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Esteve
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Well, not exactly. When I first went on the Camp Nou tour, ages ago, with my dad, we had this tour guide showing us around (went again this year & for some reason, we didn't have a tour guide?). Well, some chap asked the tour guide if any players were around & if there was any way we could speak with them. Needless to say, she said that this was impossible as all the first team players were all very busy etc. Just as she's telling us this,
walks by, on crutches. Not sure how old he was, maybe a bit younger than I am now. The tour guide does her best to excite the group, saying that young is one of the club's most promising talents & all that jazz. Most of the group weren't really 'avin it but a few of us walked over & shook his hand & shit, my dad tells me he was very shy, I don't remember talking at all, I was probably even more shy than was 
I don't remember too much of it to be honest. At the time, no one in the group knew just how good he was or that he'd become one of the club's best players but I suppose it's still good to have met him, even when he wasn't a first team player....
Thierry
New member
Why..?
"...well last night I mis-placed my dictaphone device somewhere in the study, and when I happen to look for my pair of scissors to cut a bag of rice this afternoon, I found the dictaphone in the kitchen drawer..?
Anyone who can explain to me why? It would be much appreciated...
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LUJAN
Guest
I loved it when he was in the lower part of the half circle (playing DM?)...pressured by 1 or 2 opposition players and he just ~turns~ the ball and suddenly runs off. I remember the first time i saw him do that, i thought it was a dangerous skill that looked TOO DAMN EASY to be true.
He didnt score much that time but he would make one or 2 REALLY aggressive runs into the area and blast it wide usually. And then there was the Barca Benfica away match, and Sir Charlton made comments about 'the number 24' ( His number then)
His ball control is graceful, elegant,superb,precise,planned.Dribbling wise...he is always so bloody determined. I hate it when wingers/wing forwards are pressed by one fullback and they usually pass the ball back BUT, It's different with Iniesta, he does the Theoretically Easy ( on Pro Evo)-but Practically hard ( for a LOT of wingers) SKILL of going inside the fullback and then pushing the ball towards goal again in 3 touches.He does it to ‘lower’ defenders and ‘better’ ones. His dribbling is different from messi’s of course, it's in fewer touches, different angles from defenders legs and different directions. So so Precise and Illogical at times.
Beats players in front of him on the wing, outside the box, at the half circle, wherever, he dribbles slowly but precisely and then he’s in acres of space and I just wish he had a cracker of a foot like ( Gerrard or Sir Clarence or Ronaldo etc)
He embodies direct football.
Nowadays a lot of my friends talk about him and how he is above average bla bla...how his passing is good, how his vision is superb.....But for me...I consider all that,,,,a ‘Duh’ when i think about Iniesta ....Best midfielder for me after Xavi ( or maybe on par? Cant decide hehehe )
In the end...the one that really gets to me...Is the Bloody Turn...they should make a name for that...
The:
Iniesta-turn....Snake-skin...the-Iniesta ( and see adidas put it on their soccer tutorial website or is it the UEFA website? ) ( has a nice Spanish ~ring~ to it like an exotic name for a skill like rabona or etc)....2-bird-with-a-stone? ….. Ghost-turn (getting worse? )…… gone-with-the-wind ?(? Damn this is hard)…obviously I need help before I start using analogies with ballerinas in them…
The bloody turn.... 3 touches usually and he has SUDDENLY circled 1 or Escaped from 2 pressuring opposition players...and he bursts forward ( even though he's not super fast but hell...after he does THAT kind of a turn...nobody's left to tackle him for the next few yards..)...... El Salvador…Andres Iniesta…Master of the Turn… ( I’ll give a chocolate chip to anyone who tells me what u call a ‘turn’ in Spanish?)
He didnt score much that time but he would make one or 2 REALLY aggressive runs into the area and blast it wide usually. And then there was the Barca Benfica away match, and Sir Charlton made comments about 'the number 24' ( His number then)
His ball control is graceful, elegant,superb,precise,planned.Dribbling wise...he is always so bloody determined. I hate it when wingers/wing forwards are pressed by one fullback and they usually pass the ball back BUT, It's different with Iniesta, he does the Theoretically Easy ( on Pro Evo)-but Practically hard ( for a LOT of wingers) SKILL of going inside the fullback and then pushing the ball towards goal again in 3 touches.He does it to ‘lower’ defenders and ‘better’ ones. His dribbling is different from messi’s of course, it's in fewer touches, different angles from defenders legs and different directions. So so Precise and Illogical at times.
Beats players in front of him on the wing, outside the box, at the half circle, wherever, he dribbles slowly but precisely and then he’s in acres of space and I just wish he had a cracker of a foot like ( Gerrard or Sir Clarence or Ronaldo etc)
He embodies direct football.
Nowadays a lot of my friends talk about him and how he is above average bla bla...how his passing is good, how his vision is superb.....But for me...I consider all that,,,,a ‘Duh’ when i think about Iniesta ....Best midfielder for me after Xavi ( or maybe on par? Cant decide hehehe )
In the end...the one that really gets to me...Is the Bloody Turn...they should make a name for that...
The:
Iniesta-turn....Snake-skin...the-Iniesta ( and see adidas put it on their soccer tutorial website or is it the UEFA website? ) ( has a nice Spanish ~ring~ to it like an exotic name for a skill like rabona or etc)....2-bird-with-a-stone? ….. Ghost-turn (getting worse? )…… gone-with-the-wind ?(? Damn this is hard)…obviously I need help before I start using analogies with ballerinas in them…
The bloody turn.... 3 touches usually and he has SUDDENLY circled 1 or Escaped from 2 pressuring opposition players...and he bursts forward ( even though he's not super fast but hell...after he does THAT kind of a turn...nobody's left to tackle him for the next few yards..)...... El Salvador…Andres Iniesta…Master of the Turn… ( I’ll give a chocolate chip to anyone who tells me what u call a ‘turn’ in Spanish?)
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Galning
Moderator
Needless to say, she said that this was impossible as all the first team players were all very busy etc. Just as she's telling us this,
Nice
I once did the tour and Messi was doing some charity work so we couldn't interupt, but he was like 1meter away from me 
DivineVisitor
The Right One ⇩
Il need to go more often and maybe get a chance of seeing one of the squad members up close and personal! Can't knock my day at the Camp Nou though, toured during the day and saw the 6-1 anniliation of Aletico in the evening. Definitely a day to remember. 
aRegularAce
New member
@lujan:
Yeah its bloody amazing how he stays soooo calm under pressure and always finds the best solution. I always think/thought he's gonna lose the ball when he's surrounded by 3/4 opposition players, but he always dribbles himself out of trouble. He's a class act.
Yeah its bloody amazing how he stays soooo calm under pressure and always finds the best solution. I always think/thought he's gonna lose the ball when he's surrounded by 3/4 opposition players, but he always dribbles himself out of trouble. He's a class act.
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LUJAN
Guest
hehe yeah...calm and composed....
beef-supreme
Senior member
I just looked at the forum main page, and saw the following:
8 - Andrés Iniesta
by LUJAN
And i found it amusing.
G.J
V.H. 4 life
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Can anyone explain this?
Can anyone explain this?
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El Niño de Fuentealbilla
Guest
Hola, new member here 
I can't begin to tell people how much I love Iniesta. Just his humility, as well as his breath-taking skills, along with his angelic expressions almost make it seem like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong, I don't like Iniesta more than I do the whole team, but if I had to pick a favorite player on the squad, it'd be him.
I'm praying he'll be fit and ready to go for Wednesday's big showdown in Rome. Him and Henry, too.
I can't begin to tell people how much I love Iniesta. Just his humility, as well as his breath-taking skills, along with his angelic expressions almost make it seem like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong, I don't like Iniesta more than I do the whole team, but if I had to pick a favorite player on the squad, it'd be him.
I'm praying he'll be fit and ready to go for Wednesday's big showdown in Rome. Him and Henry, too.
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