Andrés Iniesta

[Raed]

What does that mean?

 

[Puyol the wall]

I haven't seen much of Zidane was he like Iniesta and who is better.

 

[barcelonista]

I haven't seen much of Zidane was he like Iniesta and who is better.

He was a poor man's Iniesta.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

They dribbled much differently.

Iniesta glides with the ball at his feet, and NEVER loses his balance.

Zidane used tricks and leaned on physicality when he lost his balance. Compare Zidane dribbling with Riquelme dribbling to be fair, but not Iniesta. Both Zizou and JRR are tall, somewhat sturdy, full builds with long, strong legs, an asset for keeping the ball from defenders.

Iniesta, short, swift, balanced, agility like I've never seen before, regular sized legs. Ball glued to his foot like Messi. Unmatched dribbling, in his own class really.

Passing wise, both were brilliant. I couldn't really say who had the edge here.

Attack and Scoring, I'd have to say Zidane.

 

[Fourteen]

Yeah, that's a fair assessment from the Hermanator.

You've got me thinking about Riquelme now. The flashes of brilliance that he showed were sublime to watch, but he never did seem that compatible with life at a club like Barca. Perfect at Villareal though.

 

[catalan force]

What does that mean?

I think it means die iniesta die. This was after he gave an interview or spoke publicly in catalan.

 

[Puyol the wall]

He was a poor man's Iniesta.

He won the Balloon do'r a few times,he is surely better than that but based on my assesement of Iniesta and zidane's videos i have seen on youtube i feel Iniesta is better.I never was able to see him playing live at his prime.

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

He was a poor man's Iniesta.

that is blasphmey.

Zidane is a Football GOD! One of the greatest of all time. As much as I love Iniesta, Zidane is better.

I would compare Iniesta to Zidane definitely, there are huge similarities but Zidane was better.

 

[Yugi]

zidane is poor man´s platini, not even close to footballing gods

 

[mitkoa7x]

that is blasphmey.

Zidane is a Football GOD! One of the greatest of all time. As much as I love Iniesta, Zidane is better.

I would compare Iniesta to Zidane definitely, there are huge similarities but Zidane was better.

THIS IS BARCA!!!

 

[UberNjufer]

that is blasphmey.

Zidane is a Football GOD! One of the greatest of all time. As much as I love Iniesta, Zidane is better.

I would compare Iniesta to Zidane definitely, there are huge similarities but Zidane was better.

is zidane better than Ben Arfa that's the question :icon_neutral:

 

[barcelonista]

that is blasphmey.

Zidane is a Football GOD! One of the greatest of all time. As much as I love Iniesta, Zidane is better.

I would compare Iniesta to Zidane definitely, there are huge similarities but Zidane was better.

But Iniesta won a Champions League title with 22!!! TWENTY TWO!!!11 Can you imagine that?! Who gives the deciding pass for the equaliser in a CL final at the age of only TWENTY TWO?!!! When Zidane was 22, he was still playing in the French league for Bordeaux!!!

 

[Puyol the wall]

But Iniesta won a Champions League title with 22!!! TWENTY TWO!!!11 Can you imagine that?! Who gives the deciding pass for the equaliser in a CL final at the age of only TWENTY TWO?!!! When Zidane was 22, he was still playing in the French league for Bordeaux!!!

Guess its wrong to compare them when both of them played in different ages but would be great to see if he played in this era which is dominated by Messi and cr7,doubt he will have the same success individually.

 

[CesDel]

wtf.......when was that ???????

IIRC it was when we won 3-1 at the bernabeu this season...

 

[xaviniesta]

some really dontastic touches tonight...