'As a Madridista, 2010 Barcelona were the best team I'd ever seen!' - Sami Khedira | ESPN FC 

Boring, sleep inducing football. The final vs United was like watching a puddle dry, ENDLESS robotic rondos and back passes and no actual football. It was like you paid to watch a guy drive backwards in a circle at 40 miles an hour. Oh, we remember it well. To make matters worse, Alex Ferguson started no strikers, except Chicharito, and, I guess, his game plan was to just waltz around the midfield endlessly until the cows come home. A complete and utter snoozefest.

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 one of the most beautiful teams ever to play football... It's just beyond noobs like you... It's like liking movies like Fast and the Furious and shown a classic art movie all of a sudden.. you wouldn't understand it and call it boring.. There's a reason the world remembers this team ... and will remember perhaps forever. And trolls like you will always be swatted aside like flies

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 Stop watching football. Try another sport.

@@rajeebdas1724 I watched them, believe me, and that was NOT beautiful at all. It was BORING. Watch Manchester City today, too. They struggle to get fans because NOBODY, and I mean, NOBODY enjoys watching that.

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 yet your remembered not the way the Barca fan would have wanted but you remembered

Just plain honesty, actually.

Sami khedira is a class guy. Whenever he speaks he looks like a really intelligent person. I find it kinda weird now that sami khedira was the 1st footballer that i hated. The 1st football match i ever watched was france vs germany 2014 world cup quarter finals and there were 2 or 3 moments when khedira committed a foul and stopped french attacks especially on greizmann. And then germnay beat argentina. And thats why i began to hate him. But now that i think of it i find it very weird that i used to hate him. Brilliant player one of the most underrated players of the decade and certainly one of the most underrated cdms of the last decade. Amazing with real madrid 2ith germany and with Juventus. Im a barcelona fan and today i really appreciate the career this guy had

He’s just salty lmao

❤️💙🤝🤍🤍

@@marcosetnavrec899 you mean sami’s salty? and towards who in this scenario?😂😂😂 lmao sounds like you’re projecting my friend

Will definitely also say about the best of all time.. Cristiano ❤🐐

Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023 Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).

@@manishshaw27 not talk about person who can't even play football

@@cody9521 I have the same feeling for someone who moved from baharselona to psg 🙃

@@manishshaw27 that's Messi

heres the thing with bayern.. they're all about fitness. extreme high press for the entire game which is why they were able to withstand the tikitaka. their level of technicality and ability was no where near barca's but the fitness was better. thats why they won against them in 2012 and 2019. if you watch the 2015 one.. that barca was fit and high pressing as well thats why bayern got trashed. real madrid beat them on tempo as well. its also a reason why bayern loses games out of no where.. cuz they are tired. in terms of ability. the 2010-11 barca and 2015 barca was as if no team could touch them.

@@hosenOne1 Looking back to 2015,of course Barca was a monster team but if Real Madrid didn’t get injuries at the most crucial part of the season,they’ve won La Liga at least.

@@hosenOne1 that's the philosophy of Bayern

@@halamadrid1782 u can never predict anything mate , if Suarez had his goal allowed in 2017 then barca would have won the la liga then

@@halamadrid1782 it was the luka modric injury that year that hurt real terribly; because he was playing at a ballon dor level. He had an el Classico he never missed a pass 2014-15 season. Then the next Classico when Barca were really on a roll modric came back for it and he absolutely dominated that match but visibly ran out of gas.

and there was atletico too, constantly challenging barca and real.

Yep 2008-2018 Golden era of spanish football Legendary teams legendary players legendary coaches

Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023 Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).

In that same time span, 6 of the 9 Europa league trophies were won by Atlético Madrid or Sevilla. Spanish football really was on top

UCL and UEL 🤝 Spanish Clubs

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

I took that era for granted.... because I got into football late (from Southern Virginia - where baseball, basketball, and american football IS KING!! and soccer was actually looked down on). Didnt become a true fan of the game until I was 18-19yrs old via my best friend... BUT ANYWAY - I just thought the level of talent and players would always be there (BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT BEFORE I BECAME A FAN - modern football in the sense of mid/late 90s to 2008... So when I stated watching, I was amazed and fell in love deeply - but at the moment I was kinda sad that I had missed all the games/players from before 2009. Didnt realize at the time; I was actually watching peak soccer times from 2009-2013... Didnt know how extraordinary that era really was until after it was gone.... Soccer has really been bittersweet for me for last 3yrs or more... seeing all the players retire... Literally at the end of line now, the last few remaining ones will be following suit in next year or two. smh BUT EH!!! I AM GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO SEE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE... SOME AMAZING GAMES & TIMES (couldnt imagine being a new fan and missed out, especailly on the Barca, Real & CR7, Messi rivalries...).

Real Madrid is the best club all time🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@ilias4564 barca is the best team of all time

True

Bruh no true madridista will ever remember khedira or ozil, they’re chumps Kroos>Ozil and Khedira

@@maelioro u 8 years old?

What was the best year you think ?

@@jaishorey7915 10-11, barca at peak power, that team was banned among my friends everytime we played fifa lol. the scariest thing is that, in real life, their passing was even more robotic than they were in game

I felt 2010-11 and 2014-15 is the best... We won the UCL both times..

the craziest thing is that Real Madrid was completely stacked with players that are top 20 of the the 2010-2020 decade yet you expected Barça to win by a large margin and anything else was an upset.

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

And the clowns say Modric-Casemiro and Kroos are the best. Even a madridista himself has admitted who is the best trio

No, Pirlo, Ronaldinho and Okocha at PSG was ART.

I prefer Toure over Busqets. He gave them that physical presence.

Yeah that’s why they won 3 UCLs in a row.. oh wait

@@jajel2274 but in the one on one el clasicos we destroyed real madrid so xavi iniesta and busquets was the best

@@ZeImmortal treble winning man its would pale in comparison to that Barca

Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023. Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).

@@ZeImmortal which one because 99 can’t compete with this team

@@ZeImmortal barca would win it

@Apollion Sacrez Leonard 🤦

Its his first time at Spain and with star players he had, he thought he could go toe to toe with Barca. Then next time he play more compact

@@davidchandra8722 yeah he learned his lesson and played carefully next time around.

Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023 Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).

It was Pep's way of welcoming Mourinho to Spain after Mourinho knocked out Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.

It wasn't Messi. The rondos did them in, and chasing the ball put them to sleep and Barcelona were able to get runners behind them. The story was Iniesta, Xavi, Dani Alves, who pocketed Ronaldo, and David Villa. Messi was just one of the guys then. As soon as they made it about him, they went into the tank.

I agree. I actually prefer the 2011/12 Barca over the 2010/11 one. The 2011/12 barca were unlucky to just win 3 titles that season (spanish super cup, fifa club world cup and Copa del rey). They should have won more but the injury to David Villa in December 2011 made them less lethal upfront.

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

@@thuo1000 unlucky what. they lost by 10 points

@@prabhavvenkatesh9247 10 points is like 3 games.

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

@@prabhavvenkatesh9247 Probably same type who always blame ref or penalties - look at the gameplay, we dont mean single incidents. ´´Cooked by Mou´´ - lol

MESSI IS THE ART OF FOOTBALL..LAST PIECE WHICH DEFINED BARCA

In the old days they would butcher him. It's great that he played when the rules protected talent. We have hope of more great talent on the future.

I was surprised when he said they only lost twice

bro 😭🤣

If they’re the GOAT team, y only 5 times?

@@YoogiNation Guardiola's Barca only lost once or twice against Mourinho

@@macmanuelodumeru3708 They lost the whole league and a Copa Del Rey to them lol. If that’s the GOAT team u gotta do like Bayern or PSG and win the league 6 or 7 in a row lol

Legends in every position! It was so beautiful 🤩

😂😂

@@Victor_386 what's so funny?

@@1990Thunderbolt I love the analogy . It's not an insult

@@Victor_386 💪

I go one step ahead and say even best period in football history. These teams today have nothing on some of the teams back then.

Don’t forget November 2005, Ronaldinho destroying Real Madrid

@@isse93Z facts, in addition to barca, the likes of inter, madrid, milan, united, bayern, etc. would have a field day with any current team

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

Surely that Barca should have won 3 UCLs in a row but didn’t! Real managed it with Zizou though from 2016 to 2018!

What? The guy is not even in the conversation of greats at Juve. Very good player though.

@@jatin2616 No, he said he was at *his* best at Juve

@@economicerudite4924 technically, he did

Injuries killed him. He was class

even 2010 was good but that milito offside goal ruined that szn for us, the standard was so high at the time

The funny part is 2009 Barca was better

@@jamesvgjg id say 2009 to 11 david was really good think pedro was really underrated but overall all the players we had during those years were exceptional

(Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023

Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).

They weren't great defensively, they just pressured. It was the fact that they never lost the ball.

@@rockmorales 😂😂😂miss that barca

He came at the right time to fill the void

Germans are well educated

@@emanuelenicolo6131 yep

@@mahmoudhijaz9890 how is tuchel Turkish?

More like till 2018. Even Valverde did brilliantly against Real

@@footballinshorts2711 I didnt wanted to be that harsh 😂

@@Babypowd3r It's true though Valvarde did a 5 goal thrashing without Messi if I remember correctly.

@@vishnujain7645 it was 5-1 with suarez scoring 3. Messi was out indeed.

You think it didn't work? Messi was pretty nonexistant in both of those games

As a barca fan .. there's no shame in losing to the best .

Yeah but at least we beat Barcelona in 2008 semi finals

Exactly

@@sachindevprasad3185 I saw that rivalry when I was at sfsu. There was like 200 students packed together in this small viewing area in the basement of our student center. It was awesome.

@@rishavnautiyal4334 besides the Bayern game in the champions league

and the World Cup

I'd argue that 2013/14 Real when they won La Decima under Ancelotti and 2016/17 Real when they won the UCL & League double under Zidane were better than 2011/12 Real under Mourinho. More expansive, better as a balanced team on the pitch, didn't have to resort to dirty tactics like fouling, diving, time-wasting etc. as often as Mourinho had them do

@@economicerudite4924 that Mourinho team is still hold a record for 100 points in a single league season in Spain, a record in Europe for scoring 121 goals in a single league season, they were just unlucky against Bayern in the UCL semi final. I mean out of all players Cristiano, Ramos & Kaka missed their penalties 🤦‍♀️. Even Jose said in Interview it was the only game in Career that made him cry after a match

@@theemperor8713 2012 was a great team, but barca equaled the record of 100 points in la liga the season after.

@brotherman i know, but he said that they still hold the record and they dont, its a joint record with barca.

Same..

That sucks luckily I saw it and it was beautiful

Repeat how. Yamal is nowhere near Messi.

2009- Chelsea disgrace 2010- cooked by mou 2011- van persie red card and pepe red card

Real 14*

Bayern Munich under Hansi Flick in 2020 were also something else.

Real 2012>Real 2017

Barca 2015. Luis Enriques team with the MSN pretty much memed every single team they played, and trounced all of them in the process. Probably the most balanced team in the Ucl Era alongside the Bayern team of 2013.

Liverpool 2019

The 2009 final wasn't absolute dominance actually. For example possession was almost equal.

2011 It’s the best club team ever

Who cares!… Visca Barca!… Just kidding lol… but visca barca still.

Won 5, draw 6, lose 6