketball is a very minority sport
@@sebastiansuarez_0011and yet defeated once USA
@@sebastiansuarez_0011the point being that Spain still dominates despite USA’s investment in it
Johan Cruyff once said that Spain would have to decide between being the bullfighter or being the bull, in the end it decided to be the bullfighter.
The great Johann Cruijff said “No player is faster than the ball”. Guardiola learnt that very well.
Iniesta and Xavi other level, other.
Iván de la Peña...
@@iberohispano_galaico Valerón
@@iberohispano_galaico Bakero
From Bilbao, I think the key was in Barcelona, specifically Johan Cruyff at the time when the rule of passing the ball to the goalkeeper was changed. Pressure appeared all over the field, the goalkeeper played with his feet and the technique of the defenders and midfielders improved considerably to overcome the pressure based on passes and passes. That is how Spanish football evolved.
Gallina de piel❤
España , fue campeona de Europa en 1.964 . Llegó a la final en 1.984 . Esta vez , la ganó francia , con la ayuda arbitral. Y en Corea , el árbitro y sus estúpidas decisiones , eliminaron a la gran selección española .
The reason is very simple and it is explained to you by a 47 year old guy who has played and coached football all his life. In Spain since we are very young, and this can be seen in any school playground or on any pitch anywhere, I don't know why we are attracted by a specific thing that for us makes the difference in the quality of the game and that is the VISION OF PLAY, VISION OF SPACES.
Although we have strong and fast players in Spain people are much less concerned about physical strength, speed or playing more fast-paced football. Quality one-on-one action is also very popular here (like everywhere else).
I don't know why we have this tendency but I imagine that we like to play like this since we are children because our elders reinforce this type of action with good words and applause.
I also believe a big part of Spanish or Argentinian or Brazilian football is that in the youth systems you basically play 5v5 futsal or baby football as some of the name it is called, which is basically playing in a small pitch, just try to play a beautiful brand of football. Of course Spanish football culture is more about a system and in South America is more about the individuals building relations on the pitch but either of those are a whole other step above compared to England where the ball is basically a bomb and no one wants to have it. Playing indoors or in sunny places helps though, there's no raining 100% of the time.
Spain 2007-12 the best team EVER
BWAHAHAHARRRR...!!!! What a Joke.
The most easy answer is the weather. Living and playing in the sun gives you a different mindset than playing in the grey and rain. You've got to use your brain more and make more well thought decisions when playing in the sun, because you get fatigued quicker. I'm also a believer of playing in the sun resulting in a better technique (body/joints less stiff).
If that’s the reason then why south east asian countries not known as footballing nation? Sun always shine in here.
Then why germany have good footballing culture? Germany weather not always sunny either.
That is not the reason lol. The reason is because of the way they think about football and their historical style, and the attributes they value in players.
@@TunaStrataculture is different they started playing football much later
@@TunaStrata Obviously the sun is not the only factor. To me it is the first primal difference. But south east asian countries simply don't have the infrastructure and academies they have in Spain/Portugal/Italy. Also culturally it is way different, it is much harder to break through or to pursue a career in a sport cause the wages are lower and it is a risk when you are already surrounding in poverty comparing to Spain.
How quick people forget Spain was even less successful than England until 2008. The sun didn't suddenly start shining in Spain. I suppose before they weren't successful because it is too hot to run?
El lobo ibérico no es el más grande, pero es el más resistente y el más inteligente para cazar en grupo.
Jajajaj que columpiada te acabas de meter
Johan Cruiff opened our view of soccer/football
Xavi
Iniesta
Xabi Alonso
Busquets
Guardiola
Rodri
Cazorla
Gavi
Silva
Guti
Fabregas
Fabián
Zubimendi
Olmo
Pedri
Casadó
Merino
Isco
Koke
Luis Suárez Miramontes
Mendieta
De La Peña
Canales
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Rodri The Best Player of The Word
Xavi Hernandez, Iniesta, David Silva, Cesc, Fabian etc
Its been decadeS. The world cup team had a team of midfielders as far as skill set goes.
Because in Spain they want to have very good midfielders. Clubs select the young midfielders according their technical qualities, and they will improve those qualities during the training. In France, for example, they select young midfielders according athletical qualities, and they will improve their defensive games during the training.
Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Silva, Rodri, Fabián, Pedri...in general we produce a huge amount of excellent midfielders
Xabi Alonso , Busquets and Fabregas they are madly underrated never got enough credit you forgot Santi Cazorla , Guti Hernandez , Juan Mata Spain produced best Midfielders always
@@hamidabibi2394 Soy canario, y supongo que tiro hacia mi tierra. Cuando Silva empezó a jugar en la Real intentaba ver los partidos, cuando antes, la verdad, no le hacía caso al equipo donostiarra. Ahora intento ver siempre al Barça con la esperanza de que juegue Pedri. Pero has nombrado a Cazorla (que no es canario). Mientras estuvo en el Villareal intenté siempre ver sus partidos. Para mí Cazorla tenía algo mágico que no sé decir qué era.
@@juanjorbrr tell me in English I can't understand Spanish I forgot to add Thiago Alcantara too he was an artist definitely
@@hamidabibi2394 google trnaslate: I'm from the Canary Islands, and I guess I'm drawn to my homeland. When Silva started playing for Real, I tried to watch the games, whereas before, to be honest, I didn't pay attention to the San Sebastian team. Now I always try to watch Barça in the hope that Pedri will play. But you mentioned Cazorla (who is not from the Canary Islands). While he was at Villarreal, I always tried to watch his games. For me, Cazorla had something magical that I can't say what it was.
Everything started with Luis Milla at late 80s
Remember Santi Cazorla playing for Arsenal😮
I know that Lineker played for Barcelona and he started with “Guardiola” but Pep was not that great of a player. Ronald Koeman had a way better career if you wanna talk about that generation. Pep is not one of Spain’s “great midfielders” - Xavi Alonso, santi cazorla and David Silva were all better midfielders than Pep. They deserve more of a mention. They didn’t even need Barcelona to have a great career.
He is talking about defensive midfielders don't include cazorla and David Silva
@ Koeman was defensive. Better example and player too. Pep was a journeyman as a player
You miss the boat
Why do people just like to disgrace themselves smh🤦🏿♂️? He's talking about CDMs, Koeman was a CB sir, not a CDM. Pep wasn't a great midfielder? Ok. Name me 5 players better than him as CDMs in the 90s. Infact name any other player who fitted better in Cruyff's team in that position? Guys before speaking just do simple research on stuff
@@bigmitchtv3922 Koeman played in midfield as much as Guardiola, if not more during his career, sorry ;-).
Subjective, but a list of midfielders at least as good as Pep in the 90's, who could not tackle to save his life and could not run : Redondo, Rijkaard, Deschamps, Dunga, Dino Baggio, Matthaus, Sammer, Roy Keane, Albertini, Davids...
By the way, Guardiola was playing for Brescia in Italy by the age of 30yr because Barcelona let him go...
My boy's training 5 days a week, all drills,a few practice matches. 2 local leagues and cups, manger drills them hard, they know their individual jobs and positions, my boy is 6.
the ball runs faster when you pass it than when you run with it...huh
Not only the best midfielders, but we can't forget they produce some of the greatest defenders ever with sergio ramos being the greatest 🔥
Ramos is massively overrated.
Yes, insane silverware, but also Kovacic has it, so what?
Hierro was way ahead of him as a defender.
Ramos was an excellent marker and ball-playing CB. But he needed to foul consistently because he was caught out of position consistently.
Only after Mourinho was kicked out he got impunity and his red card statistics went down. I mean, the guy saw yellow in a CL Final for intentionally dislocating a shoulder. Cuadrado or Lehmann, for example, saw red for much less.
He was also a joke of a tough guy. When Lovren took revenge for Salah and challenged him publicly both on and off the pitch, Ramos chickened out
Es qué , el jugador de Liverpool , buscaba éso , la expulsión de Ramos , y casi lo consigue . Vamos , qué no le salió bien.
Puyol era un león. Y hay alguien (centrocampista) a quien quisiera que se recordase más: Marcos Senna.
@@juanjorbrr Senna fue el mejor jugador de la Euro 2008. Absolutamente monstruoso. Pero no era del Barsa ni del Madrid y por eso no le dieron premio.
Aragonés tuvo una gran intuición con él. Jugaba muy parecido a Rodri porque defendia una barbaridad y llegaba muy bien desde segunda línea
Sergio Ramos is the best defender ever, no doubt about. Technically, Tackle, leadership, most goals, scoring impossible and unforgettable winning goals, and the soul of the team. Maybe you will say "what about Baresi"?? Well, he played in the best defensive team ever in the Calcio at the 80s/90's in Italy a place where the defender where close to gk all the time while Ramos played at RM was 50 to 60 mts ahead of gk and has the time to going back to tight his opponents.
A player has to have personality, but this does not mean he is individualist.
Another country that produces great midfielders is Croatia, what's their secret?
No solo jugadorestambien entrenadores que inundsn la Liga inglesa
Rodri 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
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El único equipo del mundo que ganando 5 a 0 y no juegue bien lo pitan es el FC Barcelona, asi de claro
u mean why BARÇA produces the best midfielders, right?
Por algo spain is diferent❤
Yeah...Spain melapela
@ElKabong-ex9sw porque eres simple🤣🤣
@javierrodriguezgonzalez3426 Cuantas Copas tiene tu Pais ? Es muy simple la respuesta.
@@ElKabong-ex9sw En Eurocopas somos los mejores. En Mundiales pronto caerá el segundo, tener solo uno es muy poco para una selección como España.
@@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi BWAJAJA...Segui soniando, Gaita.
Rodri is the least talented out of all the midfielders elite that spain had created. The irony
Are you out of your mind?
Alonso was the most complete of them all. But Rodri mastered the defensive pivot and added some box-to-box abilities which had not been seen since Rijkaard, my personal goat in that position.
Busquets wasnt that great in attacking phase, "only" a master transitioner. Xavi only became a true great in Guardiola's system (never that phenomenal in the National Team), Iniesta, Silva and Cazorla were strictly offensive.
Alonso was the best of them all IMO. He was a superstar with every coach he had, both at club and international. Better progressive passer than Rodri but he wasn't a box to box like Rodri.
@@miguelporras8366don’t mind these people, they’re stuck in the past by nostalgia to the point they believe new players can’t be as good as old players
Seriously. What an insult to these legends to compare them to this Robbery fraud.😂😂😂
It may he is the least, but in that "least" he has a huge talent, more than other more condidered players.
Si el unico con Balon de Oro, y aunque este año pueda ser mas discutible, el año pasado lo merecio de calle.
Economic bonanza, leaves time for leisure with little else to do at least play football.
Jajajajaja por favor
The answer is clear, Barça DNA adopted by the national team and la Masia
Maybe thats correct for Spain from 2008-2012. But in the last European Championship, even with the presence of players trained in the Barcelona youth team, they came from many different teams, with special attention to Athetic Bilbao and Real Sociedad.
@@MidouCloud even in 2008 the majority were from Valencia, not Barça.
Regards.
IMO Spain also benefits from the fact that Spain is the desired destination for most South American players and this influx over the past 20+ years improves the quality of players Spanish players consistently train against
😂😂😂
Are you going to tell me that Xavi and Iniesta were such great players thanks to South American immigration?
I agree, you are completely right. When in the rest of europe they played with strengh and speed, in spanish stadiums they enjoyed great skillful southamerican talents. And imitated them in schools and in the streets. That's why it was more accepted this way of play in the academies.
Lo que hay que oír jajjaj
los que realmente cambió el fútbol en España fueron Cruyff y Guardiola.
I don't think it's because of the culture that only in the last 20 years have such good 5's (defensive midfielders) been coming out of Spain. In my opinion this has happened since the arrival of Argentine and Dutch professionals to Spanish football, many of whom later ended up working in the youth teams of the clubs or being the coaches of the first team imposing their football ideologies. Because from the 90's onwards Spain stopped being, in terms of football culture, Spain with its "red fury" as they always called it, they had a football much more similar to Uruguay's. Now they are a mix of Argentine and Dutch football, but it must be noted that it is successful. Because, for example, Portugal also copied the Argentine methods and although they have improved and great players have appeared, they still haven't managed to create their own way of play based on them like Spain did in this century.
Te lo compro a medias, creo que aunque es verdad lo que dices tambien creo que en general el fútbol ha perdido mucho de ese estilo "local" para ser mas "global" pero con ligeras particularidades (como el caso de España con esa herencia del cruyffismo).
A dia de hoy mas que mirar a lo que paso en los 90s o antes hay que mirar a la historia mas reciente y sus jugadores mas inspiradores para los niños y lo que se hace en el fútbol base.
En España si empiezas a jugar desde muy niño probablemente hagas fútbol sala, el que sepa pasar y pisarla excepcionalmente bien destacará, esto son cualidades imprescindibles para un mediocampista y hará efecto bola de nieve, vas a mejores equipos donde se potencia mucho al mediocampista, que es un posición bastante competitiva.
Aunque la selección ya no sea tan tiki taka los entrenadores de los críos son muy de táctica, equipo y pasar el balón y poco de regate e individualidades, eso da buenos mediocampistas, tambien salva de que los entrenadores no pongan a jugar solo a negros que su principal factor diferencial sea el físico, no es casualidad que los extemos de la selección sean negros que no destacan físicamente, son de barrios de clase "baja" donde hay mas fútbol de estar horas en la calle (podría incluir a ansu fati también) y menos niño que empieza en la academia con 5 años, ellos han sobrevivido al "sistema" a base de ser jugones, otro ejemplo de esto y que no es negro es Bryan Zaragoza que tiene una forma de regatear muy poco ortodoxa, sus centros no son especialmente buenos (algo impensable hoy en dia) y llego al fútbol profesional de milagro a base de jugar como si estuviera en la calle.
@cayyacare1903 Concuerdo, en lo último tenés toda la razón. Pero no es exclusivamente por ser de clase baja, como vos dijiste esa técnica la obtienen por jugar futbol libre sin reglas en la calle básicamente. Acá en Argentina en las juveniles de los clubes se entrena así, si una buena cantera como la masía lo aplica podría sacar buena cantidad de delanteros creativos, más sabiendo que allá hay instituciones con mucho más dinero y con mejores instalaciones.
@@francosaid4777 Sisi, digo clase baja en el contexto de España (que tampoco es baja como tal) en el que hay mas futbol así, el que esta mejor económicamente está en club, (tampoco es que sea tan caro pero ya es un filtro) yo jugue algo de mediocampista de pequeño y luego en la calle siempre iba a regatear y jugar a vacilar pero en el club nunca, era algo que no se busca,por eso digo lo de la clase baja.
Aun así creo que cambiará si Lamine consigue ser mas grande aún, muchos querrán ser como el y los entrenadores se almodarán igual que se almodarán a noser todo tiki taka, por eso hablo de la importancia de jugadores inspiradores, como para mi lo era Iniesta o Xavi
Yo dir'ia no solo Argentina, sudamerica en general. Los Mágico González o Roberto Carlos, por poner dos ejemplos, también sumaron. Creo que los sudamericanos empujaron a jugar más tecnicamente y los holandeses ordenaron ese talento.
@sumbonete El tema es que el resto de América saca un décimo de fracción de jugadores que los que sacan Brasil y Argentina en cualquier momento de su historia, y en mi opinión es más que nada por cosas culturales, osea que lugar ocupa el futbol en cada país. En Argentina y Brasil aunque no te guste el futbol sabés jugarlo y conocés algo del deporte porque es impuesto como la religión cuando eramos colonia sjajsj, además acá está lleno de clubes, yo vivo en un pueblo chico y tiene 2 clubes participando en el futbol profesional (2da división Argentina) donde es baratísimo formarte. Lo que si tenemos todos los latinoaméricanos en común y vos lo dijiste es que al compartir todos una población mayoritariamente de clase baja, aprendemos a jugar futbol en la calle o en algún club de una manera poco ortodoxa como dijo el español que comentó arriba, por lo que te desarrollás mucho mejor y creás un estilo y técnica propia impredecible, que al no ser tan bueno te da ventaja por sobre un europeo (no todos) por ejemplo que hace siempre el mismo regate.
Edit: Feliz año nuevo 🧐
Lineker the best striker of fc barcelona ever.
Romario, Ronaldo, Kubala, ... XD.
Hablad en español dejad de ser amables con ellos, si un inglés entrevista a un español no tenemos porque hablar en inglés si quieren pueden preguntar en inglés pero responder en español. HABLAD ESPAÑOL y mantened la soberanía y la dignidad
Y todo lo que se le criticó a Bale por no hablar en español en España entonces?
I think if you look at the history germany produced more quality midfielder. Spain has always played in such fashion but football then was different, more rough, intensity, also to me more entertaining
Better midfielder? Noooo, beckenbauer ok. But Spain luis Suárez ( ball du ors) Amancio, Guardiola, mendieta, valeron, Silva, Cesc Fábregas, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets,now Rodri, Pedri, Olmo. Casado etc etc Spain other level to medfielder
In Spain it was not always played like this.
In the 80s in Spain the game was played like in the rest of Europe, many fouls, passes to the goalkeeper when they were winning, getting to the opponent's area as soon as possible with crazy runs to cross and finish quickly.
And the stars of the team without defending.
The same thing over and over again.
It may give you the impression that this is intensity but it is not.
Nowadays it is played at a much higher pace.
The statistics show that Xavi Hernández or Iniesta traveled more kilometers than the opposing midfielders.
The game from 2008 to 2012 of the Spanish team was based on continuous movement and pressing quickly after losing the ball.
For the short passing game to work, players have to continually move.
Giving a good pass can be done by any professional football player.
Giving a good, precise pass when your opponent is pressing you quickly and intensely and your teammates are constantly moving is not something that everyone can do.
It requires you to think quickly and execute your decision quickly.
But it also requires running, moving the ball quickly and everyone defending.
Modern football is based on achieving precision with great speed.
Actually much more physical than the 80's game.
I have a lot of respect for football professionals in Germany.
Their technical directors, coaches, football players...
But every day I think more and more that the German fan is too emotional and doesn't know much about football.
I wouldn't say so, spain has overcome them in that regard considering they've produced the best set of midifielders over the past 15 years or so.
Before 2008 it was most likely germany, after that it's definitely gone to spain
@@elnaveganteperdido6373 i'm not a german fan...in fact i've always hated playing against them. History tò me does not start in the 90s only.
For intensity i meant more on a physical contact level. I think german midfielders were more all-around player. Quality but also quantity and strenght in the middle of the pitch. Since the game changed a lot in the 2000s you can see a "cleaner" game and the quality of Spain overcoming in many aspect for sure not just with the ball.
Everything comes after Cruijjff's legacy left in Barcelona. Then the knowledge spreed out to the rest of Spain.
For a while Italy produced way more number 10s than Spain in the last 20 years...
Once they could choose amongst Baggio, Mancini, Zola, Del Piero and Totti, and lots of excellent players are not considered in these league (Fiore, for example, was a fixture in Euro 2000's runners up but never was a great).
Also lots of great strikers (Vialli, Delvecchio, Montella, Vieri, Inzaghi, Ravanelli, even Hubner who managed to be goal leader amongst monsters).
And they consistently had at least one phenomenal deep lying playmaker since the 80s: Antognoni, Ancelotti, Albertini and then Pirlo.
Also lots of great defensive pivots, specially De Rossi who was Busquets before Busquets just like Carrick was.
I understand the hype with Spain and the whole marketing thing behind 2010's Madrid and Barcelona, but football didnt start with them
Te equivoques o . La copa de Europa , ¿Quién ganó las 5 primeras?
@santiagoandresmartinez3093 ¿cuántos equipos grandes habían en esa época? ¿Quiénes eran las superestrellas del Madrid? Di Stefano, Puskas y Kopa. Un argentino, un húngaro y un francés. Gento era un gran jugador pero no estaba al nivel de esos 3.
El primer español superestrella fue Luis Suárez
Why italy produces best center backs or why germany produces best goalkeepers, why brazil produces most talaented players, etc
Te dolió? 😂
Italy also produces the best gk
@@francescotrombetta8548 and Spain
Panxito
German midfielders>>>>>>
You might be correct, Germany been producing the best midfielders a lot longer than Spain
Nah bro, Spain have elite mids, especially last 19 years
@@ernestkhalimov748 look at Germany lmfao.
@@ernestkhalimov748 player for player germany wins
@@TimTzschaschel lmao player for player Germany hasn't got a win since 2014 against Spain
France and Germany entered the chat..
France and Germany not produced so much quantity and quality, Iniesta Xavi, Busquets Cesc, Silva, Xabi Alonso, Guardiola, now Rodri Pedri Olmo, casado.
@@jaimegarcia9408The current Spanish midfielders are not the best midfielders in the world and especially do not compare them to legends like Xavi or Iniesta. Do not even mention them in the same sentence as them. And Robbery doesn't even have Iniesta's left foot. Lol. 😂
France is mostly producing athletes these days. Defenders and defensive midfielders in particular, but lacked creative players in recent years like the ones from Spain who are talked about in this video. Not sure how France would have looked without Griezamann during the last decade, who was rejected by every club he applied for in France because deemed not athletic enough and had to move to Spain in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a pro football player. It just lets you wonder how many french iniesta, yamal, pedri,etc didn't make it because of France's current criteria. Not blaming France here but how money is changing football. The reason athletes are favored over artists is because they are a safer bet financially.
@@jaimegarcia9408 Are you sure about what you are saying?
Zidane, Makelele, Kante, Griezmann, Ribery, Vieira, Pogba, Pires, Petit Deschamps, Matuidi, and now Tchouameni, Camavinga, Zaïre Emery and Rabiot...
I will give it to you, the level has dropped the past 3 years or so, but you don't get 2 world cup and go to 2 finals in 25 years: meaning they went to more wc finals then they haven't during that time period, without some of the best midfielders in the world.
@C.Vitalizio Different style of play
Physical dominance, pressure and defensive minded football.
It doesn't make them only 'athletes'.
Nasri, Ben Arfa, Fekir, Payet, Valbuena, Tolisso, Lemar, Aouar, Diaby. And Benzema playing. They would probably have been fine overall. But that's like saying: what would Portugal have been without Ronaldo, argentina without Messi etc.. You can't remove the best player and hope something good comes out of it.
Isn't this the guy who wanted to go on strike because of how many football matches he had to play in?
Poor soul.
Thank God I'm working 12 hour shifts 5 days a week for peanuts in comparison to his wages.
If Spain produces thé best midlefielders, Why They only won one world cup ! 😂😂😂
Argentina brazil germany … produce Also top midlefielders.
It takes more than best midfielders to be the best team in the world
The video is about producing best midfielders in the world, not what it takes to win a WC.
Because the culture and style of play change started in the early 2000's
@@aleromcas83 on 80s and early 90s the Spain game was Italian method. Was a real disaster at the Spain team. the idea of possesion and technique started in 2000 with Camacho as a coach. You even can see Spain sub20 in 1999 as wining world cup. Was a real process that was completed with Luis Aragones in 2008. Only needs the correct players in all positions to achieve it.
And the most ignorant comment goes to... whoever this guy is lol.
The fraud talking like if he was among those legends 😂
He believes he is at the level of Iniesta and Xavi because of a stolen Ballon d'Or 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Best midfielder in the world by far.
@@xrafa91x De Bruyn says hello.
Best pure midfield I have ever seen is Modric. Most complete midfielder Bellingham. If you think best defensive mids I think Makelele, Vieira, Yaya Toure, Essien. This guy is up there with them. But no, Spain does not produce the best mids.
Forgot to mention attacking mids Lampard, De Bruyne, Kaka, Zidane... Gerrard kinda was as well, but he could even do defensive like Bellingham lol.
Xavi ,Busquets , Iniesta y Xabi eran superiores a todos esos
@@mikol1977que no, ni de lejos.
Probablemente iniesta (y quizas también xavi) han sido los mejores mediocampistas del mundo en los últimos 15 años pero hay jugadores cómo zidane que casi seguramente superan a iniesta y xavi
@@francescotrombetta8548 Es que Zidane puede estar en el top 10 de la historia, pero no los demás. Aún así, se está diciendo por ahi arriba que los españoles están sobrevalorados cuando es justo al contrario, no hay más que ver que solo hay dos españoles con balón de Oro y encima se está poniendo en entredicho el último. Para mi es justo que lo tenga. El año anterior se lo mereció de calle. Ha habido jugadores españoles que en su pico habrian sido merecedores del balón de Oro pero nunca se lo han dado. De todas formas, la diferencia es la mentalidad con la que se juega desde niño. En España los "chupones" no están bien vistos. Mueve la pelota, crea huecos y mete el pase, ya anotará tu compañero.
Lampard???
@@francescotrombetta8548 posicions diferentes, Xavi ha sido el mejor medio organizador del mundo mientras que Zidane jugaba de 10(Iniesta), lo que esta claro que los argentinos tecnicamente son muy malos.
En España aprendieron a patear la pelota en el 2006, antes de eso eran del montón.
PD: Cuando Guardiola era jugador aburría, hacia un cambio de frente cada 96 partidos.
Me apuesto lo que quieras a que eres argentino.
Argentino detectado. Me pregunto como empezasteis vosotros a ser así...
Sos argento por lo tanto silencio y a lavar baños en la madre patria España (de un uruguayo ) 😂
Now this guy thinks he is a legend XD
He IS
@Ommsvv Good Player? sure. Legend? Not
@@geramos109legenda? Yes, ur braindead one? Yes too
Argentina: hold my malbec
😂😂😂. Lo siento pero los españoles serán mejores centrocampistas. Pero no te enfades. Vosotros tenéis a dos de los mejores jugadores de todos los tiempos y a dimaria. Ahí es nada. No necesitas presumir.
@@Robmell-u8s Estas equivocado, hermano. El Mediocampo de Argentina es mejor quel tuyo. Sin dudas. Mira la final contra Francia u el final contra Colombia.
@@ElKabong-ex9sw Históricamente España ha producido muchos mejores centrocampistas que Argentina en toda su historia.
😂😂😂😂😂@@ElKabong-ex9sw
@@ElKabong-ex9swNo llores. El mundo no gira alrededor vuestro. No pasa nada
They're really going to end up making this Robbery fraud believe that he can be compared to Iniesta and Xavi. What a joke!! 😂😂😂
Spain was nothing special till the early 00s.
But now we are the ones Who play the BEST football
And now we're the top winner of any Euro championship (u17, u19, u21, first team), two times olympic champions and world champions playing the best football ever. Keep crying.
There were very good. Just not dominant (special).
@gofishglobal7919 They were very mid.
@@cianog Mid? I don't think so. Their record and rankings say otherwise.
Most of them don't even look spanish. Rodri looks Peruvian
😂😂😂 the peruvian have looks spanish for simple heritage. Xabi Alonso, Pedri, Olmo, Iniesta, Xavi Busquets Cesc not look spanish?😂😂
En España somos de todo menos nórdicos. Rodri tiene los tipicos rasgos ibéricos
@jaimegarcia9408 pedri, Xavi, and busquets don't look spanish lol. They look mestizo or Arabic mix but not spanish
@@madridistaporvida6529 You do know that Spain was for centuries an Arab country, right...? Inform yourself a bit of history before you say racial nonsense XD I don't know what you mean by "Spanish guy". Mediterranean people is not blonde with clear eyes
😂😂😂😂 lots of nonsense😂😂😂
man, france produces the best ones in my opinion
Not at all.
@@francescotrombetta8548 you talk like france is colombia
@ you talk like france has indeed produced the best midfielders of all time lol, france has indeed produced lots of great midfielders but apart from zidane (and platini if we consider him as a pure midfielder which i don’t think he was) the others were only great from the pure athetical and difensive point of view like petit, makelele, kante etc. Spain has been known over the past 15 years for producing the most technical midfielders in the world
@@francescotrombetta8548 at this point i consider you are racist, bye
La Francia de Platini , con la tecnología y arbitraje de hoy dia la España de Muñoz E. D. Le habría ganada aquella final del 84 . Gran selección la de España , en aquella época .
Spain is good, ARGENTINA is Better.
jajajaja Argentina is a THIRD WORLD
@@FranciscoGAL6969 Better than TURD World, where You live.
@ Spain is TURD World.
Guys - Spain just won the Euro ; Argentina won the real Cup.
¿duele, verdad?...pues es lo q hay...
Si eres realmente grande no sientes celos de los que son más pequeños.
Menuda pelusilla que os da que haya reconocimiento al fútbol español.
Lo vuestro es algo de psicólogo en serio.
What a stupid comment. The Euro in Europe is like a World Cup of Europe, it's not seen as small cup or as a way to classify to other competitions like some people think in other continents, the Eurocope is like mini world cup, and it's the real cup too, and Spain has 4 Eurocopes, more than any other team of Europe. The last time Spain got 2 Eurocopes they won the World Cup actually, that they have won the Euro, the Nations League and the olimpic games tells you about their good game, the great players they have (and the young talent they can use too) and make them a great rival to other teams. Also I love how they never surrender, and their beautiful game.
Te veo en el mundial. Ya verás, 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Robmell-u8s Argentina les va romper el OGT
A complete disrespect to Germany, they have, at least, the same quality of mitfielders... Schweinsteiger, Kimmich, Lahm (also RB) Gündogan, Kroos, Musiala, Wirtz, Khedira, etc... Spain always overhyped
Jajajaja, esos no son alemanes, son turcos