1. Sergio Busquets. Dont like him. Nor should you.
2. Iniesta is a very good player. He dives a lot. How can you criticize Robben and not Iniesta ? And to say that Iniesta dives less is wrong on two fronts. Firstly, he dives more. Secondly, you dive once or you dive ten times doesn't matter. Bottomline is that you dive. He is a horrible little cheat who is constantly rewarded with free kick after free kick for his diving and playacting, not to mention the fact that he can get away with his petulant little kicks on the opposition when a match official has the gall to not make the call you want. Again Iniesta is a really skillful player and really good with the ball at his feet but maybe sportsmanship doesn't come naturally to many. Holland were disgraceful yes but so were Spain with this man leading the way. And just because he is Spanish doesn't put him above reproach, sorry. (P.S. before someone brings up Ronaldo's name, this does not concern Ronaldo at all. Yes he dives. He did not dive in this WC. The only reason that he gets criticized *more* than others is because he scores 40 goals a season and has a magnificent right foot, very good left foot, power, pace, bags of skill and brilliant timing in the air... in short he is better than you can ever dream to be.)
3. Italy are criticized all the time for their catenaccio system. What Spain play is just a form of anti-catenaccio. The only difference being that Italy defend while Spain retain possession. Oh, and by the way, retaining possession does not equal attacking football. Before pseudo-intellectuals come up with the technically beautiful and tactically superior argument let me just say the Italian catenaccio system's success is based on two things : being technically and tactically superior. If you appreciate one and not the other then you are a stupid poser. If someone gave me a penny for everytime Xavi passes sideways to Busquets and vice versa, Bill Gates would have had a competitor.
4. Just because its become a fashionable thing to say that you support Spain even when you have no idea what position Javi Martinez plays in or who he is for that matter. (He played in THIS woorld cup for heaven's sake). I am willing to ignore the fact that 90% of them can't even name 5 players from FIFA WC 2006.
5. Did I mention Sergio Busquets ?
6. Barcelona. The football club (apart from Messi) has no class. I have said it for a long long time and now atleast the Arsenal fans (if no one else) will agree with me. Loudmouths like Pique and Xavi make it worse. (Before someone starts about Real Madrid... yes they are bad in this department too but they don't claim otherwise. Barcelona, on the other hand, are two faced.)
7. Their opponents, Holland. If you noticed by now that my dislike has very little to do with the footballing aspect but more with other things, I would like to ask one question... what has Spain ever given you ? Let me say two words that should make you pledge eternal support to Holland... Amsterdam. And Heineken.
8. I did mention Busquets right ?
7 comments:
Barcelona. The football club (apart from Messi) has no class.
Really? Reaaalllllyyy ?
Also let me reproduce my comment from one of the FB discussions:
avi has been good but not at *his* best. But still he is good enough! Eerie for sure. Spain are playing what I term as defensive possession. I have never seen any team apart from Barca do that so well. Barca of course are much better going ahead due to messi and their other fwds over the years. Now, is it enjoyable to watch? Now, I have been able... See more to watch mostly english football (Sadly) over all these years : due to air timings and La liga not being telecast in India (albeit a few matches here and there). So I have gotten used to watching few goals scored, muscular clearances and not so elegant defense.
When I watch spain play possession football, I find it amazing that they have the skill, focus, determination and tons of practice together to make it happen as a defensive unit, they were much better in attack at Euro. But thats because they were new on the block, now teams have felt them out and know how to defend against their passing attack. All in all, if spain do win the WC, I would give them total credit.
Bottomline: I find spain's passing possession game a lot more pleasing to the eye than random aerial balls. Yes they were half as good as they were at Euro, they were not at their best but they were better than others.
aah but murthy you missed the point. im not talking about admiring spanish play... im talking about admiring spanish play while having no good thing to say about inter's (for example) type of play.
then again the reason's were not really footballing that i gave were they ? even i admire their play (and inter's).
7 ... the point number 7 is all i agree with.
lol lmao. never looked at the scene this way. published two days ago, it would've largely helped my case against fake spain supporters. those people will maaro astonishingly high amount of senti, the fake supporters.
i agree with busquets point(s) completely. im not entirely sure What i base my argument upon. but i know i hate him, so there.
and yea, spain have a tendency to make it boring, but i dont think its equivalent to anti-football, not by any stretch of imagination. if it doesnt work out for them, it might look boring. when in flow, it's a treat for the eyes.
lastly, when in spain, well.. ;)
I hate real madrid and ronaldo is a diver.The dutch football team is full of thugs.Iniesta is a supreme midfielder.And you simply cant hate spain bcoz of xavi and iniesta...they are too good for that
P.S. Dont agree with your post...none of the points...but still rated your post 5. tum bhi kya yaad rakhega.5 stars donated by devesh.enjoy.
Agree with entire post(almost). Esp. about Iniesta. Barca are a bunch of classless c*nts still living off the genius of Rinus Michels.
Consider their latest stunt : Putting on their shite jersey on our club captain. Where's Uefa and Platini, I wonder?
Oh and Ronaldo did dive against Ivory Coast, not against spain though.
not going into footballing parts.. nice write up with candid liners. luvd this one:
"If someone gave me a penny for everytime Xavi passes sideways to Busquets and vice versa, Bill Gates would have had a competitor."
:)
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