Andres Iniesta, gearbox of business: create a team

Iniesta is a team player in a single

Juan Manuel Lillo, football coach

Andres Iniesta. Andresito. Don Andres. That guy has done all of Spain know there is a town in Albacete called Fuentealbilla. European champion with Spain and the world, three Champions, five leagues and a long list with FC Barcelona. A star in the world, an example for the young. He invested some of his money into creating a vineyard in his town and elsewhere in buying shares in the club where he was born, Albacete Balompié, now in Segunda B. The groom all the Spanish parents would like to have your child / a.

It is said that Iniesta is midfielder, although others consider it a wheel and there are people who simply defined as a midfielder. I think it's a playmaker, but not one to use, but a modern version of playmaker 90. Think of Michael Laudrup, the paradigm of the playmaker of the 90: A player who specializes in giving the final pass, free from almost all liability defensively and always with a focus vertical. Iniesta not, or, to be fair and accurate, Iniesta is not only that, much more. He has a great final ball, but also plays, and much, horizontal, always has an eye to the rival goal, but can play back to it, the area is more dangerous in three quarters and the center, but is able to move across the width of the field, either as a wheel or false end, and, finally, is his defensive contribution, because Iniesta, in addition to embarrass any opponent with the ball, also steals many more balls that appear and, as usually done in advanced positions, their recoveries attack actions cause deep in the enemy camp. That's Iniesta, a six, seven, eight and eleven one together in a Ten.

An example of a classic situation where the value of Iniesta is evident: a player of his team has the ball at his feet and finds that the two basic options of the triangle which is part covered, ergo pressure rival what is getting into a problem. Iniesta is then displayed by a space between the lines, asking for the ball even when surrounded on all sides. No matter, because at the time the ball goes to the Fuentealbilla something almost magical happens: three, four, five pieces were covered reactivate dormant or near Andrew and suddenly everything seems to be another way: there are several players with spaces and plenty of possibilities to connect and move forward face of goal. All for the mere appearance of Iniesta, The Multiplier, who turns players into teams because, as Lillo says, he is a team in a single player.

Last night at the friendly between Spain and Chile , returned to give an exhibition of all virtues. Selection 0-2 lost until he entered the field. For the first time Spain played badly. Despite having in the field with players like Busquets, Alonso, Xavi and Silva, The Red could not find neither the pace nor the passing lanes, was not able to work harmoniously as a team. Until I came Iniesta. With Six in the field all made ​​sense: suddenly, all parts were interconnected, Xavi Alonso and had to lean to create plays and Silva found the spaces between lines that make him a superlative player. The mere presence of Iniesta has a multiplier effect on the team and that, turning players into a team is what makes it so special to Iniesta.

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