@@mlsarchitect It's the Spanish national team, not Barcelona or Catalonia. Also, the national team should be (and is) grateful to the Masia for its player development and methodologies, but they also poach a lot of talent from other areas (especially Andalucia and the Canary Islands). Your take is very oversimplified.
Another thing about Spain, and this is not about football, but about the culture of the country, is that in here being individualistic is perceived as something bad. This permeates to the way the kids learn to play. We value technique and collaboration over everything else. You would notice we have never produced individual superstars. Spain has started dominating football on an international level when the coaches found the way to translate this cultural trait to a field tactic.
Exacto, lo que realmente importante es el equipo. Por muy excepcional que seas, no ganas el partido tú solo, ni Messi lo hubiese conseguido. Eres tan fuerte como lo son los compañeros que te rodean.
@@geronimocochise2033 Di Stefano was Argentinian ;) I don't think any of the others could be considered individualistic. The closest one would be Butragueño, but, idk, he wasn't even good enough to make the difference on his own, tbh.
Como español les puedo decir que el análisis que realizan estos comentaristas es correcto. Solamente añadiría algo básico: Fé en que el equipo está por encima de las individualidades, y dejar el ego en el cajón
Hay algo educacional ahí que va más allá del deporte, y que es un reflejo de la sociedad. Piensen en las grandes estrellas que ha dado España en los últimos 20 años. Pau Gasol, Rafa Nadal, Iniesta o Xavi, nunca los verán en una limusina rodeados de mujeres, envueltos en joyas ni formando escándalos, por norma general. Al contrario, el deportista español suele ser un chico familiar, con los pies en el suelo, educado y respetuoso y bastante humilde. Eso es un resultado directo de la cultura familiar y la educación que recibieron, y lleva a desarrollar un sentimiento fuerte de juego en equipo, de ganamos juntos y perdemos juntos.
About the Spanish national team: if you're old enough to remember Menotti, he once said that Spain had to decide whether to be the bull or the bullfighter in the game. Different coaches had made the team play more physically (e.g. Clemente) or more technically, but there was not an "official" style until Luis Aragonés. Luis Aragonés, way before becoming seleccionador, was saying in radio commentary that Spain could never rival physically the top teams like Germany, Brazil, France, etc. It's a matter of genetics. Once Sevilla FC played Brazil to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and one of our players (Castedo) bounced against a Brazilian player like a ping-pong ball, as Aragonés described that night on a radio show (Jose María Garcia's radio program if i remember correctly). Once he took over, Aragonés made a firm commitment for the skills. There's no other way for Spanish soccer to dominate (men or women) than absolute superiority in skills and teamwork. We don't have Ballon D'or or superatheletes. Every generation must generate its Xavi, Iniesta, Rodri, Bonmatí, Mariona, etc. And we don't produce central defenders consistently either, so defending with the ball is a necessity. We're the country of midfielders. That's our bounty.
What you wrote is totally ridiculous. That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. For both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.
They are missing the point completely. Yes, the football schools and clubs in Spain are numerous and very good but go to any square in any Spanish city, town or village, any summer evening. You will find the "why" there.
From an African's perspective it's true. Very much similar to Africa. It's not as much a business but a culture. People don't even get upset when a ball lands in their space. America has a long way to go. Even their commentary on soccer is annoying.
if you are my opponent and you are faster than me is ok , if you jump higher is ok....if you are stronger is ok....but....if my team keeps the ball well and we do triangles constantly , all that muscle that you have doesn´t matter, the ball goes where i want to
As a Spanish who played 5-6 years in young categories I can assure you the first thing they teach us here is to play as a team rather than as an individual, they teach us in 4-3-3 and the midfielders are always the most talented and important players in the teams , here in Spain you will always see the captain as a midfielder.
In my opinion, I see that Spanish soccer improves self analysis capabilities. I mean, players acquire a GLOBAL VISION of the game. All of them understand where there fellow players will be at any time, and also they as a whole understand what has to be done. ❤🇪🇸
The key to success is that they are a team, individualism is not valid, everything is a team effort. Of course, some always stand out more than others, but the rule is to play for the team, without ego, without pride.
Learning to be technical and tactical on and off the ball is the Spanish culture. No egos and getting talked to for holding the ball too long. Here (*in the US) we are the opposite; all that matters is the individual - hearing parents getting mad their child gets put on defense (this is at the club level), one or two athletic kids used to out run the other team, no expectation on passing ability and spacial awareness, being over coached and under coached at the same time. When parents are told stop focusing on winning - look for the improvement from the child and the team over the season, they don’t understand that mentality. Also, the vast majority of kids (if they even watch regularly) are only watching the EPL and not the more technical leagues like Serie A and La Liga (outside champions league with RM or Barca). The number of times I’ve been told non-epl leagues are boring because they aren’t fast enough is mind numbing
It all started in Germany 2006. Luis Aragones led a good team, they had a very good group stage and in the quarterfinals we had to play with France (Zidane, Henry, Vieira, Makelele...etc) A great team from the Frenchman, technique and physically speaking. We lost in the last minutes when physicality prevailed, but that defeat against France made Luis Aragones see that we would have to compete in a different way against these very athletic teams in the following championships. We had talent, so we will have to use it instead of trying to compete physically. We will have the ball and if they want it, they will take it away from us. It was about that. Put the players who have the best ball handling, not the most athletic because we would never have players as athletic as France, England or Germany. The championships of 2008, 2010, 2012 proved him right. Then we started to lose great players but the style of play remained in the retinas of the children that we now see succeeding. A style of play was found thanks to Luis Aragones and the best thing was to maintain that style of play, so the players know what they have to do when they go to play with the national team.
what you have written is totally ridiculous. That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. In both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.
the important thing in Spain (and not only in football o sport in general) is that the team, the group is always more than the individual. We dont have so many stars (like England or France) but we have a group
Spain has developed a strong soccer culture. They also have good and qualified coaches working in youth soccer development. Focus not only on the technical and tactical aspects of the game but also in the cognitive (smart players). Lastly, trust and patience in the process.
As a Spanish who follows footy, or as you call it soccer, I’m baffled at how accurate the views of that pundit are when it comes to our football in comparison to the local voices here. Spot on sir, you really know your thing.
Basta ya con el tema de la masia. Evidentemente es una gran academia pero su principal acierto es captar talentos de otras canteras por su dinero. Pedri era un jugador plenamente formado cuando llego, por ejemplo. Y lo del juego al toque (como odio eso del tiki taka) se viene haciendo en mayor o menor medida en España durante decadas fuera del barsa, especialmente en el sur. Gran tradición en Andalucia y Canarias por ejemplo.
Bueno antes de luis aragones y el tiki taka y la masia… a españa no la conocia nadie a nivel seleccion.. lo unico que se conocia era”” españa juega como nunca y pierde como siempre””” Dale gracias a todo eso, por que cambio la historia del futbol, han ganado , han vuelto a ganar y ganar y despues ganar otra ves. Los que amamos el futbol de buen juego, nunca olvidamos como se gana. ( aunque otros les aburra el futbol de toque)…. y encima teniendo entrenadores top, que ganan en otras ligas tambien. Ahora mismo españa es el jardin del eden del futbol. y yo felizzz mas que un lombrisss.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌no ves como goze la euro y los olympicos🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
@@wilsonpujols y quien critica eso? Lo que no me gusta es el nombre, me parece ridículo. Siempre se conoció por juego al toque. Pero eso es gusto personal, cada uno que lo llame como quiera. Lo que si digo es que es anterior al 2008 y que desde luego no era exclusivo de la masía.. En cuanto a la selección si que fue Luis el primero.
The biggest problem in the US in youth is pay to play. Youth in Spain and Argentina is free. Every year they add players from all around the country and only keep 22 . Competition brings the best out of kids. Spain is also tiny compared to the US. So here we will need a great state Competition + a National Competition. Parent coaching is great in youth, but once you get selected into an Academy no matter want age group , your coach is a professional, they look after all aspects of your development and needs. That bill and structure should be part of every MLS team.
When you say "youth", you mean U10 and younger. I can't tell you the number of times I refereed a match where the coach's son/daughter was the best player on the team, but never improved because the selfish parent "needed" to retain the child so the team could "win".
I think he was an average player whose main sale point was that he was ginger had a funky bear and was american when being an american player in Europe was weird..
Spain has top world-class players and national teams in many sports. It's not fair that they consider that we are only good at football. In many sports we have been champions consistently for many years. Such as tennis, handball, motorcycling, water polo, roller hockey, synchronized swimming, and a long etc.
Growing up in southern Spain, we played at the school yard, where it was dusty, in parking lots, streets and public squares, parks, beach, wherever ... It was spontaneous association, no need to set up playdates. Not much need of anything but a ball and 2 objects to mark a goal. I compare it to baseball in the US, the game you see at every park and schoolyard. I live now in the US, where I'm raising my children, and group playing takes a set up, organization, parent supervision, driving the kids back and forth, club fees ... Joaquín Caparrós, one of the best coaches that has worked in almost every division of Spanish soccer attributes talent also to that kind of early playing without pressure, outside of the academy.
So true yesterday I was watching the American women’s team and twice I saw individual players who refused to pass the ball to players who were better placed to score.. I don’t see this happening with Spanish women
I’ve seen the kids at Barca Academy, not La Masia, it’s just their football school, and they were way ahead of what I’ve seen U10s in the USA were. The coaches are at a higher level, constantly talking to the kids regarding positioning, asking questions on what they should do, not telling, asking questions. The kids also play outside of training.
1. End Pay to play 2. Start having Promotion / Relegation in US soccer leagues (adds pressure to not just players, but coaches, which is sadly lacking in quality). 3. End Leagues Cup...a competition with mediocre Liga MX clubs does NOTHING. Ask to be included in Copa Libertadores and Recopa competitions with South America.
Another important aspect of European mentality that differs a lot from the US in regards to team sports, is that coaches, the team and the club are all above ANY of the players. You can clearly see that in every level of the competition, the stars or good players are made to understand that alone they can do nothing and only as a team they will achieve success. In many US sports and media all they care about is the star players or individual performances, and that doesn't always translate in a good team environment or performance. This is plainly obvious and accentuated in spanish youth academies, and one of the reasons why Spain has developped so many high iq players over the years, from Guardiola, to Xavi/Iniesta/Xabi Alonso, Silva/Villa/Mata/Cesc, Pedri/Gabi/Lamine/Rodri, Fermín/Baena... also some of them have transitioned into elite coaches because of their way to understand the game. Something similar has happened to England over the years, they've developed great individual players time and time again, but have lacked the cohesion and style that countries like Germany, Italy, France and Spain have achieved throughout the history of the sport.
Equipo, Equipo, Equipo. Eso es lo importante. Todos los jugadores son importantes, no solo una o dos estrellas, y el resto unos simples comparsas, que al final se cansan de ser ninguneados y le dicen a la "estrella" ¡Trabaja tú!. La cultura española es de trabajar en equipo. Aunque se aprecia que alguno en particular pueda destacar del resto, si es demasiado individualista, a la gente le acaba cayendo mal. Cosas de los españoles, pero que en el contexto deportivo por equipos, nos viene muy bien tener esa mentalidad.
Tenemos los españoles la vieja costumbre de hacer bien cualquier cosa que hagamos. Tenemos paciencia y humildad. Sabemos que tardaremos 15 años, pero lo haremos. Generosidad a raudales. El fútbol es una pequeña parte de la vida, y en él, también somos de los mejores. Repasen las cosas que ha hecho España por la Humanidad en los últimos siglos, ...
Just take a look: meanwhile in an american academy at early ages you see ten kids running together to kick the ball, in Spain you see kids learning how to place in the field in their positions.
I saw this first hand when I took my daughter to a free tryout. And I suffered watching how they never explained fundamentals of the sport. I explained to my wife that here in US most Pay to Play academies are doing it wrong and just for the money.
The strength of the group: the key factor in understanding the success of De la Fuente’s Spain The unity and cohesion within the team are highlighted as the main reasons behind the success of Spain under coach De la Fuente. The familiarity and strong relationships among players, developed through shared experiences in youth categories, play a crucial role in their effective on-field communication and overall performance. The vast majority of the footballers called up for the Euro in Germany already knew each other. They shared tournaments in the youth categories, and having that on-field chemistry is crucial for achieving great success. France, England and Germany has better teams technically individually speaking but less cohesive
@lgarcia67 The key is Pro-Rel, which can never happen until MLS' single entity model dissolves. All the MLS fanbois disagree, until they have their kids go through the youth soccer process and have their eyes opened.
@@r2dad282 nope..its not about the coaches its about american mentality.. REST of the world cares about skills and talent.. USA cares about who jumps higher and who runs faster ahhahaha Thats why you will never understand FOOTBALL because there is no stats that show who is better. Thats why you allow players in the NBA to stat padd (Westbrook and Lebron ) and you call them MVPS and one of the best ever ahhaha
There isn’t less coaching when they are young but better coaching, that is teaching them to think and decision making rather than be robots that do what the coach says.
Here in spain the local councils have fantastic sports facilities no matter how small the village, a really wide range of sports to choose from for kids starting from 4yrs old all at seriously affordable prices, when my son was younger he did an hours basketball three times a week for 33€ a trimester, that's 11€ a week, they were part of a local league it was brilliant
Hello Alexi. I have been commenting about this on US channels for nearly a year now. I realised watching Barcelona women and England junior teams, where they have tried to copy the Spanish with academies and now seem to keep coming second to Spain, frustratingly. Anyone but England, eh?
I work as a teacher and futball is played by 80% of the boys as a game, and later those who really like it have many teams to apply and maybe become professional. On the other hand some sports are for minorities, but sometimes we have an Indurain or Nadal who make us enjoy.
Johann Cruyff (father of the spanish style of play) said once: "to play football is simple, to play football simple is the most difficult thing" We mastered this philosophy from him, we learned to play a simple football, receive the ball, pass the ball, making triangles, looking for the space to surprise. Guardiola, Cruyff best "student" said once: "football is played by 22 players, but only with one ball, if we keep the ball they dont have it" So we learned to keep the ball, and defend with it near our feet. This is coming from the 70's, even before, from Rynus Mitchels (Cruyff coach at Ajax) it was a long way to get results, lots of major tournaments getting out without any chances to win. Learning the way to master that style, searching the youngters capables to do it, little by little, step by step, learning how to find them and lerning how to teach them, and improving generation by generation. At this point our coaches know what they search, know what to teach and know how, obviously there is no succes warranty, but we found the recipe that works for us. If USA or any other country looks for a "what to do book" to get success quick, sorry, doesnt exist, of course there is a way, but is different for each country, Brazil has the Jogo Bonito, Italia has Catenaccio, Germany has power, Spain has Tiki Taka, and yes, there are sterotypes but are true too in high or less way. Sorry for the lenght of the commentary and thanks if you read it complete 😅
Of course the coaches and technical staff are important, as well as the resources, but I would say that the most important factor has to do with the culture. If you walk through the cities of my country you can see many small children playing with the ball in the street, especially in summer when the children have vacations, and it is normal that here the kids enroll in some soccer club, even if it is a local one. . There are several categories depending on age. 1- Benjamín 8-9 years. 2- Alevín 10-11 years. 3- Infantil 12-13 years. 4- Cadete 14-15 years. 5- Juvenil 16-18 years.
In basketball I was cadete of second year (15) but playing in juvenil lige. When you play against people of 19 years old, you have to learn to move faster and clever because they are stronger than you.
@@pb9133 You're right, I stopped playing in clubs when I was 18 and none of my teammates were 19 years old, so I took it for granted that the category was from 16 to 18, and at 19 you were in the senior category. I didn't play in the senior category but some of my former teammates did when they were 20 years old.
I played in the states back in the 80s and the coaches only looked for powerful and quick kids..coming from Spain I barley played when I could outscore 99 percent of the players.. they were more NFL coaches than soccer players
Futsal, we are a Futsal country rather than a soccee one. We play Futsal since kids, we love 1-2s, fast pace dribbles, pass and move and so on. Tiki taka is a way to go express a Futsal mentality within a soccer field.
I am spanish.I have coached youth in US and UK (ages 5 to 16th). I have tried to bring to the kids both individual skill, and team spirit, and teach the kids that a good team is better than the sum of its parts. Team footbal is about sacrifice, and sup[porting others... Both parents and players in US and to some extent in UK, believe only in their personal development over the team skills. Why would I track back and defend? that's the guy behind's role? What would I play wide or as center back if I am an center midfield...Surely I do not need to learn how a goal keeper plays if I am an stricker? Why would I play wide defender, if I am an skillfull forward...? Football is about space, movement, timing, when to play fast, and when to play slow...and maximizing the team performance by working together, not exclusively the individual performance. You can only play triengles with three players, not on your own... Obviously only the best and most skillful players will make it to excellent football profesionals, but if the team spirit is not coached early, kids will be missing an important part of football, and willl never be as good as they can be. And parents are very guilty of it...
Que jili.pollez más grande acabas de decir. Rodri y Fabián. Los dos del centro del campo miden 1,90 y son los más técnicos del equipo. Por no hablar de Laporte que la pone donde quiere y mide 1,90
I would add that here in Spain kids play football (soccer in the US) in the street, in beaches or wherever there is a football field. Spanish kids can also play for free to football sala whose fields are reduced compared to football fields and it is ideal to develope technique for football or football sala… Here in Spain normally each kid has a football baloon at home ready to be kicked Another thing is that Laliga teams organize national and international competitions where their football schools compete regularly. So kids are used to play competitions from very early. Once in one of these competitions held in Brunete (Madrid) the MVP was a kid named Andrés Iniesta, do you know him? 😂😂
Creo que todo empezó con la llegada de Cruyff al FC. Barcelona. Revolucionó el fútbol, ya hasta los pequeños querían jugar a ganar. Defensas de tres en equipos pequeños, fútbol asociativo y nadie por encima del equipo, incluso sueldos similares. Después de Cruyff se ha ido evolucionando hacia una tensión e intensidad dejando a un lado tanto toque. Evidentemente la calidad de los jugadores cuenta pero más por su técnica que por su corpulencia física. Mientras que el resto de Europa quiere atletas en España priorizan la técnica y el juego colectivo. De la Fuente de ser un desconocido a encumbrar a una selección donde los egos están controlados y que todos se sienten uno. Pierden todos y saben perder y ganan todos. Es una mentalidad diferente, vamos a ver cuánto tiempo tardan en desconectar esta forma de ver el fútbol donde no mandan los millones de libras o euros.
Es mucho más sencillo. Los entrenadores sacan su título en las federaciones regionales. Y los formadores regionales, se forman en la federación nacional. Todos los entrenadores de nivel, salen con una idea homogénea que se acentúa con las secciones inferiores de los grandes clubes. Añado: Cuando no tienes la capacidad económica de la Premier, tienes que tirar de cantera, y sacar jugadores jóvenes de ahí. Ath.Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Osasuna o el Barça que está arruinado son un gran ejemplo.
No hace falta estar arruinado. La mayor proveedora de jugadores de las cinco grandes ligas profesionales de Europa es La Fábrica, la academia del Real Madrid. ¿Que ahora mismo no hay muchos canteranos en la primera plantilla? Claro. Sacar un jugador con calidad para llegar a ese nivel no es tan fácil. No todos los años se da. Pero sí que salen todos los años unos cuantos jugadores de nivel suficiente como para jugar en el Getafe, el Nápoles (lo digo porque acaban de comprar un defensa central canterano del Madrid) o el mismo Arsenal (ahí está Odegaard).
@@kerox79, el Madrid usa lo que es 'usable', teniendo en cuenta su nivel, y lo que no sirve para el primer equipo, o se quiere testar fuera (ése fue el caso de Carvajal, que jugó una temporada en Alemania), pues se cede o se vende (se suelen reservar la mitad de los derechos, por si quieren recomprar o, en su caso, para ingresar algo más).
@@robert111k pero si vemos el nivel medio de lo que sale de la cantera del Madrid... la cosa tiene otro color. Benfica saca más jugadores de primer nivel de su cantera que el Madrid, por ejemplo. Así de memoria, diría que la última gran aparición de la cantera madridista fue Achraf, y ya no es un juvenil. Y tampoco se le aprovechó, deportivamente hablando. Es evidente que sí, de Valdebebas salen buenos profesionales, con nivel primera división, como Mayoral, y pufos enormes como Miguel Baena o Dotor, en los que mi equipo, el Celta, tiró varios millones de euros. Pero también es evidente que de ahí salen pocos futbolistas de élite. Por ejemplo, en la última Euro sólo había dos canteranos madridistas, Carvajal (titular) y Nacho (suplente). Joselu no cuenta porque es canterano del Celta y sólo estuvo un par de temporadas en el Castilla. Y en estos Juegos que acaban de terminar, creo que sólo había un canterano madridista, Miguel Gutiérrez (suplente) Las categorías inferiores de la Real Sociedad aportaron más jugadores a ambos torneos que la del Madrid. Algo se está haciendo muy mal a nivel de formación en la casa blanca para ofrecer unos números tan pobres con respecto al potencial económico y deportivo del club. Hasta el PSG, que parece estar peleado con su cantera, saca más jugadores top.
The sport they called "football" in the US should be called "handball". The ball is carried all the time in your hands. The sport played all over the world is FUTBOL, not soccer. And it's not America, it's the United States. America is a CONTINENT, not a country.
1. Técnica individual excelente. 2. Juego colectivo inspirado en las enseñanzas de Johan Cruyff. 3. Estructura federativa con mas de 1 millón de licencias. No todo el mundo enseña a jugar bien al fútbol en España, pero los puntos 1 y 2 han ido mejorando la percepción correcta del juego en los miles de jugadores y entrenadores aficionados y voluntarios. Edit: España no juega perfecto al fútbol. Se puede jugar mucho mejor. Edit Nº 2 : 1992 a rule changes the way football is played. " The goalkeeper can not touch the ball whit his/her hands inside in his/her penalty area when it is deliberality kicked to him/her by a teammate" Now pressure on the entire field is possible.
It’s not only the academies per se. The whole model needs to change. Yes academies need a revamp but not only in technique. We need to change the model. We still have a pay-to-play model and that is filtering a ton of great athletes that cannot afford to be in travel teams. On top of that, some of the MLS academies (Dynamos is a good example) don’t promote ANY of their players to the first team. So we cannot develop talent like that. On top of that, we are bringing kids at 8 or 9 years old into this academies and it is a very structured and regimented instruction. They have no time to really “play” on their own and figure out touches on their own. It’s all about pleasing the parents really and giving value for what they pay. That is a massively screwed up system. I lived in South America for a bit and kids play on the streets more than they play in structured tournaments or academies until they are around 13-14. And they really play futsal, they don’t play fields.
There is a balance between not keeping score and "giving trophy to everybody". We do not want to reward lack of effort, but neither we put all the effort on the result. Results come from themselves when you implement a culture of learning about what you did on the pitch and you can do better next time. Again, giving rewards for nothing is pointless, establishes a culture of laziness and permanent complain
Well, cultural thing, we use to play soccer in the street and school,we enjoy it like a game and we all play it. So with a better profesionals in coath and those things those who whants can recibe a great formation, them it will be or not.
I must admit that we have developed a very skilful player and coach base here in Spain, and every kid dives into this exigent collective mindset from an early age. However, that's also a problem, because football seems to catch all the attention now against the rest of sports. Every kid wants to join a prestigious football academy to learn and practice among the best, and that means that other sports are getting less and less attention, including from government schemes. The result could be seen during the Paris 2024 olympics, where Spain has punched way below our weight in most disciplines, but still got a gold medal in football. Seeing a country like Italy, so similar to Spain in culture, size and economy, get as many as x3 the amount of medals was embarassing. They had top athletes doing well in almost every discipline, while for us it's either excellence in football, or nothing at all. We are becoming a one-sport country.
L équipe championne de France est espagnol,trois équipes parmis les 4 premières du championnat anglais sont entraînées par des Espagnols,en Allemagne le champion est entraîné par un Espagnol,la Sélection Portugaise a un sélectionneur espagnol qui avait précédemment entraîné la Belgique,le vainqueur d un trophée Européen d une équipe grec est espagnol,il n y a qu en Espagne ou le Real Madrid est entraîné par un italien
It's the coaching and the players hunger. Spain doesn't have players that get fat before a major tournament, we have Weston McKennie.. at his point, just lower your expectations. Yes, let's keep doing things our way, which has done nothing but fail, instead of trying something new. Typical American mentality haha 🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
If you americans are so good in basketball it is not for the "technique" it is because of CULTURE I bet you can find EVERYWHERE in america a kid with a basketball THATS WHY. I mean in school sometimes we didnt have balls to play so we played with empty juice bottles or "balls" made by the tin foil used to wrap the sandwiches we ate at recess time in spain we just want to play!
Alexi is conflating two things here. Not keeping score and everyone gets a trophy. This is very telling of the American mentality that you have to have a winner. Americans when they see a kid and they just played soccer the first question they ask is did you win and the second question is did you score. Remember the first season of the MLS when they had shootouts because ties were too boring. Americans need to learn to appreciate the game and not obsess about the score, especially in youth. I remember the first time my daughter did a bunch of step overs during a game, I think she was 7 and her coach was going nuts on the sidelines. I think she also scored during that game but all I could remember were those step overs dribbling down the middle of the field.
Missed the opportunity to talk about the women's team! La Masia is producing A LOT of great female players - and even better: they'te making it to the first team.
Hate to burst your bubble, but women soccer don't matter anywhere but in the USA. And then only during worldcup. Where are all these passionate feminists supporting other females. On tiktok😂
Tell me one. Just one that they aren't signed from other club already developed (Paralluelo From Villarreal, Vicky López from Madrid CFF, Cata Coll from Collerense…) just tell me one
@@javierluissantosrubio6603 Aitana Bonmati, Ona Batlle, Jana Fernandez, Claudia Pina, Bruna Vilamala, Gemma Font, Martina Fernandez, Judit Pujols & Meritxell Muñoz. Are they enough?
@@putuop Ona Batlle joined Barça at 14, Jana from FC Sant Esteve, Claudia Pina from Espanyol… Barça has a great academy, like many clubs in Spain, many. From the FCB starting team only one player is from the academy, Bonmat They are not good because they play for Barça, Barça has more money and signs them because they are that good.
Spain does have a style from early on, but there is more to their success, especially on the Men’s side. Yes, spanish coaches teach the youth to knock the ball around, and to value the ball, but there is a weakness to the “professional coaching” at an early age. Yes, it is high-class, excellent coaching, but the weakness is creativity can and is coached out of players. People watch teams playing with possession, and often mistake that for creativity. It is technical, a system, but not really creativity. It is confidence (at some level), but more technical and group confidence.
No tienes ni idea. Me vas a decir tú que Pedri,Olmo ,Jamal o Fabián no son creativos.Lo que pasa es que su creatividad siempre es a favor del equipo y nunca para su propio lucimiento.Para eso están los brasileños. También pasa que son tan superiores técnicamente a los demás equipos que sólo pasándose el balón a gran velocidad les es suficiente para ganar.En España siempre saldrán jugadores como Iniesta Valerón o Isco.No ha habido jugadores más creativos que estos
@@Eduardo-wi6doOkay Eduardo! Funny, how I see the lack of introspection within spanish fans. But, just a few points, then You say what You want, and we’ll leave it at that. The spanish national team naturalizes sooo many players (or just open their borders to them. Look at the numbers of players spain have naturalized (to fulfill things lacking in the spanish system). If you’re truthful, you’ll see this. A few names Thiago Alcantara, Diego Costa, Rodrigo. In the 2018 WC, spain used 2 naturalized Brasilians as their starting forward, and their back-up. When Brasil won the ‘94’ WC, they were criticized as lacking creativity, and being defensive. Okay, Brasil scored 11 goals in 7 games. When the spanish team of 2010 won the WC, they were hailed as great, brilliant, amazing. They scored 8 goals in 7 games. The spanish program has a great system, and excellent coaching, but again the creativity gets coached out of them. In 2018, with a naturalized Brasilian forward, then a Brasilian back-up, spain lost to Russia. What spain complained about again was, “We completed over 1000 passes!” The most completed passes on the team were by spain’s #4/5, #2, and #6. And, spain only made 6 passes in Russia’s box. The issue is spain has aexcellent coaches, excellent technique, BUT they too often exchange “Penetration” for possession. By the way, since You don’t know, I’ll tell You, the first “Principle of Attack” in football, is “Penetration”. Rey often spin kill themselves, by making excessive passes against a team they should be beating (3-0), in the 60th minute. Look at how spain lost out in the 2022 WC. Look at how Brasil lost out (now, I BELIEVE Brasil is often dumb in the things they do). I AGREE! But, Brasil outshot. Roar is (11-1). Croatia’s only shot on goal was because Brasil were stupidly attacking, with 3 minutes left, and a (1-0) lead, and on a counter-attack, Croatia got their first shot on goal, and tied it (1-1). In minute 117! Dumb! Yes, spain is very tactically aware, and that has hurt spain’s creativity. Brasil are excessive in their individuality, but that actually tends to be creativity (often, wrongly used). For their problems, one being “creativity”, spain naturalize a lot players, or open their borders. When Messi got to Barçelona, spain asked him to naturalize. Brasil doesn’t take creative players, or any players from other countries. A couple final names for You -Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas. Spain’s naturalizing and needing “creative” players has gone on for decades. Thank You and “Buenos Noches!”
1) futsal 2) relegation 3) pay to play 4) "just letting kids play" not how they do it in Spain Uruguay Croatia and Argentina 5) shocking how little these dudes know about futbol
It's not that complicated. The lack of funds compared to the Premier League (very few foreign owners) and the extremely hard financial fair play rules compared to the rest of Europe has translated into playing and developing a lot more youngsters.
Se les olvida a los analistas norteamericanos y anglosajones que en España tenemos tres panaceas milagrosas para cualquier deportista: el mejor aceite de oliva, el mejor vino tinto y el mejor jamón serrano.
@@aletapequena Sí. Y Los saharauis nunca fueron más libres ni vivieron con mayor calidad de vida que cuando fueron españoles. Para su desgracia se dejaron llevar por «bocachanclas independentistas» (que aparecen en todo territorio gobernado por España casi siempre incentivados por los envidiosos poderes siniestros de la angloesfera). Es decir, prefirieron los cantos de sirena de los bocachanclas independentistas al buen jamón, buen vino y buenas aceitunas españolas, olvidando que en este mundo el renegar de ser español o renegar de España históricamente se paga muy caro, porque la mentalidad española es de las más humanas, católicas, dignas y libertarias que existen y han existido; por lo tanto, cuando se reniega de España lo que se consigue es abandonar el paraíso y meterte en el infierno. Y esto exactamente es lo que hicieron los saharauis y otros que han renegado de ser españoles.
Really appreciate Mr. Holden and Mr. Lalas and their expert opinion. Financial fair play in La Liga. Really? With all due respect for Mr. Holden is La Liga ab example of "Fair Play?" If you watch La Liga (Spanish Top Professional Football League) you know Real Madrid is the top team with the most UCL wins in Europe. Real Madrid is known for their "Galacticos Players." Real Madrid has the top players from around the world and the only way to get the top players around the world is to "buy" them. This is not "fair play" with equivalent team salary caps for all teams in the Spanish League. Barcelona is the second winningest La Liga team and they do have a reputation for nurturing and developing their own talent. The great Barcelona teams in the 1990s through 2010s. Players and coaches like Messi, Guardiola, Enrique, ... Barcelona develop and promote from within. Legendary coaches like Johan Cruyuff (Dutch) and Jose Mourinho (Portuguese). Yet lately we see Barcelona teams filled with international super stars from around the world. The truth is Barcelona is a competitive team in La Liga because they out spend other teams in La Liga except Real Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga because they out spend all other La Liga teams by far. Real Madrid has always out spend every other team among European professional football teams and they have won more UCL Championships than any other European team. "Fair Play" is not reality in La Liga. Equivalent salary caps for all La Liga teams is not a real solution. It is a distortion of reality or a lie. This is not the answer. Not keeping score for young players in youth league. Is this a real solution? Is it another "Fair Play" strategy of La Liga, which is a distortion or an outright lie? It is a lie. The US Mens Basketball Team just took home Olympic Gold in Paris 2024. Why are Americans so consistent, so good at basketball, American-Rules-Tackle football, and baseball? Because most Americans love these team sports. Many Americans love soccer-football, but it is a distant fourth team sport compared to basketball, American-Rules-Tackle football, and baseball. The fact I have to use "soccer-football" to designate football as a team sport where you kick the ball with your feet demonstrate that "football in America" is played with a fig-shaped ball. Soccer-football is not loved by enough Americans to make soccer-football a highly sought team sport for American children and young adults. Until soccer-football becomes as popular as basketball, baseball, or fig-shaped football Americans will have a tough time competing on the international soccer-football stage.
Si vas a hablar de "fair play" y de F.C. Barcelona no debes olvidar su mejor fichaje... Enríquez Negreira. Y es que el F.C. Barcelona estuvo pagando millones, durante diecisiete años, al vicepresidente de los árbitros españoles... Ni Masía, ni estilo, ni "valors"... ni gaitas. Si eso lo hubiera hecho un equipo en U.S.A., el equipo hubiera desaparecido y toda su junta directiva hubiera acabado en prisión.
F.C. Barcelona players that I guess were bought by 0 euros and played for free: Kubala, Hansi Krankl, CRUYFF, Neeskens, Schuster, MARADONA, Lineker, Koeman, Stoichkov, Laudrup, ROMARIO, RIVALDO, Figo, RONALDO NAZARIO, Frank de Boer, KLUIVERT, Ibrahimovic, Eto'o, RONALDINHO, Zambrotta, HENRY, Thuram, Blanc, ALVES, Coutinho, De Jong, LEWANDOWSKI... What were you talking about Youth Academy and Galácticos??? Are you aware that F.C. Barcelona has had much better players (individually) than Real Madrid in his history and have paid for the best players in every single moment as Schuster, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and now will still doing it if they could pay for them?? Or do you think they wouldn't like to sign Mbappé, Halland or Foden if they could??? They have promoted world class players and out of category players as Iniesta, Xavi, Piqué or Messi, now maybe Lamine, good players as Pedri or Gavi but also fakes as Thiago or even worse players like Gio Dos Santos that seemed to be the next superstar, just the same way as almost every big club does. They had an extraordinary sequence of players as Ajax, for instance, had 2-3 times in the past, but they've always bought the BEST players on Earth
@@alejandromartinledesma2397 Ya. No te olvides de Enríquez Negreira. Diecisiete años trabajando para el Barsa desde su posición de Vicepresidente del Cómite Técnico Arbitral. ¿Ese si que fue un fichaje, verdad?
@@asuntosvarios7456 A Negreira se le pago durante esos años-para que asignara árbitros medio decentes (dije medio decentes)y no árbitros que inventaban ,faltas ,penaltis y fuera de juegos en contra el Barcelona. Todos estos jugadores ganaron en su tiempo como azulgranas titulos ... Kubala, Hansi Krankl, CRUYFF, Neeskens, Schuster, MARADONA, Lineker, Koeman, Stoichkov, Laudrup, ROMARIO, RIVALDO, Figo, RONALDO NAZARIO, Frank de Boer, KLUIVERT , Ibrahimovic, Eto'o, RONALDINHO, Zambrotta, HENRY, Thuram, Blanc, ALVES, Coutinho, De Jong...por que el Barcelona compraba el arbitraje?¿ La verdad averíguala por ti mismo ,no te bases en lo que te cuentan , será entonces que te acercaras algo mas a la verdad. Me parece perfecto que seas merengue ,pero lo tuyo se acerca mas a enfermedad que aficionado al futbol, hay mas mundo , no solo existe el Madrid.
@Mr.Sevillano what you have written is totally ridiculous. That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. In both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. Your name is @Sevillano but you are not Spanish.😜
No es sólo en fútbol, en todos los deportes en general. España está pasando por un momento como el periodo 2008-2012, y el año 2010 arrasaron en todo. Cuando se dan tantas coincidencias significa que es una política de Estado, que subvenciona los deportes. Y... hay doping de Estado.
This is were Alexi is wrong. Today name any great Spanish players? Unlike CR9, who is Portuguese and still playing. The other comes to mind is Fernando Torres and Raul who are retired. Spain as a team are cohesive, but lack that one player. Because history tells me without international players, La Liga teams had a hard time against German and Italian teams. Okay Spain won their first 2010 WC and probably their 2nd WC in 2026. Within that period how did they fair? The next great Spanish player is not born yet. Youth academies does help in any sport and their youth has no other ways to go. Unlike the US great athletes hone their skills in the backyard or the park. The downside they grew up becoming 2-5 sport athlete.
a todos los españoles un poco de humildad que en el resto de deportes España a sido mediocre y ya somos 50 millones 18 medallas de pena Francia 60 medallas ojooooo
What do you think is the key to Spain's recent success?
Barcelona
(also it's past success)
Stop using the 'Tiki-Taka' term.
It's the n-word directed at Catalonia by Anglo journalists.
@@StateOfTheUnion Recent???? Consistent, I would say .
@@mlsarchitect It's the Spanish national team, not Barcelona or Catalonia. Also, the national team should be (and is) grateful to the Masia for its player development and methodologies, but they also poach a lot of talent from other areas (especially Andalucia and the Canary Islands). Your take is very oversimplified.
@@sottovoce4626The youth basques, valencians and asturians football academies say hello to you..
Another thing about Spain, and this is not about football, but about the culture of the country, is that in here being individualistic is perceived as something bad. This permeates to the way the kids learn to play. We value technique and collaboration over everything else. You would notice we have never produced individual superstars. Spain has started dominating football on an international level when the coaches found the way to translate this cultural trait to a field tactic.
Exacto, lo que realmente importante es el equipo. Por muy excepcional que seas, no ganas el partido tú solo, ni Messi lo hubiese conseguido. Eres tan fuerte como lo son los compañeros que te rodean.
Correcto, es cultural
Es lo contrario s la cultura anglosajona, lo individual frente a lo colectivo
Perhaps iniesta, Raul, Butragueno, Di Stefano would have been regarded as stars but it’s true Spain generally have had better teams than individuals.
@@geronimocochise2033 Di Stefano was Argentinian ;)
I don't think any of the others could be considered individualistic. The closest one would be Butragueño, but, idk, he wasn't even good enough to make the difference on his own, tbh.
Thierry Henry explained it some time ago: in Spanish football schools they don't look for the faster, for the stronger... They go brain first.
Yes, and there are zero US coaches that are filtering for that. And our robots play like it. USSF: "not my job"
Como español les puedo decir que el análisis que realizan estos comentaristas es correcto. Solamente añadiría algo básico: Fé en que el equipo está por encima de las individualidades, y dejar el ego en el cajón
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Hay algo educacional ahí que va más allá del deporte, y que es un reflejo de la sociedad. Piensen en las grandes estrellas que ha dado España en los últimos 20 años. Pau Gasol, Rafa Nadal, Iniesta o Xavi, nunca los verán en una limusina rodeados de mujeres, envueltos en joyas ni formando escándalos, por norma general. Al contrario, el deportista español suele ser un chico familiar, con los pies en el suelo, educado y respetuoso y bastante humilde. Eso es un resultado directo de la cultura familiar y la educación que recibieron, y lleva a desarrollar un sentimiento fuerte de juego en equipo, de ganamos juntos y perdemos juntos.
About the Spanish national team: if you're old enough to remember Menotti, he once said that Spain had to decide whether to be the bull or the bullfighter in the game. Different coaches had made the team play more physically (e.g. Clemente) or more technically, but there was not an "official" style until Luis Aragonés.
Luis Aragonés, way before becoming seleccionador, was saying in radio commentary that Spain could never rival physically the top teams like Germany, Brazil, France, etc. It's a matter of genetics. Once Sevilla FC played Brazil to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and one of our players (Castedo) bounced against a Brazilian player like a ping-pong ball, as Aragonés described that night on a radio show (Jose María Garcia's radio program if i remember correctly).
Once he took over, Aragonés made a firm commitment for the skills. There's no other way for Spanish soccer to dominate (men or women) than absolute superiority in skills and teamwork. We don't have Ballon D'or or superatheletes. Every generation must generate its Xavi, Iniesta, Rodri, Bonmatí, Mariona, etc. And we don't produce central defenders consistently either, so defending with the ball is a necessity. We're the country of midfielders. That's our bounty.
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Excellent analysis.
Well said!
What you wrote is totally ridiculous.
That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. For both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.
They are missing the point completely. Yes, the football schools and clubs in Spain are numerous and very good but
go to any square in any Spanish city, town or village, any summer evening. You will find the "why" there.
Exactly it is a culture, something you can't buy.
You don't need to come in Summer, at least in Andalucía it's all year.
Exactly. Football (soccer) is our deporte rey.
From an African's perspective it's true. Very much similar to Africa. It's not as much a business but a culture. People don't even get upset when a ball lands in their space. America has a long way to go. Even their commentary on soccer is annoying.
@@CarlosMunoz-sx7bnbeen there,seen it and can attest to it
if you are my opponent and you are faster than me is ok , if you jump higher is ok....if you are stronger is ok....but....if my team keeps the ball well and we do triangles constantly , all that muscle that you have doesn´t matter, the ball goes where i want to
España también campeona olímpica 2024
Spain is a huge futbol nation a lot support 💯
As a Spanish who played 5-6 years in young categories I can assure you the first thing they teach us here is to play as a team rather than as an individual, they teach us in 4-3-3 and the midfielders are always the most talented and important players in the teams , here in Spain you will always see the captain as a midfielder.
*mostly a midfielder, not always
@@vinito19 I done lost count on how many times the others teams had a midfielder as their captain to be honest.
@@sanchez_luciano Ramos. Puyol.
If you give me 5 mins I can find many more
In my opinion, I see that Spanish soccer improves self analysis capabilities. I mean, players acquire a GLOBAL VISION of the game. All of them understand where there fellow players will be at any time, and also they as a whole understand what has to be done. ❤🇪🇸
The key to success is that they are a team, individualism is not valid, everything is a team effort. Of course, some always stand out more than others, but the rule is to play for the team, without ego, without pride.
Learning to be technical and tactical on and off the ball is the Spanish culture. No egos and getting talked to for holding the ball too long. Here (*in the US) we are the opposite; all that matters is the individual - hearing parents getting mad their child gets put on defense (this is at the club level), one or two athletic kids used to out run the other team, no expectation on passing ability and spacial awareness, being over coached and under coached at the same time. When parents are told stop focusing on winning - look for the improvement from the child and the team over the season, they don’t understand that mentality.
Also, the vast majority of kids (if they even watch regularly) are only watching the EPL and not the more technical leagues like Serie A and La Liga (outside champions league with RM or Barca). The number of times I’ve been told non-epl leagues are boring because they aren’t fast enough is mind numbing
It all started in Germany 2006. Luis Aragones led a good team, they had a very good group stage and in the quarterfinals we had to play with France (Zidane, Henry, Vieira, Makelele...etc) A great team from the Frenchman, technique and physically speaking. We lost in the last minutes when physicality prevailed, but that defeat against France made Luis Aragones see that we would have to compete in a different way against these very athletic teams in the following championships. We had talent, so we will have to use it instead of trying to compete physically. We will have the ball and if they want it, they will take it away from us. It was about that. Put the players who have the best ball handling, not the most athletic because we would never have players as athletic as France, England or Germany. The championships of 2008, 2010, 2012 proved him right. Then we started to lose great players but the style of play remained in the retinas of the children that we now see succeeding. A style of play was found thanks to Luis Aragones and the best thing was to maintain that style of play, so the players know what they have to do when they go to play with the national team.
what you have written is totally ridiculous. That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. In both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.
the important thing in Spain (and not only in football o sport in general) is that the team, the group is always more than the individual. We dont have so many stars (like England or France) but we have a group
Spain has developed a strong soccer culture. They also have good and qualified coaches working in youth soccer development. Focus not only on the technical and tactical aspects of the game but also in the cognitive (smart players). Lastly, trust and patience in the process.
As a Spanish who follows footy, or as you call it soccer, I’m baffled at how accurate the views of that pundit are when it comes to our football in comparison to the local voices here. Spot on sir, you really know your thing.
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España basa su éxito en el fútbol asociativo. No hay más.
Spain is diferent❤
Basta ya con el tema de la masia. Evidentemente es una gran academia pero su principal acierto es captar talentos de otras canteras por su dinero. Pedri era un jugador plenamente formado cuando llego, por ejemplo. Y lo del juego al toque (como odio eso del tiki taka) se viene haciendo en mayor o menor medida en España durante decadas fuera del barsa, especialmente en el sur. Gran tradición en Andalucia y Canarias por ejemplo.
Bueno antes de luis aragones y el tiki taka y la masia… a españa no la conocia nadie a nivel seleccion..
lo unico que se conocia era”” españa juega como nunca y pierde como siempre”””
Dale gracias a todo eso, por que cambio la historia del futbol, han ganado , han vuelto a ganar y ganar y despues ganar otra ves.
Los que amamos el futbol de buen juego, nunca olvidamos como se gana. ( aunque otros les aburra el futbol de toque)…. y encima teniendo entrenadores top, que ganan en otras ligas tambien.
Ahora mismo españa es el jardin del eden del futbol.
y yo felizzz mas que un lombrisss.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌no ves como goze la euro y los olympicos🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
Yo coincido más con Tigo. El tiki- Taka ya existía. El gran Luis, nos enseñó a dar el gran paso, ganar finales.
@@wilsonpujols y quien critica eso? Lo que no me gusta es el nombre, me parece ridículo. Siempre se conoció por juego al toque. Pero eso es gusto personal, cada uno que lo llame como quiera.
Lo que si digo es que es anterior al 2008 y que desde luego no era exclusivo de la masía..
En cuanto a la selección si que fue Luis el primero.
The biggest problem in the US in youth is pay to play. Youth in Spain and Argentina is free. Every year they add players from all around the country and only keep 22 . Competition brings the best out of kids. Spain is also tiny compared to the US. So here we will need a great state Competition + a National Competition.
Parent coaching is great in youth, but once you get selected into an Academy no matter want age group , your coach is a professional, they look after all aspects of your development and needs. That bill and structure should be part of every MLS team.
When you say "youth", you mean U10 and younger. I can't tell you the number of times I refereed a match where the coach's son/daughter was the best player on the team, but never improved because the selfish parent "needed" to retain the child so the team could "win".
I watched Alexis Lalas playing with the Betis and the US team and I think he is a great player and a great CAPTAIN.
I think he was an average player whose main sale point was that he was ginger had a funky bear and was american when being an american player in Europe was weird..
Lalas en el Betis? 😂😂😂
JK
Spain has top world-class players and national teams in many sports. It's not fair that they consider that we are only good at football.
In many sports we have been champions consistently for many years. Such as tennis, handball, motorcycling, water polo, roller hockey, synchronized swimming, and a long etc.
Basketball world champions in 2019
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I didn't see Lalas play but I have seen his legendary TV spot 🦬
Greetings from Spain 👋
Lalas was one of the best American players of his generation, and US football wouldn't be the same without him.
Growing up in southern Spain, we played at the school yard, where it was dusty, in parking lots, streets and public squares, parks, beach, wherever ... It was spontaneous association, no need to set up playdates. Not much need of anything but a ball and 2 objects to mark a goal. I compare it to baseball in the US, the game you see at every park and schoolyard.
I live now in the US, where I'm raising my children, and group playing takes a set up, organization, parent supervision, driving the kids back and forth, club fees ... Joaquín Caparrós, one of the best coaches that has worked in almost every division of Spanish soccer attributes talent also to that kind of early playing without pressure, outside of the academy.
So true yesterday I was watching the American women’s team and twice I saw individual players who refused to pass the ball to players who were better placed to score.. I don’t see this happening with Spanish women
I’ve seen the kids at Barca Academy, not La Masia, it’s just their football school, and they were way ahead of what I’ve seen U10s in the USA were. The coaches are at a higher level, constantly talking to the kids regarding positioning, asking questions on what they should do, not telling, asking questions. The kids also play outside of training.
1. End Pay to play 2. Start having Promotion / Relegation in US soccer leagues (adds pressure to not just players, but coaches, which is sadly lacking in quality). 3. End Leagues Cup...a competition with mediocre Liga MX clubs does NOTHING. Ask to be included in Copa Libertadores and Recopa competitions with South America.
Another important aspect of European mentality that differs a lot from the US in regards to team sports, is that coaches, the team and the club are all above ANY of the players. You can clearly see that in every level of the competition, the stars or good players are made to understand that alone they can do nothing and only as a team they will achieve success. In many US sports and media all they care about is the star players or individual performances, and that doesn't always translate in a good team environment or performance.
This is plainly obvious and accentuated in spanish youth academies, and one of the reasons why Spain has developped so many high iq players over the years, from Guardiola, to Xavi/Iniesta/Xabi Alonso, Silva/Villa/Mata/Cesc, Pedri/Gabi/Lamine/Rodri, Fermín/Baena... also some of them have transitioned into elite coaches because of their way to understand the game.
Something similar has happened to England over the years, they've developed great individual players time and time again, but have lacked the cohesion and style that countries like Germany, Italy, France and Spain have achieved throughout the history of the sport.
Equipo, Equipo, Equipo. Eso es lo importante. Todos los jugadores son importantes, no solo una o dos estrellas, y el resto unos simples comparsas, que al final se cansan de ser ninguneados y le dicen a la "estrella" ¡Trabaja tú!.
La cultura española es de trabajar en equipo. Aunque se aprecia que alguno en particular pueda destacar del resto, si es demasiado individualista, a la gente le acaba cayendo mal. Cosas de los españoles, pero que en el contexto deportivo por equipos, nos viene muy bien tener esa mentalidad.
Spain is a football and basketball country for me Dear Alexi.🥰😍🤗
I stayed in Spain for almost 5 years and no one talk about basketball here
@@WingWingHerro Basketball is the second most popular sport in Spain.
...and tennis.
And Golf!!! Seve, Olazabal, El Nino García, Jon Rahm!!!
Spain even reached the top FIBA position when they won the last Eurobasket.
Excellent program and comments. Very informative!
Tenemos los españoles la vieja costumbre de hacer bien cualquier cosa que hagamos.
Tenemos paciencia y humildad. Sabemos que tardaremos 15 años, pero lo haremos.
Generosidad a raudales.
El fútbol es una pequeña parte de la vida, y en él, también somos de los mejores.
Repasen las cosas que ha hecho España por la Humanidad en los últimos siglos, ...
The technical superiority of their recent players will see them become the team to beat over the next decade.
En España 🇪🇦 estamos muy orgullosos de estas 2 proezas de España. En menos de un mes, campeona de la Eurocopa 🏆, y medalla de oro olímpica 🥇😊
Just take a look: meanwhile in an american academy at early ages you see ten kids running together to kick the ball, in Spain you see kids learning how to place in the field in their positions.
I saw this first hand when I took my daughter to a free tryout.
And I suffered watching how they never explained fundamentals of the sport.
I explained to my wife that here in US most Pay to Play academies are doing it wrong and just for the money.
it’s crazy how they let children run around like that 😂
The strength of the group: the key factor in understanding the success of De la Fuente’s Spain
The unity and cohesion within the team are highlighted as the main reasons behind the success of Spain under coach De la Fuente. The familiarity and strong relationships among players, developed through shared experiences in youth categories, play a crucial role in their effective on-field communication and overall performance. The vast majority of the footballers called up for the Euro in Germany already knew each other. They shared tournaments in the youth categories, and having that on-field chemistry is crucial for achieving great success.
France, England and Germany has better teams technically individually speaking but less cohesive
Soy Español y os voy a contar un secreto,sobre el futbol del futuro, la clave será (que ya lo es) centro del campo y velocidad de la luz.
Spanish coaches seem to be better.
no they arent
american coaches are the worst thing about youth soccer in the USA. without a doubt. and it's not close.
Not only the coaches, the model of development is much better.
@lgarcia67 The key is Pro-Rel, which can never happen until MLS' single entity model dissolves. All the MLS fanbois disagree, until they have their kids go through the youth soccer process and have their eyes opened.
@@r2dad282 nope..its not about the coaches its about american mentality..
REST of the world cares about skills and talent..
USA cares about who jumps higher and who runs faster ahhahaha
Thats why you will never understand FOOTBALL because there is no stats that show who is better.
Thats why you allow players in the NBA to stat padd (Westbrook and Lebron ) and you call them MVPS and one of the best ever ahhaha
There isn’t less coaching when they are young but better coaching, that is teaching them to think and decision making rather than be robots that do what the coach says.
Here in spain the local councils have fantastic sports facilities no matter how small the village, a really wide range of sports to choose from for kids starting from 4yrs old all at seriously affordable prices, when my son was younger he did an hours basketball three times a week for 33€ a trimester, that's 11€ a week, they were part of a local league it was brilliant
Hello Alexi. I have been commenting about this on US channels for nearly a year now. I realised watching Barcelona women and England junior teams, where they have tried to copy the Spanish with academies and now seem to keep coming second to Spain, frustratingly. Anyone but England, eh?
Medalla de oro.
I work as a teacher and futball is played by 80% of the boys as a game, and later those who really like it have many teams to apply and maybe become professional. On the other hand some sports are for minorities, but sometimes we have an Indurain or Nadal who make us enjoy.
Johann Cruyff (father of the spanish style of play) said once: "to play football is simple, to play football simple is the most difficult thing"
We mastered this philosophy from him, we learned to play a simple football, receive the ball, pass the ball, making triangles, looking for the space to surprise.
Guardiola, Cruyff best "student" said once: "football is played by 22 players, but only with one ball, if we keep the ball they dont have it"
So we learned to keep the ball, and defend with it near our feet.
This is coming from the 70's, even before, from Rynus Mitchels (Cruyff coach at Ajax) it was a long way to get results, lots of major tournaments getting out without any chances to win. Learning the way to master that style, searching the youngters capables to do it, little by little, step by step, learning how to find them and lerning how to teach them, and improving generation by generation.
At this point our coaches know what they search, know what to teach and know how, obviously there is no succes warranty, but we found the recipe that works for us.
If USA or any other country looks for a "what to do book" to get success quick, sorry, doesnt exist, of course there is a way, but is different for each country, Brazil has the Jogo Bonito, Italia has Catenaccio, Germany has power, Spain has Tiki Taka, and yes, there are sterotypes but are true too in high or less way.
Sorry for the lenght of the commentary and thanks if you read it complete 😅
Of course the coaches and technical staff are important, as well as the resources, but I would say that the most important factor has to do with the culture. If you walk through the cities of my country you can see many small children playing with the ball in the street, especially in summer when the children have vacations, and it is normal that here the kids enroll in some soccer club, even if it is a local one. . There are several categories depending on age.
1- Benjamín 8-9 years.
2- Alevín 10-11 years.
3- Infantil 12-13 years.
4- Cadete 14-15 years.
5- Juvenil 16-18 years.
Juvenil 16-19
In basketball I was cadete of second year (15) but playing in juvenil lige. When you play against people of 19 years old, you have to learn to move faster and clever because they are stronger than you.
@@pb9133 You're right, I stopped playing in clubs when I was 18 and none of my teammates were 19 years old, so I took it for granted that the category was from 16 to 18, and at 19 you were in the senior category. I didn't play in the senior category but some of my former teammates did when they were 20 years old.
I played in the states back in the 80s and the coaches only looked for powerful and quick kids..coming from Spain I barley played when I could outscore 99 percent of the players.. they were more NFL coaches than soccer players
I will say something obvious: USMNT must have a Spanish coach
USSF predjudiced against Spanish speakers. Look what happened to Hugo Perez.
@@r2dad282 Well, some of the best soccer coaches in top leagues are from Spain: Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, Luis Enrique, Xabi Alonso
Kids start playing Futsal, a five a side small pitch very heavy ball game where you develop technical skills very fast
Tienes mucha razón, el futsal es un deporte maravilloso que dota a todos los jóvenes de recursos técnicos exquisitos que luego trasladan al fútbol 11
Futsal, we are a Futsal country rather than a soccee one.
We play Futsal since kids, we love 1-2s, fast pace dribbles, pass and move and so on.
Tiki taka is a way to go express a Futsal mentality within a soccer field.
I am spanish.I have coached youth in US and UK (ages 5 to 16th). I have tried to bring to the kids both individual skill, and team spirit, and teach the kids that a good team is better than the sum of its parts. Team footbal is about sacrifice, and sup[porting others... Both parents and players in US and to some extent in UK, believe only in their personal development over the team skills. Why would I track back and defend? that's the guy behind's role? What would I play wide or as center back if I am an center midfield...Surely I do not need to learn how a goal keeper plays if I am an stricker? Why would I play wide defender, if I am an skillfull forward...? Football is about space, movement, timing, when to play fast, and when to play slow...and maximizing the team performance by working together, not exclusively the individual performance. You can only play triengles with three players, not on your own...
Obviously only the best and most skillful players will make it to excellent football profesionals, but if the team spirit is not coached early, kids will be missing an important part of football, and willl never be as good as they can be. And parents are very guilty of it...
We are smaller so we need more tecnique , awareness and courage to play in tight spaces in one touch without freaking out.
Que jili.pollez más grande acabas de decir. Rodri y Fabián. Los dos del centro del campo miden 1,90 y son los más técnicos del equipo. Por no hablar de Laporte que la pone donde quiere y mide 1,90
I would add that here in Spain kids play football (soccer in the US) in the street, in beaches or wherever there is a football field. Spanish kids can also play for free to football sala whose fields are reduced compared to football fields and it is ideal to develope technique for football or football sala… Here in Spain normally each kid has a football baloon at home ready to be kicked
Another thing is that Laliga teams organize national and international competitions where their football schools compete regularly. So kids are used to play competitions from very early. Once in one of these competitions held in Brunete (Madrid) the MVP was a kid named Andrés Iniesta, do you know him? 😂😂
Creo que todo empezó con la llegada de Cruyff al FC. Barcelona. Revolucionó el fútbol, ya hasta los pequeños querían jugar a ganar. Defensas de tres en equipos pequeños, fútbol asociativo y nadie por encima del equipo, incluso sueldos similares. Después de Cruyff se ha ido evolucionando hacia una tensión e intensidad dejando a un lado tanto toque. Evidentemente la calidad de los jugadores cuenta pero más por su técnica que por su corpulencia física. Mientras que el resto de Europa quiere atletas en España priorizan la técnica y el juego colectivo. De la Fuente de ser un desconocido a encumbrar a una selección donde los egos están controlados y que todos se sienten uno. Pierden todos y saben perder y ganan todos. Es una mentalidad diferente, vamos a ver cuánto tiempo tardan en desconectar esta forma de ver el fútbol donde no mandan los millones de libras o euros.
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..remember, that these young people are from the Generation of those who saw and trained Messi and CR7.....they are the fruits
Es mucho más sencillo.
Los entrenadores sacan su título en las federaciones regionales. Y los formadores regionales, se forman en la federación nacional.
Todos los entrenadores de nivel, salen con una idea homogénea que se acentúa con las secciones inferiores de los grandes clubes.
Añado:
Cuando no tienes la capacidad económica de la Premier, tienes que tirar de cantera, y sacar jugadores jóvenes de ahí.
Ath.Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Osasuna o el Barça que está arruinado son un gran ejemplo.
No hace falta estar arruinado. La mayor proveedora de jugadores de las cinco grandes ligas profesionales de Europa es La Fábrica, la academia del Real Madrid. ¿Que ahora mismo no hay muchos canteranos en la primera plantilla? Claro. Sacar un jugador con calidad para llegar a ese nivel no es tan fácil. No todos los años se da. Pero sí que salen todos los años unos cuantos jugadores de nivel suficiente como para jugar en el Getafe, el Nápoles (lo digo porque acaban de comprar un defensa central canterano del Madrid) o el mismo Arsenal (ahí está Odegaard).
@@robert111k el Madrid amortiza mediante venta. El resto mediante uso.
@@kerox79, el Madrid usa lo que es 'usable', teniendo en cuenta su nivel, y lo que no sirve para el primer equipo, o se quiere testar fuera (ése fue el caso de Carvajal, que jugó una temporada en Alemania), pues se cede o se vende (se suelen reservar la mitad de los derechos, por si quieren recomprar o, en su caso, para ingresar algo más).
@@robert111k pero si vemos el nivel medio de lo que sale de la cantera del Madrid... la cosa tiene otro color. Benfica saca más jugadores de primer nivel de su cantera que el Madrid, por ejemplo.
Así de memoria, diría que la última gran aparición de la cantera madridista fue Achraf, y ya no es un juvenil. Y tampoco se le aprovechó, deportivamente hablando.
Es evidente que sí, de Valdebebas salen buenos profesionales, con nivel primera división, como Mayoral, y pufos enormes como Miguel Baena o Dotor, en los que mi equipo, el Celta, tiró varios millones de euros.
Pero también es evidente que de ahí salen pocos futbolistas de élite. Por ejemplo, en la última Euro sólo había dos canteranos madridistas, Carvajal (titular) y Nacho (suplente). Joselu no cuenta porque es canterano del Celta y sólo estuvo un par de temporadas en el Castilla. Y en estos Juegos que acaban de terminar, creo que sólo había un canterano madridista, Miguel Gutiérrez (suplente)
Las categorías inferiores de la Real Sociedad aportaron más jugadores a ambos torneos que la del Madrid. Algo se está haciendo muy mal a nivel de formación en la casa blanca para ofrecer unos números tan pobres con respecto al potencial económico y deportivo del club.
Hasta el PSG, que parece estar peleado con su cantera, saca más jugadores top.
In Spain any can kick the ball without going to any acadamy just playing with their friends in the.street.
👍🇪🇦💪
Bottom line it’s cultural. Like in any human organisation, such as a corporation, what really makes the difference and set them apart is the culture
The sport they called "football" in the US should be called "handball". The ball is carried all the time in your hands. The sport played all over the world is FUTBOL, not soccer.
And it's not America, it's the United States. America is a CONTINENT, not a country.
1. Técnica individual excelente. 2. Juego colectivo inspirado en las enseñanzas de Johan Cruyff. 3. Estructura federativa con mas de 1 millón de licencias.
No todo el mundo enseña a jugar bien al fútbol en España, pero los puntos 1 y 2 han ido mejorando la percepción correcta del juego en los miles de jugadores y entrenadores aficionados y voluntarios.
Edit: España no juega perfecto al fútbol. Se puede jugar mucho mejor.
Edit Nº 2 : 1992 a rule changes the way football is played. " The goalkeeper can not touch the ball whit his/her hands inside in his/her penalty area when it is deliberality kicked to him/her by a teammate" Now pressure on the entire field is possible.
Cruyff? Can’t stop laughing, give me a break
It’s not only the academies per se. The whole model needs to change. Yes academies need a revamp but not only in technique. We need to change the model. We still have a pay-to-play model and that is filtering a ton of great athletes that cannot afford to be in travel teams. On top of that, some of the MLS academies (Dynamos is a good example) don’t promote ANY of their players to the first team. So we cannot develop talent like that. On top of that, we are bringing kids at 8 or 9 years old into this academies and it is a very structured and regimented instruction. They have no time to really “play” on their own and figure out touches on their own. It’s all about pleasing the parents really and giving value for what they pay. That is a massively screwed up system. I lived in South America for a bit and kids play on the streets more than they play in structured tournaments or academies until they are around 13-14. And they really play futsal, they don’t play fields.
There is a balance between not keeping score and "giving trophy to everybody". We do not want to reward lack of effort, but neither we put all the effort on the result. Results come from themselves when you implement a culture of learning about what you did on the pitch and you can do better next time. Again, giving rewards for nothing is pointless, establishes a culture of laziness and permanent complain
They do keep score. Parents are as obnoxious as everywhere else, they just let them enjoy themselves.
Go spain, latinoamerican power!!!!!!!
Well, cultural thing, we use to play soccer in the street and school,we enjoy it like a game and we all play it. So with a better profesionals in coath and those things those who whants can recibe a great formation, them it will be or not.
Where is Mosse? I only watch for Mosse.
I must admit that we have developed a very skilful player and coach base here in Spain, and every kid dives into this exigent collective mindset from an early age.
However, that's also a problem, because football seems to catch all the attention now against the rest of sports. Every kid wants to join a prestigious football academy to learn and practice among the best, and that means that other sports are getting less and less attention, including from government schemes. The result could be seen during the Paris 2024 olympics, where Spain has punched way below our weight in most disciplines, but still got a gold medal in football.
Seeing a country like Italy, so similar to Spain in culture, size and economy, get as many as x3 the amount of medals was embarassing. They had top athletes doing well in almost every discipline, while for us it's either excellence in football, or nothing at all. We are becoming a one-sport country.
L équipe championne de France est espagnol,trois équipes parmis les 4 premières du championnat anglais sont entraînées par des Espagnols,en Allemagne le champion est entraîné par un Espagnol,la Sélection Portugaise a un sélectionneur espagnol qui avait précédemment entraîné la Belgique,le vainqueur d un trophée Européen d une équipe grec est espagnol,il n y a qu en Espagne ou le Real Madrid est entraîné par un italien
It's the coaching and the players hunger. Spain doesn't have players that get fat before a major tournament, we have Weston McKennie.. at his point, just lower your expectations.
Yes, let's keep doing things our way, which has done nothing but fail, instead of trying something new. Typical American mentality haha 🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
If you americans are so good in basketball it is not for the "technique" it is because of CULTURE I bet you can find EVERYWHERE in america a kid with a basketball THATS WHY.
I mean in school sometimes we didnt have balls to play so we played with empty juice bottles or "balls" made by the tin foil used to wrap the sandwiches we ate at recess time
in spain we just want to play!
Alexi is conflating two things here. Not keeping score and everyone gets a trophy. This is very telling of the American mentality that you have to have a winner. Americans when they see a kid and they just played soccer the first question they ask is did you win and the second question is did you score. Remember the first season of the MLS when they had shootouts because ties were too boring. Americans need to learn to appreciate the game and not obsess about the score, especially in youth. I remember the first time my daughter did a bunch of step overs during a game, I think she was 7 and her coach was going nuts on the sidelines. I think she also scored during that game but all I could remember were those step overs dribbling down the middle of the field.
Missed the opportunity to talk about the women's team! La Masia is producing A LOT of great female players - and even better: they'te making it to the first team.
Hate to burst your bubble, but women soccer don't matter anywhere but in the USA.
And then only during worldcup.
Where are all these passionate feminists supporting other females.
On tiktok😂
Tell me one. Just one that they aren't signed from other club already developed (Paralluelo From Villarreal, Vicky López from Madrid CFF, Cata Coll from Collerense…) just tell me one
@@javierluissantosrubio6603 Aitana Bonmati, Ona Batlle, Jana Fernandez, Claudia Pina, Bruna Vilamala, Gemma Font, Martina Fernandez, Judit Pujols & Meritxell Muñoz. Are they enough?
@@putuop Ona Batlle joined Barça at 14, Jana from FC Sant Esteve, Claudia Pina from Espanyol… Barça has a great academy, like many clubs in Spain, many. From the FCB starting team only one player is from the academy, Bonmat
They are not good because they play for Barça, Barça has more money and signs them because they are that good.
Well, they signed most of them from other Spanish clubs, tbh.
Alexi!
Spain does have a style from early on, but there is more to their success, especially on the Men’s side. Yes, spanish coaches teach the youth to knock the ball around, and to value the ball, but there is a weakness to the “professional coaching” at an early age. Yes, it is high-class, excellent coaching, but the weakness is creativity can and is coached out of players. People watch teams playing with possession, and often mistake that for creativity. It is technical, a system, but not really creativity. It is confidence (at some level), but more technical and group confidence.
No tienes ni idea. Me vas a decir tú que Pedri,Olmo ,Jamal o Fabián no son creativos.Lo que pasa es que su creatividad siempre es a favor del equipo y nunca para su propio lucimiento.Para eso están los brasileños. También pasa que son tan superiores técnicamente a los demás equipos que sólo pasándose el balón a gran velocidad les es suficiente para ganar.En España siempre saldrán jugadores como Iniesta Valerón o Isco.No ha habido jugadores más creativos que estos
@@Eduardo-wi6doOkay Eduardo! Funny, how I see the lack of introspection within spanish fans. But, just a few points, then You say what You want, and we’ll leave it at that. The spanish national team naturalizes sooo many players (or just open their borders to them. Look at the numbers of players spain have naturalized (to fulfill things lacking in the spanish system). If you’re truthful, you’ll see this. A few names Thiago Alcantara, Diego Costa, Rodrigo. In the 2018 WC, spain used 2 naturalized Brasilians as their starting forward, and their back-up. When Brasil won the ‘94’ WC, they were criticized as lacking creativity, and being defensive. Okay, Brasil scored 11 goals in 7 games. When the spanish team of 2010 won the WC, they were hailed as great, brilliant, amazing. They scored 8 goals in 7 games. The spanish program has a great system, and excellent coaching, but again the creativity gets coached out of them. In 2018, with a naturalized Brasilian forward, then a Brasilian back-up, spain lost to Russia. What spain complained about again was, “We completed over 1000 passes!” The most completed passes on the team were by spain’s #4/5, #2, and #6. And, spain only made 6 passes in Russia’s box. The issue is spain has aexcellent coaches, excellent technique, BUT they too often exchange “Penetration” for possession. By the way, since You don’t know, I’ll tell You, the first “Principle of Attack” in football, is “Penetration”. Rey often spin kill themselves, by making excessive passes against a team they should be beating (3-0), in the 60th minute. Look at how spain lost out in the 2022 WC. Look at how Brasil lost out (now, I BELIEVE Brasil is often dumb in the things they do). I AGREE! But, Brasil outshot. Roar is (11-1). Croatia’s only shot on goal was because Brasil were stupidly attacking, with 3 minutes left, and a (1-0) lead, and on a counter-attack, Croatia got their first shot on goal, and tied it (1-1). In minute 117! Dumb! Yes, spain is very tactically aware, and that has hurt spain’s creativity. Brasil are excessive in their individuality, but that actually tends to be creativity (often, wrongly used). For their problems, one being “creativity”, spain naturalize a lot players, or open their borders. When Messi got to Barçelona, spain asked him to naturalize. Brasil doesn’t take creative players, or any players from other countries. A couple final names for You -Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas. Spain’s naturalizing and needing “creative” players has gone on for decades. Thank You and “Buenos Noches!”
@@brentward3082 bla,bla,bla.
1) futsal
2) relegation
3) pay to play
4) "just letting kids play" not how they do it in Spain Uruguay Croatia and Argentina
5) shocking how little these dudes know about futbol
It's not that complicated. The lack of funds compared to the Premier League (very few foreign owners) and the extremely hard financial fair play rules compared to the rest of Europe has translated into playing and developing a lot more youngsters.
menuda estupidez, que los niños españoles no juegan a marcar? que tonteria es esa? los niños juegan torneos desde muy temprana edad
Se les olvida a los analistas norteamericanos y anglosajones que en España tenemos tres panaceas milagrosas para cualquier deportista: el mejor aceite de oliva, el mejor vino tinto y el mejor jamón serrano.
Y en nuestro tiempo libre viajamos a la gran ciudad con una maleta de cuero atada con correas y una gallina en el brazo...
@@aletapequena Sí. Y Los saharauis nunca fueron más libres ni vivieron con mayor calidad de vida que cuando fueron españoles. Para su desgracia se dejaron llevar por «bocachanclas independentistas» (que aparecen en todo territorio gobernado por España casi siempre incentivados por los envidiosos poderes siniestros de la angloesfera). Es decir, prefirieron los cantos de sirena de los bocachanclas independentistas al buen jamón, buen vino y buenas aceitunas españolas, olvidando que en este mundo el renegar de ser español o renegar de España históricamente se paga muy caro, porque la mentalidad española es de las más humanas, católicas, dignas y libertarias que existen y han existido; por lo tanto, cuando se reniega de España lo que se consigue es abandonar el paraíso y meterte en el infierno. Y esto exactamente es lo que hicieron los saharauis y otros que han renegado de ser españoles.
How do you beat a faster stronger team? With a skill, tactic and “well brained” team.
I am from Barcelona, Spain. Please, don't call It soccer. Btw, i like your show, very good job
Its called football, not soccer.
AMÉN ❤😊
Actually the very first name in English was soccer believe it or not.
@@kosamuki We don't care.
@@jacoboprado82 The least you can do if you decide to be willfully ignorant is not go preaching around that ignorance.
@@aletapequenaok. Let's take it right then. How can a sport where you barely kick the ball 10 times in a match? Enlight me plz
Really appreciate Mr. Holden and Mr. Lalas and their expert opinion. Financial fair play in La Liga. Really? With all due respect for Mr. Holden is La Liga ab example of "Fair Play?" If you watch La Liga (Spanish Top Professional Football League) you know Real Madrid is the top team with the most UCL wins in Europe. Real Madrid is known for their "Galacticos Players." Real Madrid has the top players from around the world and the only way to get the top players around the world is to "buy" them. This is not "fair play" with equivalent team salary caps for all teams in the Spanish League. Barcelona is the second winningest La Liga team and they do have a reputation for nurturing and developing their own talent. The great Barcelona teams in the 1990s through 2010s. Players and coaches like Messi, Guardiola, Enrique, ... Barcelona develop and promote from within. Legendary coaches like Johan Cruyuff (Dutch) and Jose Mourinho (Portuguese). Yet lately we see Barcelona teams filled with international super stars from around the world. The truth is Barcelona is a competitive team in La Liga because they out spend other teams in La Liga except Real Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga because they out spend all other La Liga teams by far. Real Madrid has always out spend every other team among European professional football teams and they have won more UCL Championships than any other European team. "Fair Play" is not reality in La Liga. Equivalent salary caps for all La Liga teams is not a real solution. It is a distortion of reality or a lie. This is not the answer.
Not keeping score for young players in youth league. Is this a real solution? Is it another "Fair Play" strategy of La Liga, which is a distortion or an outright lie? It is a lie.
The US Mens Basketball Team just took home Olympic Gold in Paris 2024. Why are Americans so consistent, so good at basketball, American-Rules-Tackle football, and baseball? Because most Americans love these team sports. Many Americans love soccer-football, but it is a distant fourth team sport compared to basketball, American-Rules-Tackle football, and baseball. The fact I have to use "soccer-football" to designate football as a team sport where you kick the ball with your feet demonstrate that "football in America" is played with a fig-shaped ball. Soccer-football is not loved by enough Americans to make soccer-football a highly sought team sport for American children and young adults. Until soccer-football becomes as popular as basketball, baseball, or fig-shaped football Americans will have a tough time competing on the international soccer-football stage.
Si vas a hablar de "fair play" y de F.C. Barcelona no debes olvidar su mejor fichaje... Enríquez Negreira.
Y es que el F.C. Barcelona estuvo pagando millones, durante diecisiete años, al vicepresidente de los árbitros españoles...
Ni Masía, ni estilo, ni "valors"... ni gaitas.
Si eso lo hubiera hecho un equipo en U.S.A., el equipo hubiera desaparecido y toda su junta directiva hubiera acabado en prisión.
F.C. Barcelona players that I guess were bought by 0 euros and played for free: Kubala, Hansi Krankl, CRUYFF, Neeskens, Schuster, MARADONA, Lineker, Koeman, Stoichkov, Laudrup, ROMARIO, RIVALDO, Figo, RONALDO NAZARIO, Frank de Boer, KLUIVERT, Ibrahimovic, Eto'o, RONALDINHO, Zambrotta, HENRY, Thuram, Blanc, ALVES, Coutinho, De Jong, LEWANDOWSKI...
What were you talking about Youth Academy and Galácticos???
Are you aware that F.C. Barcelona has had much better players (individually) than Real Madrid in his history and have paid for the best players in every single moment as Schuster, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and now will still doing it if they could pay for them??
Or do you think they wouldn't like to sign Mbappé, Halland or Foden if they could???
They have promoted world class players and out of category players as Iniesta, Xavi, Piqué or Messi, now maybe Lamine, good players as Pedri or Gavi but also fakes as Thiago or even worse players like Gio Dos Santos that seemed to be the next superstar, just the same way as almost every big club does. They had an extraordinary sequence of players as Ajax, for instance, had 2-3 times in the past, but they've always bought the BEST players on Earth
@@alejandromartinledesma2397 Ya.
No te olvides de Enríquez Negreira.
Diecisiete años trabajando para el Barsa desde su posición de Vicepresidente del Cómite Técnico Arbitral.
¿Ese si que fue un fichaje, verdad?
@@asuntosvarios7456 Creo que no has entendido muy bien mi mensaje, vuelve a leerlo
@@asuntosvarios7456 A Negreira se le pago durante esos años-para que asignara árbitros medio decentes (dije medio decentes)y no árbitros que inventaban ,faltas ,penaltis y fuera de juegos en contra el Barcelona.
Todos estos jugadores ganaron en su tiempo como azulgranas titulos ... Kubala, Hansi Krankl, CRUYFF, Neeskens, Schuster, MARADONA, Lineker, Koeman, Stoichkov, Laudrup, ROMARIO, RIVALDO, Figo, RONALDO NAZARIO, Frank de Boer, KLUIVERT , Ibrahimovic, Eto'o, RONALDINHO, Zambrotta, HENRY, Thuram, Blanc, ALVES, Coutinho, De Jong...por que el Barcelona compraba el arbitraje?¿
La verdad averíguala por ti mismo ,no te bases en lo que te cuentan , será entonces que te acercaras algo mas a la verdad.
Me parece perfecto que seas merengue ,pero lo tuyo se acerca mas a enfermedad que aficionado al futbol, hay mas mundo , no solo existe el Madrid.
Because they focus on talent not on filling out diversity quotas.
We aint good at soccer. We are good at football. Until u learn the name if the game u will be useless at it
La alimentación y el sol 😄
Football will never be a main professional sport in US
@Mr.Sevillano what you have written is totally ridiculous. That could be true if it weren't for the detail that Spain has been absolute basketball champions in all ages. And I could add more contact sports like handball, for example. In both women and men. That they cannot compete in contact football due to genetics is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. Your name is @Sevillano but you are not Spanish.😜
Culture and football philosophy, US has neither
FFP applies to all clubs EXCEPT Madrid. If they are running negative RFEF/UEFA just let an angel bail them out.
Not lik Farca, whom should have been forbidden to play and lost the category as they owe a lot of money.Also... the referees scandal/probably crimes.
No es sólo en fútbol, en todos los deportes en general. España está pasando por un momento como el periodo 2008-2012, y el año 2010 arrasaron en todo. Cuando se dan tantas coincidencias significa que es una política de Estado, que subvenciona los deportes. Y... hay doping de Estado.
Señora dediquese a fregar que usted de esto no entiende, háganos el favor.
@@OzwellSpencer jajaja, me encanta cuando me humillan con fundamentos, con datos concretos.
@@gracielamrad Cierto
ademas Madrid y Barcelona están fichando jugadores de fuera y en baloncesto desastre
This is were Alexi is wrong. Today name any great Spanish players? Unlike CR9, who is Portuguese and still playing. The other comes to mind is Fernando Torres and Raul who are retired. Spain as a team are cohesive, but lack that one player. Because history tells me without international players, La Liga teams had a hard time against German and Italian teams. Okay Spain won their first 2010 WC and probably their 2nd WC in 2026. Within that period how did they fair? The next great Spanish player is not born yet. Youth academies does help in any sport and their youth has no other ways to go. Unlike the US great athletes hone their skills in the backyard or the park. The downside they grew up becoming 2-5 sport athlete.
a todos los españoles un poco de humildad que en el resto de deportes España a sido mediocre y ya somos 50 millones 18 medallas de pena Francia 60 medallas ojooooo
España es futbolera, a la inmensa mayoria de Españoles los demás deportes no les importan, por eso casi todos los recursos se destinan al fútbol.
American's speaking about soccer is so not convincing. Not buying it
Short answer: La Masia
Start calling the sport properly
FOOTBALL, not soccer.
The Messi effect could have also had an influence to the entire generation
What????? Stop smoking dude
Es lo contrario, a Messi le ayudó estar en un club que tenía un gran sistema formativo.