Farewell to the greatest midfielder football in all time ... Goodbye Iniesta
On October 8, Andres Iniesta announced his retirement from football, leaving behind a significant legacy. He is one of the players who has won all possible titles, is also considered the best player in La Roja's football history, and is one of the greatest midfielders in the game's history, if not the greatest.
It is said that if this man wanted to keep the ball for an entire night, he could do so... If he wanted to dismantle the strongest defences, he would have done so with one touch. He carried the ball from defence to attack as if he was holding his coffee cup. Smoothly, fluidly, and with unparalleled control, he was like water slipping through the fingers, but it carried a ship. painting countless masterpieces with his feet. easily surpassing opponents like he drinks water. passes by you, and you only see his imagination.
As for his passes, they are no less beautiful than his dribbling. He can break lines with a pass, puts you in front of the goal and you don't realise yourself. Pass the ball to you anywhere from any position and with any foot, He has mastered all the characteristics of a midfielder vision, skilful control and dribbling of the ball, not having a weaker foot, IQ, attacking and creating spaces, intensity and pressure, finishing...
No one in this world plays simple football as Andres Iniesta, he is the ideal model of a midfielder and every player should look up to him. Juanma Lilo said” The luckiest people in the world are those who had the chance to coach Andres” He is one of the people Cruyff was referring to in his quote. “Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.”
In 2018, when he left Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain were on his offer table. Still, he preferred to disappear in the East of the world rather than betray Barcelona. It is said that the night of his departure was one of the saddest nights for Barcelona, which is known for hosting museums of painters. it embraced him from his childhood until he grew up to spread his paintings in the corridors of the Camp Nou and through the gardens of Montjuïc.
He was the first man of the finals and always present at the prominent games, says Mr. Fahd Al-Aafat” There are so many Spaniards when you count them but in times of misfortune, there is Iniesta" He scored the most precious goal in Spain's history, Goal against Chelsea in the last minutes, Contributions in the Clasico, presence in big matches: The best player in the 2015 Champions League final, in the 2012 Euro final and the 2010 World Cup final…
I think that Iniesta is 70% of Messi, and I have not seen anyone better than him in handling tight spaces on the touchline or corners with that skill and ingenuity other than Messi, which makes Messi unmatchable.
I watched him for many years and now I watch a lot of his performance videos and the truth that I get every time is that this man cannot be repeated. His ball control, his signature move la croqueta, Skips the opponent's pressure, his flexible movement in all directions makes him extraordinary, His body possesses an incredible flexibility in connecting his movements with the ball, allowing him to change directions at large angles. I think watching him should be considered a form of therapy. He doesn't play with the ball, he draws it with his feet.
Jose Mourinho says in defining football that it is a game that revolves around emotions and intelligence, The best person to translate this is Iniesta, who moves our feelings with his ravishing, He amazes us with his movements. dribbling, it creates in us that feeling of for love him. Enjoy him, respect him … You will not find a follower who hates Iniesta. He has blended between High skill and ethics. We cannot find a description to give him credit or express his creativity. he's a reflection of the beauty in football, that beauty that our souls understand rejoice in, and grow under its influence. As for our thoughts, they stand in front of him perplexed, Trying to define it, express it in words but they can't. It is a heavenly language that transcends sounds and syllables which spoken by lips and tongues.
The artist will leave us now, after his brush has worn down with time, who provided us with pleasure and elegance, One of the few players you turn on the TV to watch him. There is no more eloquent description of his departure than the expression of the great commentator Ali Saeed Al Kaabi” Is he like a dream that suddenly disappears?” It's like a gorgeous dream you don't want to wake up from. It is the dream that haunts us at night, making us forget the tiredness of the day, It's the dream you want to immerse in, wishing you could indulge in dreams forever. And because all the good things must come to an end, October 8th marked the end of the most famous player to wear the number 8, Andres “The Don” Iniesta...