in sheer dribbling, Iniesta beats his man more times then Messi. Messi has more acceleration. Wish Iniesta would be as daring as Messi and go for goal more often, then we would almost have 2 Messis tbh. Extremly underrated outside Barcafans
Rubbish. Unlike Messi, Iniesta rarely gets surrounded or receives the same attention in the same manner Messi does, and Messi can work in smaller spaces FAR better than anyone else in the world. I've seen him literally walk through a crowded confinement of 3 of 4 players before, and i've never seen Iniesta dribble round an entire defence in the space of a penalty area like Messi did to Villarreal a few years ago.
Second best dribbler of the ball in the world perhaps, but nothing compared to Messi, and quite frankly I find him a tad overrated anyway, not consistent enough to be considered as good as Xavi for instance.
ive never seen iniesta scores a goal like for example messi agains getafe, he never threathen the goal. hes doing his magic more in the middle of the park. this is probably whe he never got the recognition he deserves
It's largely because he can't run with the ball and maintain the same sort of control as Messi. At that sort of speed he has defences panicking an they start throwing stray legs out in order to stop him. With Iniesta he tends to slow down the player, beat his man then look for a pass instantly, like passing off a hot potato.