Here's why Spain was UNBEATABLE from 2008-2012
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Are you going to make a video on the state of woman's soccer?
Half if these legend were from barca
Your videos are far better than oh my goals I appreciate that you put time and effort in your videos also could you possibly do a video about the down fall of Juan Mata 😉
Hey raymar I really enjoy these high quality documentaries so I would like to say thank you. It will also be an honer to get the official jabullani
Spain was dominant because they were able to perfect what football is all about
Teamwork
Well balanced team in every department that doesnt need messi i guess ... because i think for players like MESSI you always have to serve them first before the team ...
this team played freely ... every player is equally important ....
True. Teamwork is all what it is about. Thats the main Reason why Germany won the world cup in 2014. They didn't have the best players (besides neuer) but their Teamplay just was top notch.
@@Daniyalumer95 This is very true, although I will say they rely or "serve" to Messi more now than they did back then, probably due to the fact that they lost players like Xavi and Iniesta
Ronaldo will never understand that
@@burekmesni4969 true but i mean portugal has won two cups already playing that system
Spain was lucky to have their best players in the same era, literally every position was stacked with elite players
Even their bench! Valdés, Mata, Fabregas
@@adm9666 busquets
@@adm9666 Cazorla and Silva 😳
@@harolgarciarok facts, they were so elite.
They didn’t need fast wingers, they’re style of play was fast
"Iniesta is underrated"
"iniesta is regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time"
PA R iknow lol 😂
Iniesta is not underrated at all, everybody knows hes amazing
Iniesta isn't underrated really (maybe he is when compared to other great players as Rakan Elias said)...where he is right is with Villa and Busquets, they are super underrated. Busquets is the best def. midfilder of history alongside Vieira (they are very different but in my team i would take Busquets no doubt).
Otaku hunter that does not make sense, he is not underrated amongst anyone, he was underrated before 07 i agree
@@Victor-ys5mw busquets over pirlo. Okayyy
Best midfield in the world for these years: Spain.
Second best midfield in the world for these years: The guys on Spain's bench.
Like... Fr Spain was goated
@@ajog04 Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Fabregas, Silva, Cazorla. That is just ridiculous
@@Luismayer77 That Spanish midfield was a cheat code.
@@brrrrrtenjoyer I see you are, indeed, a man of culture
@@Luismayer77 You forgot Isco, Mata, Senna, Marchena, Thiago Alcantara... yes, we had midfielders for 3 world class teams.
Did he really just use FUT cards to help us gauge the skill level of those players? What a legend
Suck my B02 If you edit you’re comment your Heart will be removed
He used card of fut 2010-fut 2012
Gautam nope
@@gautam02x loved the design of thos cards, was a great era for FIFA
If you use fut cards to determine anything about a football player then you are a loser and should give up watching football lmao
Now imagine if Messi had accepted Spain’s offer to play for them
WLMR Essentially prime Barca then. Spain would have clapped teams by huge margins instead of 1-0.
Prime Barcelona (08-15) vs Prime Spain (08-12)
Valdés < Casillas
Alves > Ramos
Piqué = Piqué
Puyol = Puyol
Alba = Alba
Busquets = Busquets
Xavi = Xavi
Iniesta = Iniesta
Neymar = Silva
Suárez > Torres
Messi > Villa
Barcelona WINS
Spain dont need that flop Messi
@@RealMadrid15UCLs calling messi a flop? Lol you are your mom's biggest regret you sad loser.
Hubieran hecho el pecho frio por su culpa xd
As a German fan I have to say, it so totally sucked to watch games against Spain in that era, specially the 2008 and 2010 tournaments. You NEVER had a doubt in every single game, that if Spain played their regular level they were unbeatable. And I am talking about their regular level, not top level. The ball control was insane.
I have seen a lot of "historic" or "unbeatable" teams, like Milan under Sacchi, Ajax 94-96, Barca with Ronaldinho, Real Triple Champs, Brazil in the 90ties, France late 90ties and even Germany sometimes. But this Spanish squad was unique.
The way Germany played against us in all of this tournaments. made that most of spaniards enjoyed a lot when we saw The Mannschaft win the world cup in 2014.
I love those machts when Spain and Germany played, I think that this selection of Germany was great, more offensive and sure could have win more trophies if not had found Spain in their way , Spain was amazing in this time, but for me always were worthy rivals,and when they win their world coap in 2014 I thought that were deserved.🇪🇦🤝🇩🇪
I'm a real madrid fan but I can say that Real Madrid Triple Champs only played well in Champions League, at least in the las two.
@@albertomoldes6143 one year won both thropys but it's a historical thing ,it's very difficult play well in la liga and in champions ,because you have very difficult team with more level ,if you go Germany have two team with only have level for win tournament and the rest of the team dont have enough level,in Spain the teams go outside to bite you ,some teams maybe couldn't win nothing ,but when are playing real Madrid or Barça can be win or draw, the only similar league in my opinion is the premier ,and this year liverpool won champions league and he's tried win premier too, how player's reached the final? Too many played injured and have very lucky that the ajax was eliminated,the champions is always very difficult win ,and if you focused in the tournament Don't ensure that you can win,maybe easy is you focused in the league and you will see how the team its develops in the tournament especially if your team play in a strong and competitive league.
Why did it suck for you? I loved watching good football. The content is more interesting than the result.
Here in the UK, I remember when Spain were constantly labelled as 'underachievers.' And I mean CONSTANTLY. They shut everybody up, and they did it in style. We were privileged to witness such a great team.
Because they never managed to win anything until 2008. It's a young team in terms of history. Never passed WC quarter finals before 2010.
@@Tziumannu87 we won an Eurocup in the 60s and one WC semifinals in the 30s. If I remember well. But we were always losing in quarterfinals after that. Solid teams underachieving...
That is cool to hear
Similar to us in a sense, not won something in fucking years
They were known as underachievers pretty much everywhere else also, including Denmark where I'm from.... Even though Spain were considered the Evil Spirit during our golden generation in Euro 1984, World Cup 86.... and last game World Cup Qualification of 1994 loss - where Bakero ( known as the black sheep by us Danes) deliberately backed into Peter Schmeichel as he was about to claim an easy corner, which gave Nadal (the uncle of tennis player Nadal) a free header into an open goal. No foul given by the blind ref... (We ,Denmark, later became friends with the Barcelona captain Bakero as he acknowledged what he had done in an interview lol)
Luckily we didn't play Spain in Euro 1992 (and the united Yugoslavia had ceased to exist)... Because we won that...
Anyway..... point is, we all knew they were underachievers, especially after they pummeled the then situational world cup favorites after the group play Denmark 5-1 in 1986 Mexico.
All that being said, Denmarks Michael Laudrup was the main inspiration of all the key players from the Spain national team during their 2008 - 2012 success.
Iniesta is underrated?!? Even in a cricket dominated country like us, he's regarded as one of the best mid fielders of all time!
he just says ther underrated because its not the 2 most known soccer players
yeah but compared to Messi or Ronaldo. They might be better/more valuble I guess but so much. Almost any person who dont care about fotball knows who Messi or Ronaldo is but its a high chance they dont know who the great Iniesta is.
That's because you don't have a proper football team.
If you were as good in football as you are in cricket, the Spanish players would be just another AVERAGE OVERRATED side.
@@blaumax918 Yup our football team is really dreadful. We are horrible in both defending and attacking. We have leaked many goals against teams due to miscommunication , miserable defending and set pieces. And our wingers , midfield and strikers are not able to convert chances. Our captain Sunil Chhetri, who keeps constantly scoring for indian team, but, if his performance is not good, then we lose or draw the games. We have succeeded in getting draws against Qatar, China etc and win against Thailand respectively. In the other end, we have lost against team like Bangladesh. Our world cup qualifier has been a horrendous failure. Since, this world cup qualifier event, we habe got many young and versatite players in the concluded isl season, Hopefully, our coach Stimac uses all the players really well, and we start getting some better results. Hopefully in the next 5-10 years, we can get our place in world cup
ISHAAN KAPIL Let's hope for the best...I also wish to play for them🙂
Iniesta underrated lol, he's the most loved footballer here in Spain
People don’t GOAT him as much as they should is why he’s underrated, esp outside of Spain
Al berto se refiere mundialmente ósea en España es la ostia pero en America Inglaterra es una mierda pero tenía que ganar un balón de oro
@@RaymarFootball We consider him as the GOAT in Mauritius ehh
@@RaymarFootball nah they do man
uk fan here a lot see him including myself as better than xavi i think u missed the mark there
@@RaymarFootball I rank him up there with Zidane in terms of technical ability. The only thing that separates them is Zidane's leadership and ability to control games. Zidane can carry a team, but Iniesta is more of a team player. That's why his recognition isn't as big as it could be.
Problem with the meta is Xavi and Iniesta can play in the same team. That should be nerfed.
xavi should be a perma ban, who tf let him go trough
that was definitely meta..like mercy mass rez
Alp Yilmaz u speaking like it’s a video game lmao 😂 but true
They had Xabi Xavi Iniesta Busquets how tf are u supposed to beat this comp
Due to player's reactions, they were banned. Thus nerfing Spanish team
spain's 2008-2012 team in a nutshell:
all of the best players in the world (behind CR7 Messi) combined
Yep. And 7/11 played together since they were little and played on the same best ever club team.
Yeah like they were actually too full with players that there wasn't even a place to everyone on the squad...
Imagine if Messi and Ronaldo were also playing for them, lol
messi had a chance to play for spain national team if he had played for spain national team just imagine the team
@@sachin_lol Ronaldo would’ve took the chance since he’s so Image hungry
@@sachin_lol messy played. It was 2-8
“Even though Puyol wasn’t the fastest of players-“
*continues to show him outpacing attackers*
Puyol was actually a really quick player in his prime .
DizzyCrafts no shit Sherlock
@@taniamartinez6278 chill fuck boy
Kother RL ? All I said was no shit Sherlock dumbass
@@taniamartinez6278 chill fuck boy
Casillas, Xavi, Iniesta
All in their primes
I miss that era..
With Villa at the best of his career in WC10. That was absolutely amazing to watch.
Tao he scored like every goal except the semi and finals I believe
Here's also why Messi was UNBEATABLE from 2008-2012
. i am UNBEATABLE from 2008-2012
,too. if i was in that spain team , even i do not play football at all.
And puyol
VILLA AND PUYOL
The best thing about this team is that they don't have a main man you can mark as everyone can dribble, pass, hold the middle of the park and can score efficiently.
Ernest Nicholas this is so true
💯 true 👍
Ernest Nicholas true, thats was the reason why germany won the wc 14
Argentina have left the chat
Heck they even had defenders that could do a decent enough counterattack
The most amazing thing is that the quality there was within Spain in such a short span of time was so high that many World Class players had to be out of the Spanish Team because the quality was just too high. If that peak of quality was more scattered in time they could've won 3 WC in a row easily.
Not really. If it was scattered they wouldn't even have their WC
@@j.c-6424 Shut up
@@j.c-6424 exactly
Totally!
When barca and madrid together fought for their country
Don't forget Valencia
Only three players from Madrid were in the 2010 world cup squad what are u talking about
@@mustafaabdalnabi106 X. Alonso, Casillas, Ramos, Carvajal, Arbeloa. Sometimes even 5 players. Even if they were 3 sometimes, isn't it something between 28/45% of the team. Of course it is significant. Maybe you don't like it, but it keeps being true.
@@carlos_v686 arbeloa carvajal did not play for National team and Alonso wasn't playing for Madrid at the time
@@carlos_v686 it's 4 out of 23
The were unstoppable because: Casillas, Ramos and Puyol ran the defense. Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets ran the mid. And Villa and Torres handled the front. Dream Team. World Team.
George Funes better than messi lmao
Pique was more important than Ramos
Constantinopla no cap
Busquets trash
@Constantinopla Alonso was sub to busquets
Fun fact: Spain is the first and only team that has won the World Cup after losing the first match of the tourney
And the champion with less goals on all the WC history
leaving New Zealand as the only undefeated team that tournament lmao
That was a completely unreal accident. Spain dominated that match from start to end. Had lots of chances on goal. Switzerland's goal was the result of an incredible sequence of bad luck bounces. The ball simply didn't want to go in for Spain, result was a lost match that had it been repeated 99 times, Spain, all been equal, would've won 99. But luck is still a part of the sport :).
@@ramjb absolutely agree, mate
@@ramjb I still remember that feeling i had after watching that match... totally bad luck
VILLA WAS LEGENDARY CLUTCH SCORER , HE WAS THE FIRST SPANISH PLAYER THAT COULD CREATE HIS OWN SHOTS AND GOALS ON A REGULAR BASIS. LEGEND!!!
WTF? absolutely not ''the first'', what the hell are you talking about?
Spain was basically Real Madrid and Barcelona combined.
90 % Barcelona
@@abdillahmawallon6762 haz los cálculos, que hasta un imbécil como tu seguro que sabe sumar.
Villa, el máximo goleador, era del Valencia
@@liamferrero3648 pero mas Barcelona que Real Madrid compa
@@CarlosHernandez-dt3gp Eso si, innegable, pero lo que decía el otro? un 90% Barcelona? eso ya es de risa hombre
“Einstein would’ve been confused, but not Iniesta.”
~Ray Hudson
Xavi and Iniesta make me wanna cry, those guys passed the ball like football maniacs
Bro sameee. The elegance brings a tear of joy. Seriously
😂😂😂😂😂😂
In basic words,
If you hated this team so much when they were in their prime, it’s simply because they were just that viciously good
If you watch the game, you rarely see Busquets . If you watch Busquets, you see the whole game.
Great way to copy and paste
Fuck you and your shitty puns
@Milàn Boros he's won two UCL finals mate
@Milàn Boros hello!! Open your goddamn eyes!
@HP LOVECRAFTS DOG you alright?
I see more people praising Iniesta than Xavi. Xavi is the underrated one.
@Ivan Quintero Indeed.
Xavi was always consistently brilliant. In the 2000's, only play makers and box-box midfielders were given media attention. Gerrard, Beckham, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Kaka, Lampard immediately spring to mind. It was only after Luis Aragones changed Spain's playing style and Pep was appointed as Barca's head coach, deep lying play makers or the Regista were recognized as media worthy. The likes of Xavi, Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, Scholes had very few bad games in their prime and were insanely consistent. You can see this in the Ballond'or and FIFA POTY votings down the years as they are largely influenced by journalists. The early 2000's were dominated by Gerrard, Lampard, Zidane, Ronaldinho and from 2007-08 deep lying play makers started appearing on the listings more frequently and by the end of the decade people recognized the true importance of technical ability as opposed to sheer physical presence. I wish Scholes had this kind of luxury when he was shunted onto the wing to accommodate Gerrard, Lampard and Beckham into the English national team.
@@jkjkjkjkjk537 Paul scholes a legend
@Ivan Quintero true
Xavi is a pro secessionist
Why does the music make me feel like the team died in a plane crash
lmfaoo
LMAO damn right
technically they
have!!
😂lol
Yo what’s the music called?
As a Spaniard I really love what you made, dude. I'm so glad and proud of this video and all the positive comments. Thank you all! We played great at this Eurocup with new young players with bright future... we'll come back!
As a center defender, I can say that Puyol is one of the most inspirational players and role models to me personally. He played with unquestionable heart, leadership, and integrity...
and sick hair
never seen such a honest player at this level and one of the few one man club
the rocky of soccer !
Thank you, was looking for this comment. Xavi and Iniesta were the brains and soul of the team. Puyol was the heart.
You dont say "Andres Iniesta" you have to say "Don Andres Iniesta". its like a English "Sir". He earned it.
I thought it was because he was a mafia boss
@@Persholm1 stfu and educate yourself, spain =/= mexico
s0nsais he was joking calm down little boy
@@oldgrub Someone's mad
@@orb3796 😈😈
As an Italian that 4-0 at euro 2012 still hurts, but boy you've got to recognize how absurdly strong they were.
Italy was just a freeloaders in euro 2012
@@fightingforce8498 dude they beat Germany
Abbiamo avuto la nostra rivincita!!!!!! Siiiiii
And now you beat us in the semi final this year, I hope you go on to win the final fratelli 🇪🇸❤🇮🇹
@@snowcold5932 pero si jugaron muy guarro que hablas jajajaj
They didn’t just win in the World Cup. They showed us how a beautiful football game is supposed to be played. Impeccable. Imaginative. Relaxed but undefendable
You don’t need pace when the other teams can’t even touch the ball. Amazing.
More creative freedom
You need pace to destroyed this type of team. Like robben did before
@@haidaraidid5157 that is different
Iniesta is not underrated, for us in Spain he is a God
What about David villa ? Is he loved in Spain and by Madrid fans ??
@@shaikhabdulrehman8627 he will always be loved in Spain, of course! And in Madrid too regardless of having played in Barça
@@jonpostigo4381 nice to hear that. He is my Hero . My Idol ❤️✨ david villa . The reason i started watching football coming from a Cricket loving nation.
He ain't underrated for anyone who watched football. I'm not sure how the producer of these videos got his information about the sport.
Yes, but he is talking about the people outside of spain...
Spain from 2010-2012 was like making transfers of all the best players in a team and then realizing you can’t use them all
Lol
I'm Spanish and I remember this team being my whole childhood, and every kid born since 2000 til 2006
Que grande Spike
@@krizalid2000 yepaa otro español q pasa
i am fron austria. i travel to burgos to see this final in spain. it was so great.
@@ehrhardt8900 que parte de españa
My brother used to be sick at being a goalkeeper and people regarded him as Iker Casillas when we still lived in Catalonia. He even got a chance to play for under 16s almeria. However we moved to the UK and both me and brother got far worse
David villa is one of my favourite as well I think he was so underrated
BillyG06 mon eh shed
Defintely cause in Barcelona Messi was too good in scoring goals, so that’s why David Villa was underated
@@bacsi4776 yeah messi still too good in barcelona, and there is high chance for griezman turning into messi's bitch
Best years of Villa were at Valencia CF so far. He joined Barça once he had won everything with the Spanish team, then his role was more secondary.
I'm here to remember the guy that made this all possible: Luis Aragonés (RIP)
DEP, Sabio.
vincente del bosque was also a legend and brought spain the trophy in 2010 and 12 :)
Johan Cruyff
@@NewEraaG you know the truth.
El Sabio de Hortaleza
Iniesta is underrated
*Show his 96 fifa rating on screen* 💀
92 rated legend in fifa for me when he stop football
Cassillas 91 , Xavi 91 , Alonso 87
*KSI flashbacks*
He's not underrated...
Spain's bench was a top level team.
This channel is the the perfect example of quality over quantity!
No. Notice the cuts that are so bad
I must say that here in Spain Iniesta isn't underrated, he's considered a GOD.
By the way, in my opinion Busquets is the most underrated player of all time.
The defensive mid of all time....
R u a Spanish
@@kelvinaddae5447 of course, why would I say that if not
SamuLTC so Busquets is underrated in Spain?
@@SamuLTC depends where u live like here in madrid iniesta isnt considered a god
Quite simple
Best goalkeeper in the world
Best centre back in the world
Everysingle midfielder was world class with xavi, iniesta and busquets being the best in the world
All forwards were world class, with torres being the best striker in the world in the late 2000s. Pedro and david villa were also world class
Well said.
David Silva most underrated player of all Spanish history
Alonso
@@mello1179 David Silva is unfortunate. He came through during the Time of prime Iniesta
David villa was better than Torres. Show some respect
The Spanish national team was and still is a lesson for all football clubs and national teams,that it doesn't matter how many star players you have or the club they play for if don't have the passion and the unity to fight for your club or country you will never win anything and that's what made this team one of the most dominant national teams of all time.
I think this is where madrid's fan and fcb's fan unite for a moment.
They have a lot of great players, and brought a lot of entertainment
And then when they go back to their clubs and el Classico begins it all goes to shambles
Barca players and Madrid players* the fans are toxic especially nowadays. But tbh the 2008-2012 was mostly Barcelona talent. 2014 was the death of tiki taka and 2015+ has been Real Madrid talent in Spanish national team
@@theEchannel_official expact casillas was one of biggest reasons them to win those.
@@jounazi8125 that is true that's why I said "mostly"
I think that David Villa is the most underrated footballer/goalscorer...just how many wins 1:0 and he managed to score in almost every of these games.
Underrated? No. He and Torres were both Spanish best and most wanted strikers in 2007-2009
Here in spain he is not underrated coz we know how important he was
@@aprox1670 El nino in his prime was the greatest striker! Pure class
Till today I support the Spain team because of this squad dynasty.
Same here
Thank you and greetings from Spain
Same I hope they win a fifa world cup or at least come in finals till today they came only one finals in fifa world cup
Same here buddy. 🤝🤝
Same 😍
It was nice to see them play. We begin to realize what an incredible generation that was, difficult to repeat something like this. The discreet results do not reveal the enormous superiority that Spain had. It had a bench that many national teams would have wanted as a starter. It will go down in history as one of the best if not the best national teams ever.
😂😂
If Messi accepted to play with this Spanish team, then literally this team would be a cheating
That's not what literally means.
@@Jordan-hf4ch then you've never seen Messi play.
@@Elimbi1 I've seen Messi play, but I've also been to school.
Testudo LMFAO you did him dirty
@@Jordan-hf4ch damn, you got him!! 🔥
This Spain squad is what brought me to football. Iconic.
Imo this team was the most tactical and intelligent ever. They won 1-0 every knockout game in the 2010 WC, they weren't destroying others but knew how to score and keep possesion, the midfield and the 2 CB was unbeatable ! keep going the videos bro
ANG3LS
They didnt deserved the 2010 world cup
Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad lol how , they dominated every game aswell as coming up with crucial goals in most matches
@@iii8010 the Dutch dived and played dirty the whole tournament and if you're just a pessi ass licker who thinks Argentina should have won it then piss of.
@@manutdaredivingpiecesofdog6602 What does Messi have to do with this? Such a hater of a legend
@@iii8010 I felt like they got super lucky in most of the knockout stage matches. But you need a little luck to go far.
David Villa has one of the most memorable goal celebrations.
Casillas, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Ramos, Villa, Alonso I mean all those players in their best age playing for the same country oh my god Spain was really the strongest back then they had everything in the squad
Anyone who doesn't mention Pique but mention Ramos from that era proves that he never actually witnessed it by himself. Pique and Puyol used to be main CB for Spain. Ramos became a CB only after Puyol retired and he wasn't good enough to take Pique's position as CB in the Spain team.
Анатолий Pique is shit 👎
Imagine that Alonso, Fabregas, Mata and Pedro often was beanchplayers
@@thunder9929 He is better than Ramos, even Varane or Lenglet
@@mr-ov5gt He was beanchplayer in 2008 when Sena and Xavi Hernandez played in the middle.
Spain has fallen because they got all their greats at one time and they all retired / got old at the same time.
Now they have to wait for another generation.
Lol
David Tieku
Same for italy
Same for South Africa. We were 16th in the world and 1st in Africa when I was growing up, could beat Brazil and other top teams. Our captain was also Leeds captain, our top scorer was also the star striker for a Champions League winning team. Then all the legends got old at the same time and we've been a complete joke the last 15 years. I haven't seen any of our matches after we hosted the world cup
@@hello-friend990 Italy and Spain dominated international football. South Africa did not
And leeds is shit. So that comparison is dumb.
Leeds lol
The team that kept Santi Cazorla on the bench!, this is how strong it is.
and Mata and Valdes 🔥
Their bench team is unbeatable too that beauty of football broo
Jesus navas, mata
Silva, Fabregas, Mata and Cazorla were usually on the bench during this era. Just crazy to think about!
I watched Spain play during that era. They had a great goalie, defense and attack but here what made them unbeatable. They had the best starting midfield in the world and the second best midfield in world football on their bench. Unreal!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
As a dutch Im still very upset about that 2010 final, but WHAT A TEAM to lose it to wow
I can't wait until the Dutch are good again...I'm so proud the Dutch women made the Women's World Cup Final:)
robben couldn't score a great chance unfortunately
U did get revenge in 2014 in the opening game tho
@@tor2357 that was only a group stage win compared to a final loss
@@michaelmattice4986 Netherlands have a bright future with De Ligt, De Jong, Van de Beek, Depay, Promes, Van Dijk, and Justin Kluivert imo. They'll be fun to watch!
This squad could've been split into two and they would still make it to finals and face each other. This is how good they were. I hope the current French team grows into similar prominence.
There is legit no way that the French team will reach that level but it would be interesting
NIBIR DAS cuz their play style is very different
@@PabloMartinez-zw9ed yes they play a different game but the level of dominance can be achieved of they perfect it!
I think they need to perfect the teamwork. Seeing the world cup it felt more like France was 11 individuals instead of one team.
@@lordzutroy8465 Croatia was a much better team overall. Just each player overworked themselves so they were all burnt out at the end.
In 2008, 2010 watching Spain, I fell in love with David Villa. That man had FIFA like finesse shots. Great player
it gives me goosebumps...thinking about all those world class midfielders, who just made it to the bench, because of the quality of Xavi and Iniesta, who were even better. So much quality in one team. You can only imagine, how good the clubs Barca and Real Madrid were in their prime, with either Messi or Ronaldo on top of that!
I'm thankful, that I have witnessed that golden Era. We got two football gods at the same time, and a national team, that dominated the world even without them...
The golden generation of the Spanish team.....
Much love from Kenya🙌
This video hurts in two ways
1. That 2010 World Cup Final was heartbreaking as a Dutch kid
2. This era was amazing, especially the midfield. As a Barça fan I miss players like Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa and Pedro
Man, Pedro is such an undervalued player. It gave us lots of fight in the attack.
😭
Yeah, but the WC final was played poorly on both sides. To those of us who didn't have a dog in the race it was painfull to watch regardless of the winner...
@@alexisbudzisz well that was mainly because of the Netherlands
It was also heartbreaking for Xabi Alonso
Spain are the reason I got into football, the world cup they won, was the first tournament I watched
That team was just stacked with talent and amazing chemistry. No doubt why they were unbeatable.
2008-2012 was definitely the Spanish Golden Age in football history.
Busquets is now the only one from the Barca trio left😭
Great vid on the legendary Spain National Team
And, with Messi and Piqué, the last one of that historic team
That golden time will never be replicated again. What a fucking scary team Barca was.
Xavi
Iniesta
D. Silva
Xabi alonso
Cesc febregas
Sergio busquets
Jaun mata
Coach would have been in serious dialema to choose any 3
Iniesta Xavi oh my God!!😭 and Cesc
No he wouldn't, Xavi & Iniesta definetely + Xabi/Busquets on DMF
Juan Mata was not known back then
Iniesta also was willing play on the wing knowing their mid was stacked af. It was xavi and alonso in the mid all the time. After that just choose 1 other
Unbelievable !
You forgot to mention Marcos Senna he was such an important piece to the 2008 Spanish team
True story bro! Defensive midfieldier was the most important position in formation and style of play
Such a great player
Senna in fact was my favorite
I remember how shocking it was to see Spain lose 5-1 to Holland in 2014, weird to see how quickly things can change
The whole world collectively trued their level best for 4 long years to find a way to stop them... It was inevitable.... Shocking yes... Heartbreaking yes... But inevitable....
They were also missing key players due to retirement, injury or just didn’t get picked
2016 Euros and 2018 World Cup was shocking. I’m my opinion, I think they can get into the semis fine next year in the euros.
@@unforgettablefootballmatch1590 age as well
That was an amazing game from Holland doe
Iker casillas deserves a 20 min episode to describe his legendary career ! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Bro , he should easilly be considered the goat , has the most records for a gk and the most trophys
@@robertoasura5013 yeah ur right
him and buffon
@@1eversince right mate
AZRY hamma it’s just upsetting gigi still hasn’t brought home a champions league, maybe this last year will prove different!
David Villa and Fernando Torres = Best strike Force.
Xavi and Iniesta = Dynamic midfield pair
Puyol and Ramos/Pique = beast CB pairing
San Iker Godly GK.
That's my Spain.
Torres is my favorite but villa is probably better
Busquets :(
7 goals in 7 matches of the world cup AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
@@iii8010 and won it.
@@kylemuckian574 Both are my fave strikers tbh (with Drogba as i am also a chelsea fan)
I loved this style of play! So many players these days don’t appreciate how good this era of football was
Iniesta underrated?! No way. He is one of the best midfielder of all time. Magic and class.
Joseph Klein
I think he meant overrated
@@ubambaogongo2469 hell no do you watch football
Underrated means generally people think less of him than he really is, hence it's a compliment. I think you're confused.
@@davinonnenmacher7272 he isn't underrated tho a lot of ppl believe he is one of the best players ever for Spain and Barcelona
@@dimitris_zaha It may be so, but even then one could state he's underrated... That means the recognition he has (which is a lot) is still lower than what he should have...
Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, busquets, Fabregas, Alonso... all these dazzling midfielders, in one team...that's basically telling the opponent: You might beat us, but we're gonna have 70% plus possession so good luck
@Tsar Alester Good thing they didn't lose very often if ever
All were there in 5-1 defeat to Netherlands
@@rodi2641 they were old at that time lol
@@rodi2641 tbh Casillas should have never played that tournament as he was benched all year (he only played in UCL) if u see that game's highlights again it is quite obvious he was outta shape...
@@paradoxr.n.o8688 and Netherlands players became 4years younger ??
You should have talked about the manager that came before Del Bosque.
That manager MADE that team play the way they did
Yeah, Luis Aragones adopting the Tiki Taka for the La Roja was what changes the football complexion forever.
@@blues05 Luis didn't adopted tiqui taca, he invented it!
@@SampyKhe Nah he didn't create but he adopted though
Nope that was not Del Bosque sorry. Aragonés was the one that made the "tiki taka" then Barcelona adopted it and only then Del Bosque took charge of the national team and continued with this style of play
@@dsanchomariaca Lol The heavily Cruyff influenced Barça already played tiki taka during the 90's. When Van Gaal was their manager they played the tone down version of tiki taka. Rijkaard Barça's played the same. Then Pep took it to the next level. Sacchi Milan's played tiki taka to some degree and even Arsene Wenger Arsenal of 06'-10' played tiki taka too. Luis Aragones adopted the tiki taka because of the La Masia product players at his disposal which he started to implement for the La Roja after their disastrous 2006 World Cup campaing. If it's anything, he didn't create but adopted from Barça.
as a German i remember how spain crushed our hopes multiple times but damn they just deserved to win this team was sooooooooooo amazing. I think up till today still the most beautiful style of football i've ever seen!
When I was a kid Fernando Torres was my favorite player!
same now i hate him
Mine as well. People who haven't seen him play with atletico and Liverpool would never know what a great striker he was back in his prime
Same
@@Patato12341 but why
I am Brazilian, Fernando Torres os favoritos player in the history!!
This Spain team was so beautiful I cried in 2014 because I knew that was a end of a era.
Respect
I have to say that Andrés Iniesta in Spain is seen as a legend. Idk what they think about him in other parts in the world, but in Spain he's everything but underrated.
In post soviet countries people only see forward players like Messi and Ron((
My fav football team of all time. Sometimes I get emotional when talking about Spains's football matches. The 2010 team has given us a lifetime of beautiful moments to cherish!
You left out marco sena. Euro 2008 he played a big role
he has been super solid during this competition, i agree
Lenard Bwambale he played outstanding that euro, he was up there as the best midfielder of the competition imo
Finally someone who remembers!!!
In fact he should have gotten that honorary mention instead of Arbeloa and Albiol, who played a very secondary role
exactly what i thought! one of the underrated diamonds
Just god knows how much I miss this Spain national team 🤦🏿♂️
With Ramos, Casillas, Iniesta, Puyol, Xavi Alonso, Xaxi, Cesq Fabregas, David Villa, Fernando Torres, Valdes, Pepe Reina, Pique, Capdevila, Sergio Busquets, Pedro Rodriguez, Jesus Nava
David villa literally made me to start watching football. He remains my best football player
The Spanish football team in this time can be described with one word: *Overkill*
Also Spain was the cleanest team in 2010 world cup with less fouls and yellow card in the whole tournament.
Its funny how the only team that was able to eliminate spain from any competetion in those years was the USA in the semifinals of the confederations cup of 2009 xf
But they're still dead
USA is still shit tho
That's why it's funny
Supa J that’s why it’s funny 🤦🏻♂️
Switzerland : Am I a joke to you?
Spain 2010 team could easily beat France 2018 team
Rafael Albis Netherlands 1974 could easily beat Spain 2010
Rafael Albis hell YES !
I think it's not that easy....France 2018 is mega competitive at all level too
@@mcd6163 Brazil 62, 70, 82, 02, could have beat any team previously mentioned.
@@truth-uncensored2426 maybe? Brazil 70 lost to Netherlands 74, but they were missing Pelé. Brazil 82 are mega chokers. Brazil 02 got beaten by Zidane’s France twice in the world. Still great teams
Bro this brings a tear to my eye, some of the best moments from my childhood I remember exactly where I was when it all happened, I’ll never forget it. When times were simple, no Covid no stress. Just the summer heat, beaches, footy every damn day, unreal. It just felt like the whole world was watching, everyone just took the summer off to enjoy it.. I miss it so much :(
Same
I kept waiting for David Villa to appear on the list and I'm so glad you saved him for last. He was definitely my favourite player on that team.
He was a God. He was very lethal. I enjoyed watching the 2010 world cup and watching every beautiful goal he scored.
Everybody loves el Guaje!!
A team full of complete legends. I will never not argue they are the greatest team ever.
I thought this was going to be an analysis of their playstyle, tactics etc... this is just a quick recap of what happend in all their matches with 70 % of the video being filled out with shorts descriptions of each player
tiki taka, nuff said
Spain 2008-2012 one of the best teams in football history
They win Eurocup-Worldcup-Eurocup in a time where Semifinals are always with European High Level Teams
Brazil of Pele or Argentina of Maradona may be were defeated easy today
All teams have great Physical power and good tacticts.
Different era and style, but the Mighty Magyars (Hungary) during the 50s with Ferenc Puskas and the rest. Revolutionized the game, gave us the modern game we crave and love.
I can really only think of the Brazil squad from 1958 to 1970 as being on par with Spain 2008-2012. But of course, we are talking very different times, and very different styles. Still, that Brazil 1970 team, man...
Can't believe this happens more than 10 years ago. Still remember all of these matches as if they were from last month..
The greatest National Team side I've ever seen in my lifetime. You could argue some teams since then have come close to or even equal it in talent (current England or France) or silverware (current Argentina) but no National Team side was able to have the talent with the trophies while also being dominant on the field the way they have been
This channel is the best football channel ever so informative and really takes back memories
I don't know anyone that felt David Villa was under rated. He was great.
i think he mean social media regocnition
To be honest he got worse after he broke his leg during his Barcelona time. But before, if you asked anybody who is the best striker in the world, most people would say David Villa.
@@mionellessi3086 His fracture was terribly unlucky because at that point he really was top class and was at the top of his abilities...and when he came back he wasn't nearly the same. Still a great player but he simply wasn't up to the par to perform in a top flight team as Barcelona (or Atletico after he went there). Plus, he's a very humble and amazing guy too.
He was the most important player to win the World Cup, by far. And the most underrated striker I've personally seen.
He also said Iniesta was underrated then in the next sentance said he was one of the greatest midfielders evert aand better than xavi 😂 what a shitty channel.
2010 South Africa's world cup is my favourite of all time
So many insane matches and especially goals
Puedes hablar en español q ya sabemos q lo eres
@@hectorfuentes9454 No soy español bro
The World Cup songs were 🔥
@@TwincircleMusic Waving flag was dope dude, also Shakira's waka waka
I would give all my money the see this team again in its prime
Give me the money i will show you
Anyone ever notice that half of the players were Barcelona players
Me!!
and the barcelona squad of that time was one of the best people have ever seen ,it's not a coincidence
@@mpownage4806 no, in 2008 it wasn't. In fact the 2007-2008 season (the one that ended with the 2008 Euro Cup) saw an horribly underperforming Barcelona side. They only qualified 4th in the Spanish League. It was that bad. Xavi was almost certified to be sold to Milan AC that summer after underperforming AWFULLY for three straight seasons, for instance. Guardiola's arrival prevented it (Xavi has talked about it several times over by now). Iniesta had been good but not good enough. Puyol was top class all along, but he wasn't enjoying his best form at Barcelona, etc etc etc.
Tiki-taka wasn't even a thing. The style that Guardiola used for his Barcelona (And that Del Bosque adapted for the national team) didn't exist yet. It was born in the 2008-2009 season.
2008 Euro was all due to Luis Aragones. He trusted players that had pretty awful seasons telling them they were the best, and then used them with the proper tactical scheme on the field. Results speak for themselves.
2010 WC is arguably a different thing because by that time Guardiola's Barcelona was dominating Europe with probably the best football ever seen. Del Bosque adapted that for Spain, but under a slightly different tactical lineup (double DMs, Xabi Alonso-Busquets instead of just one like in Barcelona). Spain's style of play was VASTLY different from 2008: in 2008 it was a lot more about constant movement on the pitch rather than on overwhelming possession. In 2010 Spain was a lot more static in their offense, and a lot more focused on pure posession and circulation of the ball - which was a lot more like what Barcelona was playing like at the time.
But 2008 wasn't that way. At all. Barcelona was a complete disaster that season and had been so for the previous 3 years too (since their CL win in Paris in 2006).