Thierry Henry on why Spanish footballers seem to be the smartest in the world 🇪🇸
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Look at someone like Sergio busquets. Dude was slower and stiffer compared to other speedy CDMs, but his vision, paired with his control and passing, made him a legend in the game with barca
Yeah he is still slippery. Getting the ball off of him is difficult
@@lperea21exactly especially with his level of confidence and composure
Wouldn't say he was stiff 😂
And that press resistance was beautiful
CDM is also about defending. Hence the “D”.
As legendary Spanish manager Vincent del Bosque said about Sergio Busquets, 'if you watch the game you don't see him, but if you watch him you see the entire game'
That's a good one. Never heard it before but it makes sense, because I have always wondered why people praised Busquets so much, since for me it seemed like he didn't do much during the games. My eyes went always to Messi, Iniesta, Xavi..
@@sharinglanguage Exactly. Not many people have a knack of seeing the hidden secrets. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@sharinglanguage kroos i a lot similar in my opinion. If you look at kroos' gameplay with your own eyes and think from your perspective what you're gonna do, he does something very different. he makes around 15-20 long passes in one single game, always switching to the flanks and he always usually passes to carvajal.
Wow that’s absolutely superb analysis
@@foolishnoob47 to be honest, the only player that surprised me with his pases (passed where I would have not expected) was De la Peña (also played for Barcelona originally) :). But from my experience you might be right comparing Kross to Busquets, since I usually hardly notice him (like it happened with Busquets) on the filed, and is also considered a top player. But I have seen him playing much less than Busquets, though
Xabi Alonso, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola. All Spanish. All elite coaches.
That Arteta guy is not an elite coach. And was a below average player too, it seems.
@@rinkohorowitz any coach able to take Arsenal to top of Prem is elite 😂😂😂😂
Unai emery, most underrated coach in the world
Luis enrique
Pep and Arteta are super mid.
Great point from Henry
Allow me to give this crucial correction ...
It is a fact that Pep, Xavi, Xabi, Emery, and Arteta are all from Catalonia & Basque.
Not really Spain.
😉
@@nathanhighlander we are one
@@nathanhighlander Del Bosque & Luis Enrique (are not from does REGIONS from Spain). Also Xabi Alonso considers himself Spanish (aunque te joda).
100% great point. In the Premier League we've forgotten the brain/ skills part of football. We focus on people being 6ft4, tall, fast, shooting power etc etc
@@nathanhighlander*_"MES QUE UN CLUB"_* into context
Xavi and Iniesta being top 3 is a proof. Also Messi, even though he's not Spanish, he was raised there and La Masia knew that he is special
Stop it messi belongs to Argentina.. he SOUTH American footballer he even plays like one but yes he does scan the field like Spaniard
@@allonzotate7497 He means he is a product of the Spanish academy
It's not about la masia but Spain...chill
Fábregas is at the absolute top in Spain.
A super 🧠
Top 3 what?
The culture the is crazy even Modric's improved because of the culture in Spain
Kronos y modric compartieron época con xavi e iniesta y eran partidos loquisimos
Of course modric improved at Madrid 😂 he’s playing with the best players in the world. And most of them arent Spanish lol
@@S0L12D3actually for the most part he played with spanish players. More diverse than tottenham for sure, but still mostly spanish environment.
This was taken from crujiff from holland its total football where understanding the game is important as playing it
@@mafiaMk87👍👍
Tus palabras llenan de orgullo a cualquier español
Aún así la prensa deportiva en España no reconoce, lo que en otros países alaban sobre el juego técnico y celebral de Guardiola, Xavi etc
@@stylezp829En España eso sucede en todo, parece que los medios tratan de destruir el país
@@HalaMadrid348 se debe a nuestra baja autoestima colectiva, nos creemos peor que todos cuando en verdad tenemos muchas virtudes que muchos países envidian
@@HalaMadrid348a qué te refieres?
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They definitely were. Xavi and Iniesta were next level too.
And Fabregas, Alonso, Mata, Cazorla
That whole Spanish WC side were technically and intellectually brilliant
Xavi and iniesta got it from Deco and Ronaldinho.
Their arrival at Barca is what started wat Henry is talking about.
Xavi was already a Barca player from 1999. It's the arrival of Ronaldinho and Deco that changed their passing game
@@arfenmalik1717lies😂😂
La Masia is what created this,
Fabregas Xavi Iniesta Bousquets Pique Pedro were all playing together under Cruyff system and heavily influenced by Guardiola was the CM for barca and eventually youth coach!
Spain as a whole had great Midfielders go watch a compilation of Guti at Madrid nobody paid attention or go watch Carzola
Messi is father of all - Argentina is Spain's father
Micahs face 😂😂
He trying not to break character.. U can sense the giggles
@@sizzledog5595 break character 😂😂😂
He is talking about the opposite of Micah who was forced but I guess he was defender 😂
@@Nasirmahyea brain first not power or bursting into scenes 😅😅😅
That’s called Punditry. Just because you’re having a few laughs doesn’t mean you don’t do your job. I watch(ed) Fox Sport’s UCL broadcast(before I knew of this one. And before Arsenal were in the UCL) and they do laugh but Rio Ferdinand is also a serious man. And Theirry Henry is the serious man of CBS. On the show, they do all have their serious (especially Jamie) aNaLasIs moments and funny moments as well.
Spain, since I can remember in my over 50 years of watching the sport, always played a beautiful game. I always held that it was a shame they weren't bigger protagonists of the sport, right up there with Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, and others that had a renowned beautiful style of football. I'm just glad they finally got their World Cup in both men and women's divisions.
Yes indeed, i am 50 now (i am spanish...). I remember before the world cups, Spain was among the favorites for the title but never make it until 2010.
No es verdad siempre segundones al nivel Portugal! La liga importante era la italiana.
@@germangutman3420Calla panchito
@@germangutman3420 No es verdad, grandes estrellas del futbol mundial pasaron por la liga española a lo largo de la historia
@@germangutman3420 titulos de españa 🇪🇸: 1 mundial, 3 eurocopas, 1 oro olímpico, 1 liga de las naciones, jajajaja segundones??? Jajajaja
He is correct. Xavi Iniesta Alonso Santi Cazorla Fabregas Silva etc. Spain has been blessed with technical,intelligent midfielders who are masterful on the ball. Spain is great at developing talent on the ball. Arguably more so than any other country
@@mrcinnamon8646i think you missed the point
Even the defenders were good on the ball which made the buildup phase more deadly
@@mrcinnamon8646no comparisson ,only zidane was as good as xavi or iniesta
@@justinstewart-ek9tlthere’s always one that doesn’t get it
I'd add to that Germany is equally as good. They have produced top players for decades and always seem to have good technical youth players coming through, they are great at holding the ball, good at winning it back, and very disciplined.
My dad who quit watching football for a long time because his brother(my uncle) died of a heart attack after our country was eliminated from the world decided to watch the Barcelona vs ManU 2011 UCL finals and exclaimed while watching Iniesta and Xavi, "These guys are just too intelligent! They're playing like Professors of football!", since then I started seeing football in a different way, I realised that football isn't just kick the ball and run
Sorry for your loss, can I ask what game was that?
I hope you and your father are better
Now thats taking the WE LOST to another level mate
What country?
In the words of Johan Cryuff football isn't about how much u run but knowing when to run.
Smart people do smart things.
That's why he loves Messi.
Cruyff said football must be time and spaces, but specially time. When you touch a pass to your front partner, and he turns the ball back, you have the info that you almost alone for made a control bcz you friend gave you the ball, he saw behind you, its a trust relationship. Its so complicated to explain here, i recomend the book
It isn’t that hard to understand, it is hard to master though. Spain in that era was an unbeatable collective team.
Even the Netherlands with players such as Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie couldn’t turn the the tide in the
WC 2010 finals, we were a technical powerhouse but less of a collective than the Spanish team.
Y hacer q el contrario corra detrás d la pelota
“They go for brain first, they don’t go for big Meeks” -TiTi
😂😂😂
😂
Micah look like me in class tryna focus 😂
😂😂😂I can relate. Just nodding the head anyhow
That's why they won two 2 euros & World Cup
Meanwhile England obsessed with ‘putting in a shift’. Well I suppose you have to when you’re always chasing the ball 😂😂
@@CMJames😂❤
@@CMJames young players like Messi rejected for being too small
Facts
2 euros no, 3 euros
Thats a great point, u look at the international Spanish team during that 2008-12 dynasty, they were not the fastest, not the strongest, but they were the smartest, by far. Knowledge of the game is so important. And Spain has always produced smart players, Pep is the greatest coach of all time, he is from Spain.
Catalunya is not spain😂😂😂
@@chelentano4 It’s china’s
That Spanish midfield was really something else! Xavi,Iniesta, busi, Alonso, Silva, cazorla, fabregas, Mata…to much quality. To think someone like Cazorla was a benchwarmer
Well, it was time of Negreira
Even David Villa was not a brute #9, he was the best, so clinical
And Aitana Bonmatí
@@tweetyunotambién jugaba Negreira?
What a great explanation from thiery henry 👏🏾. When someone like henry talks about spainish footballers we listen because he have played with them and against them.
Thierry Henry is a Don. He understands the Spanish soccer development and dominance. He is so correct in this analysis. Who could have imagined Xavi and Iniesta occupying the Greatest Barca Midfield ever? But Rijkaard brought them together, and the rest is history.
Henry was so intelligent…He also knew exactly what his strengths were so when he saw the game opening up in front of him he thought “ok…no need for trick just keep it simple and knock it past Carra and leg it!” 🤣🤣🤣 That was his intelligence at work.
Shouts out Rijkaard, legend of the game.
At what age should players start scanning? How young?
@@nofurtherwest3474literally as young as possible so it becomes second nature. I teach it to my 6yr old cousin & tried to teach it to my 9yr old cousin early as well but he just wants to obliterate players like vidić lol
@@nofurtherwest3474 Agreed with the post above. As young as possible. Right when a player realizes that it’s more than them and the ball on the pitch, basically.
Spanish mids aren't very known for their pace, but they're sure as hell the brain of the game
They go “brain first” spot on Henry you know how la Roja think. Muchas gracias
At what age do you teach the kids to start scanning?
@@nofurtherwest3474 Normally should be teach from 11+ - onwards.
You mean "La Masia"...
@@perrymanso6841 ok thanks, my kid is 9. sometimes i tell him to work on his scanning, but maybe its too soon
@@nofurtherwest3474 yup man, he should be solely focused on learning his body balance and being comfortable with the ball at his feet while moving.
The best example is Juan Mata, the guy has very little physical attributes, but he can scan the field and get the ball to the right people.
This lives on till now even in other Spanish clubs that aren't as big as Barcelona or Madrid. Dani Parejo at Villareal, or Zubimendi at Sociedad, or Oliver Torres at Sevilla. Absolutely intelligent players. They even pick foreign players based on intelligence first. Griezmann being the best example.
Modric, Kroos, de Jong, going further back in time the brothers Laudrup, etc, etc.
It's Real Sociedad, but I agree with your comment.
Un frances hablando bien de España! Grande Titi y soy del Madrid
Soy frances y estoy acostumbrado a escuchar opiniones positivas sobre los españoles. 🇨🇵❤🇪🇦
No es francés es de origen africano
@@elsampero8397 es de Martinique una isla francesca mas tiempo que otras regiones francesas como Savoie... pero puede que estés hablando de sus ancestros. Eres racisto ! 😅
It is evident that Thierry's time in La Liga had a profound impact on him.
But Henry, although blessed with pace, was first and foremost an intelligent player - long before he went to play in Spain
Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, Xabi Alonso, Fabregas, Cazorla, Busquets... And from before de la Peña, Valerón, Mendieta, Guti, Spain's always had amazing midfilders.
BROOO... VALERÓN!!! WHAT A MAGICIAN... People outside of spain dont know him... wich is sad... one of the best PURE and RAW talent player with the ball Spain ever produced.
Sad injuries kill a little bit his carrer.
Raul,Luis Enrique
@@rdg9768 absolutely!!! Im from the same place he is and we love him here as Maradona!
@@chivalunamth Total legends!!
Valeron, Isco, Mendieta, y muchos más con tantísimo talento que no se nombran pero también estuvieron a la altura
Spain would win any tournament if they produce even half decent striker.
Duro pero es una verdad como un castillo
No creo, medio decente ya lo tenemos. Quizá si tuviésemos uno muy bueno
Joselu 🤣
David Villa....
@@Raydensheraj they did win everything when they had him
The biggest difference is how they grow up players in youth leagues.
For example, in Italy they used to teach us to stay on the man, play the ball was not a priority. In Spain is the opposite. If you do that for 10 years, you have a better technique and vision.
Yeah but Italians would be crazy on defense
Neither approach is wrong, though.
@@Sizdothyx no, absolutely. The problem is after Guardiola era (2009) coaches tried to introduce this kind of game (copying) in all the youth leagues. Unfortunately with bad results as they are not Guardiola and with the wrong approaches. As result, we ruined a couple of generations of players.
I think it is important to respect our roots and introduce some aspects of innovation.
Also, in Italy there is a huge pressure to have results as soon as possible, this is why it is hard to let young players doing mistakes (have bad games is normal when you are young) and innovate (see Luis Henrique in Rome).
I have a lot to say about it. W football ⚽️
Also we have another diference, in Spain kids start playing Futsal before moving to normal Football like Brazil, Neymar, Ronaldinho and many Spanish footballers and thats the reason of our good technic with the ball, the second diference is that we dont have a youth league for 18-21 this boys go to play on what we call in Spain "filial" like Real Madrid Castilla or Barcelona B, this teams usually play in 3 or 4 division with teams that have mature players, this is a way to this youngers to learn tricks that the lack of experience they dont know yet, so thats the reason Spanish have so many intelligent players, buona fortuna per questa Eurocup, i have some friends in Italy and if Spain dont win i support Italy, as i did in the last Eurocup.
This is incredible in the way it’s been explained and broken down by the true legend of the game Mr Theirry Henry
His ball knowledge is insane. Learnt from the best.
Dr. Thierry Henry. Sir Henry.
to be fair, its not hyden. it is there for everyonr to see
That World Cup team for Spain was 🔥 . When they were on the brink of elimination! I called it that they would win the World Cup !
Y’all forgetting Thiago Alcântara man is a beast at scanning and a master at long passing! 😮💨
Brazilian and rubbish these days
@@shipit9937 he’s half Spanish & Brazilian born and raised in Spain…. 😶
@@High_Society69 Wrong.. he was born in Italy, grew up in Brazil, parents are Brazilian. He moved to Barcelona when he was 14
if only injuries didn't ruin him we'd be talking about him in the top 5 of all time
@@Barnz23 No we wouldnt.
Thats why Spain 2008 - 2012 is the best national team ever
And that's why Spain discovered América and not others
@@oscarmeneurubio3330 do you realise that Colombus was not spanish but Italian right ? And even then he wasn't really the first to discover the Americas
@@MrKylljoyDo you realise that we don't know where Cristobal Colón was from right? Him being from Genova it's theory, as him being from Galicia, Catalunya or Portugal...
Go look to the most recent studies, he was galician, NW Spain, we was not capable of speaking italian @@MrKylljoy
@@MrKylljoylike Elon Musk is not American but his companies are. Same with Columbus. And if you look for the meaning of discover, the you will see that Spain discovered America and much more: the world as we know it
As we saw today; cruyffian total football is alive more than ever
I am a bit annoyed with your post.
I was going to post that Cruyff is and was the most influential football person in last 50 years.
Looks like you beat me to it.
@@patcoughlan8321 great minds think alike
@@vassilyvodka2638 😁😁😁
You mean the most boring era
@@zakariaosman2384?????
What boring era?
2010 🇪🇸 World Cup Team is proof Great players my favorite squad
Gaizka Mendieta was one of them as well👍
This actually makes sense. A lot of players look at the ball and around the ball when receiving. Their eyes are at the ball. Then there's a special few who always glances at the whole field while receiving, even when the ball is not at their feet.
That’s why the Spanish team was so good they won the Euro, World Cup and Euro. The Spanish team was basically Madrid, Barcelona and atletico Madrid.
english scout: pace, strength, shot from outside. foreign coaches ve been a blessing to young english prospect
Foden 60 y ago probably wouldn`t have made it to the English national team.
South American players are blessed with their technical ability on the ball while Spanish players have excellent vision and game reading capabilities. And then there’s Messi who is an amalgamation of both.
Spanish players are not blessed technically? bruh... David silva? INIESTA?? if thats not magic technically speaking...
Valerón, Santi Cazorla, Isco... those guys could literally start to dirbbling 2 or 3 guys like nothing.
Spanish top players have everything except of speed and super strength.
They aren't blessed with anything. They just learn it from the moment they start walking.
Not only has he been a legend of football, but a smart man too.
Bien dicho. Carles Puyol was a monster.
only that he was a defender and not a midfielder but fair point.
100% correct from Henry
Brain first because the body can develop, a good brain is hard too find.
Thierry is not only a football legend, he is also intelligent and classy.
Deliberately handballing against Ireland was low.
@@cascade3769Agreed, but show me ONE footballer in todays modern era that has a squeaky clean records?
Sergio Busquets is the prime example
That's why they've also produced so many world class coaches. You could argue that Zidane, the coach, who is not Spanish, is a product of La Liga as well.
Zizou is a product of league 1 , the world got to see him clearly at seeia A in juve before madrid snatched him
@@masudiabuhashim4361I believe he was referring to Zidane "the manager"
I know he used the word Spain, but I think in general the football league has a habit of seeking out intellectual players from different countries for the league games too. Southern Americans players all play with their brains first before any psychical attributes. Most of them hardly ever trained.
@@user-nr2st3mj6r again zizou the manager is fusion of ancelloti and del bosque .... and very little of mourinho were he was coached by the previous two and was assistant to mourinho and ancelloti before he took over from benitez...
@masudiabuhashim4361 Ancelotti and Del Bosque, whom he worked with in La Liga🤷. That's my point. I wasn't referring to Zidane, the player, but the coach.
I coach a team of now 12 year olds that has won their league the past four seasons playing against kids one year older. I ALWAYS look for brain first and try to teach it. My first eleven are the smaller, slower but really intelligent kids that quickly understand and execute game plans perfectly. They also watch lots of top-level football, unlike the others.
Every child, parent, and coach needs to listen to Henry's words here.
The best example of a player with a brain - Sergio Busquets, the best cdm ever.
If you saw him play for the first time, you'd question "what for is that guy on the pitch? ".
Busquets easily one of the greats.
I'd also add Rodri and peak Kante (2015-2021) in as a contender.
@@wefinishthisnow3883 Kante had like 2 pretty good season but wasn't really that special. Rodri is definitely better than him but stil miles away from Busquets level. Let's not forget an old Busquets kept Rodri on the bench for Spain until he decided to retire from the national team.
@@Prasko131 Kante had just two good seasons. Hahahah...
Best cdm ever?? One of the greats definitely best ever nah?? Maybe if you watch Barcelona only 😂😂 the disrespect to Pirlo,Makalele,Matheus his up there with them but best ever no ways.
@@mavusana12 If you really think Makelele is even close to Busquets you must have negative ball knowledge. The only one that is comparable is Pirlo and Busquets is easily a better player and has more trophies with club and country
I agree. They always look like the next iniesta with their vision and passing
Pedri assist against PSG ❤😮😮😮
Second swap on city was not too bad
But they were also talking to fantboyant Pep…
Second message to him specially…
Perfect catenazio executed …
Ala Madrid !
As a real madrid fan the most clear option here is Iniesta. Never will there be someone like him again, even busquets used 2 give us nightmares.
Xavi was better in this department.
@@YB00only in terms of build up play and passing. Overall vision and movement Iniesta was better
@@WeDoGamingDailyvision?
@@WeDoGamingDaily Iniesta looks as though he has better overall vision and movement only because he is a more offensive player - that's what the audience sees. But in reality, Xavi has better vision. He used to dictate the whole game, not only his team's movement. When to slow it down when to attack more.. etc. Iniesta is better attacking space with the ball. That's why one of them is a 6 whereas the other is an 8.
Pedri is almost at that level already so there is someone like him for sure. If Pedri was a City player he would have multiple trebles already
Can’t look Micah in the eye and not burst out laughing
😂
Excellent point from Henry - brain first before speed
Busi, Iniesta and Xavi are perfect examples of this especially Busi. He is tall sure but hes skin and bones and he runs like a newborn deer. But that brain was off the charts, his vision and passing were the best in the world.
No wonder Spainish players are making the best coaches.
Xabi Alonso,Silva, Cazorla,Fabregas, Gutierrez and of course Xavi and Iniesta
Then the foreigners recruits,Ozil,Cross, Modric,Zizou of course...ect
All played in LaLiga.
Valeron!
Lol... Alonso, Fabregas, Modric were actually developed in the Premier league.
@@diligenceeke3023Alonso was a star in real sociedad before that, Madrid wanted to sign him very young, and Fabregas come from Bcn youth team
As I see and what I think Titi says is not that Spanish are smarter than anyone but that it's something they really appreciate in Spanish football...I don't know exactly how he said that but Klopp said sth like "I won't get a stupid player I don't care how good he is"
@@diligenceeke3023 Alonso came to the prem after establishing himself at Anoeta.
I fell in love with football because of the 2010 World Cup and Spanish style of play and their players are phenomenal. I love the cerebral style of the Spanish players.
They're 2 types of scanners I've noticed, ones that physically, constantly look around the pitch, every few secs, Martin Ø, is a great/ excessive eg of this, then there's others that just know, the no look pass, rubber is behind them but they'll just know he's making a run & lay it off perfectly
Those ones who seem to “know” are also scanning. A combination of vision and memory of positional play
They still scan
That's just your mind playing tricks on you or the little details that are lost, when you are spectating on TV or from the crowd. No human being has eyes on the back or side of their head, they all scan the same way, some people just have better memory & sense of where they are in 3 dimensions(if that makes sense).
@@palatialslumlord4938 There's feeling and intuitive passes also. Sometimes you just know. I've hit such passes myself where I didn't see but I knew
@@jivet3919exactly just like Messi it’s like he's recording everything lol
The English look for Pace and Power
The Spanish look for brains & team players
The Italians look for durable players
The Germans look for technically gifted players
The French look for anything & everything 😂
lol
English look for popular players media made players
France look for frenchs who born and raised in France.
Don't forget france have the best training center in the world.
all of Europe was inspired by the Clairefontaine Academy. But I think you're too young to know all that.
White,black,yellow,red, don't matter.
the first civilization in Europe was black Africans, they were the ones who built Europe 45,000 years before J.C.
Don't be racist little bro
Historically Germans have valued the capacity for a strong collective sense and a strong physicality.
and Brazil has all of above and one more...creativity
Sergio Busquets, David Silva, Iniesta, Rodri. Exceptionally smart players indeed 🇪🇸
Can they discuss why England fails consistently to produce any top coaches?
Because they fail to produce players who understand the game well. They prefer physical players, particularly in midfield. No good players = no good coaches, no good coaches = no good players. It's a vicious cycle.
England is always 10-20 years behind. When everyone understood the power of tikitaka, england was still playing kick and run.
Agree and also lack of basic ball control skills... Kids in poor countries, who don't grow up with full sized grass pitches and proper goal posts in every UK village, tend to learn ball control better since there isn't a big long pitch to pass into, hence street games dribbling becomes the focus which is why Messi, Maradona, Pele etc have always had superior ball control way above any English/Welsh/Scottish /N irish players
@leealtman But that doesn't excuse other first-world countries like the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany from producing good ballers.
@@ltr1745 As good as Messi, Maradona, Pele, R9, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Zico, Cafu, R Carlos, Di Maria? Nope.
@@redhotgalegoEngland has had very good players though, granted not as technical as the great South American legends, but nevertheless very good players. Also, where's the correlation between being a good player and being a good coach? Mourinho and Klopp both were (no disrespect) lousy players, weren't they? But I agree England was way behind the whole tikitaka revolution, Jogi Löw's Germany was the first team to pick it up and thanks to Pep's Bayern tenure won the 2014 WC with copying the Spainish style.
As a spaniard, to be fair, I have to say before Golden midfielders generation (Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, Alonso, Fàbregas...) there were many others who showed their talent besides most of the people out of Spain barely know them. I mean Valerón, Iván de la Peña, Baraja, Guti... all them were amazing midfielders with vision, great passers, absolute ballers that never succeed as much as Golden Generation did but they started to be the reference for all the youngers boys whose talent made possible to achieve what the legacy they left promised. But years ago here in Spain instead ballers we looked for strong midfielders. Guardiola played well, he was a smart player (when Pep played was quite similar to Busquets), he was the idol of youngs, however Xavi Hernández had the pressure to be his heir. Xavi was also underrated and hated by Barça fans in his begginings, in other teams there were some midfielders like Celades or Rivera who were liked but spanish fans weren't convinced by their way to play. That style the game wasn't required by coaches and fans. Fortunately Luis Aragonés changed that, Spain won Euro 08 and the paradigm changed.
Henry's analysis is always on point.
Idk why he has not tried in managerial career
He did, didn't go well
@@AdieS90 with Belgium right?
@@lazytombl8711 Monaco, he was assistant at Belgium
@@AdieS90 oh
Thierry is VERY INTELLIGENT
He often makes a lot of sense
Andrés Iniesta for me is the biggest brain player for Spain 🇪🇸. Busquets and “ El Niño “ Torres as well as Raúl and Butraguelo were amazing 😊
Titi is a football encyclopedia, it’s not just the fact that he has played in France, Italy, England, Spain and the US but he’s a student of the game. He always drop some gems 💎
Most Morocco players who play for their country have been born or raised in Spain
In France not Spain
La Liga is the best league in the world for this reason.
Henry can't be more accurate! There was a time in which, for example, Cazorla was de 5th spnish midfielder... The bloody magic Cazorla!!
This guy is brilliant and knows the game
Spain: Brian
Brazil: Magic skills
German: Team work
England: Long ball
France: Pace
Argentina: Fifa
Portugal: Cry
France : anyone from african descent (not that its a bad thing..)
@dwisetyogustiarilaksono1160 yup it's shows that if those African countries had money they would dominate football
Portugal and SPain iberian players the best
England: 0 trophies
Spanish street football and Football Sala is more technical. The latter because the ball is heavier. Many Spanish players if not all will have played Football Sala.
Por eso españa es campeona indiscutible de foolbol sala europeos y mundiales, estratosferico ver jugar a los españoles
Brilliant Henry. Class act in every way.
He's right because 30yrs ago they were playing physical football which earn them nothing then changed their everything.
The weirdest of it all is that we were playing physical football with non-physical players.
@@jal051yes, Clemente was a genious...😂😂😂😂
Xavi Iniesta Fabregas Silva Cazorla Valeron Mendieta Baraja Guti Busquets Rodri Arteta Xabi Alonso Guardiola Koke Thiago Parejo Michel they've had sooo many. They just produce great mids. Pedri and Gavi coming through now. See what happens there.
You get a thumb up for mentioning Valerón.
The difference is that the Real Madrid is not stuck in the past. The barca keeps saying about Messi,Iniesta Puyol. What's happening now that they keep losing?
@@tweetyuno You are young. I remember the days when TV adds made jokes about Real Madrid not being able to win a CL in over two decades. And the Madrid supporters didn't shut up about their trophies. It happens to everyone.
El nivel que tiene Henry para entender el juego es totalmente admirable, de los pocos jugadores que se han ganado un puesto en televisión siendo totalmente merecido
You're right, today physique, speed, strength, jumping high are important. but the most important aspect is intelligence in the game, skill and technique with the ball cannot be forgotten. It's not all about putting 1 big guy at the goal and 10 fast guys in the field. If it were like that, the African teams would win everything. 😃🇨🇴👍⚽
For me Iniesta has been the greatest brain of Spain 🇪🇸 such as Giancarlo Antognoni and Andrea Pirlo. David Villa has also been amazing. Spain 🇪🇸 has dominated with Real Madrid the Clubs competition throughout history 😊
Yes. And I was a similar player, with Spanish roots, born in Belgium, playing in youth first division. You know what they told me ? "You are a very good player and based on your performance you deserve to be in the basis and start the game. But because I want results I chose for the bigger stronger players instead of you.". When Spain won the world cup 10-15 years later it was the biggest middle finger these "smart" ex coaches could get.
Sergio Busquets is peak "Brain first" 😂😂😂
I rate my ballers on brain as well. Form is temporary, Brain is permanent.
In Spain we care about brains and technical skills 1st. Speed, height, strength, etc. are not as important.
that helped historically, nowdays this is the reason premier league dominates
@@eliashani9567premier league? 😂 here they mentioned Spanish players, not league , your best players in premier league are foreign players , England hasn’t won anything significant in years
@@region3228agree to a degree but England players are now some of the best. I would not be surprised to see them win this summers Euros.
@@region3228 I think the money helped to move the best to pl but england players can learn now from the foreigners and as a result they have good english players now
Explain Sergio Ramos 😂
100% that’s why they produce world class, technically gifted footballers.
Y a Thierry lo queremos mucho tb en España;el si fue un súper clase 🇫🇷
Like the Barca Academy director said when they opened a facility in Australia, " we recruit smart players and then teach them how to be athletes and everyone else recruits athletes and then teach them how to be smart footballers"
that’s actually good scouting. it’s easier to work on the physical aspect of a player’s game than the cognitive aspect.
@@kix_501st yet most academies actually thought busquets would play in the 2nd division given how un-athletic he is. When u see Xavi's report card on his trials they all read average on every category that was athletic only his positioning was graded as excellent so they signed him, very few teams especially outside Spain(perhaps Barca) would've signed a player like him in the 90s. That is why antoine Griezman left France as kid because he said they were not giving him a chance there and he has been their most important player since 2015.
@@zwelethumahlalela8685 that's interesting, so where did Antoine leave to as a child when so many players on the France national team got their development in France?
@@RenzelYoung he went to Sociedad the coaches in France thought he was too small, so he and his dad drove to Spain for trials and they recognized the football IQ and technic. It's why he has never played in Ligue 1. This was the early 2000s and only Spain(with Barca being the reference)was looking to get in guys like this especially in the 90s & 2000s. Even the Netherlands who gave Barca this idea had abonded this concept as well shown by Rijkaard not thinking too highly of Xavi and Iniesta in the beginning due to their size and athleticism.
@@zwelethumahlalela8685 wow that's very interesting. It's so strange how France is renowned for developing young talent yet someone like Antoine Griezmann has never went through that pipeline. He's probably the only french player on the national team to have ever done so
Micah is like: I only got half a brain mate i wouldn't be picked for the B team
No estoy acostumbrada a que digan cosas buenas sobre los españoles. Es una sensación extraña. Muchas gracias
Xabi Alonso succeeded as a Coach
The other one 😂
Guti was the best. There will never be a special passer of the ball like him.
Of course, he is talking about the Real Madrid.
Underrated. He could pass the ball like silk. An absolute boss.
Real talk from people who understand the game big up legendary Henry 14 ❤
Spain between 2008-2012 has Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Alonso, Cazorla, Mata, David Silva, all top midfielders. They played a 4 midfield formation, and Fabregas even played ST some times, and they dominated because they were intelligent players.
English game does focus on physical attributes a lot.
That’s why some of the Spanish footballers are not good in EPL. Some!
Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Silva, Xabi, Fabregas, Rodri, Pedri, Suarez, Enrique, Guardiola, Carzola ... Midfield magicians
Valeron... Isco... Guti... De La Peña... etc ballers
You forgot Thiago Alcântara
Xabi Alonso, Mata, Michu,
Suarez is not a Spanish player
@@user-tm8he6yg2q he is saying Luis Suarez Miramontes...the first and only spanish ballon d'or (a legend of his time, very technique in an old ancient football... he was ahead of his time, he was the best player of the inter milan who won with him their first 2 champions leagues, and won the ballon d'or at barcelona and won the first eurocup for spain in 1964) one of the spanish legends of all times, he is up there with xavi, iniesta etc... is not the actual Suarez (from uruguay) striker from the MSN barcelona atack...
Luis Suarez is a common spanish name...
There are a lot of players with the surname Suarez in hispanic world...
I'm Australian, and i remember back in 2015, our club signed Luis Garcia even though he was 37 at the time. His vision was incredible he assisted with a sublime pass literally 2 minutes after his debut off the bench
Mata, David Silva, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Puyol, Cazorla, Joaquin, Villa, Alonso.. the list is endless. All of them have sharp cognitive and spatial awareness
Tiago alcantara,
this is so true and it doesn’t only apply to midfielders. Raul was probably one of the best strikers ever in terms of IQ, positioning and anticipation
Micah is understanding absolutely nothing😭..bro looks confused from inside
😂😂😂😂
no understand it because he used the example (his team mate)
Yeh, very technical play - less reliance on physicality.
Bravo Thierry ❤️