Xavi I simply can't remember him putting a foot wrong, miss a throw ball , his dribbling is so underrated , his pressing was relentless ,great set piece taker and not a single player understood what setting the tempo means more than him
Zidane controlled the tempo of the game better Zidane played in his own pace And you cant predict when he will up the pace or slow down Although xavi is damn brilliant a footballing legend
@carljohnson5197 zidane did control the tempo Makalele is a cdm he cant really do muhc about the tempo of the game And petit some times was controlling the tempo of the game but mainly zidane was incontrol not petit nor makalele Please watch football and dont just talk without knowing anything. In 1998 zidane won the ballon dor which there isnt any france winnner till 2023 And controlling tempo has 3 parts of it Playmaking Football iq Individual quality and there is no comparison in neither attributes
Iniesta is the most underrated player I've seen in my lifetime. He's the prime example of the unfortuante player who happened to play in the era of Messi and Ronaldo. To me he was just as enjoyable to watch in that stellar Barca team as Messi, and that's saying something.
@@dhanushsuresh7741not overrated. not many know about him. and prime ozil was different fucking gravy. wasted so much of his career being where he shouldn't have been.
The most impressive thing about Xavi was his cognitive ability to always and i mean always know where all 22 players on the field were positioned. This allowed Xavi to figure out the next passing lane with the highest odds of leading to an attempt on goal.
Iniesta could do both attack and pass. Xavi main strength was dribbling and passing. Busquets was passing and defense. Busquets did the defense of midfield on his own and still manage to pass. To me busquets is the most important one
Add Dani Alves, Puyol, Pique and Alba in the backline with keepers like Valdes and Ter stegen. Backups like Mascherano, Pedro, Rakitic and many others!!
@@Kushagra.jthe team on paper looked like best squad in the world but the manager wasnt that good and the tiki taka was past its prime Amazing team but no where near barca 2008-2012
MSN came together when the Xavi Iniesta Busquets midfield was no longer the starting midfield trio for Barcelona. Xavi was clearly in decline by 2014, and Rakitic replaced him as the starter.
I would say Busquetts. This is only because there are many players like xavi and iniesta, for example Bellingham and many other legends. No one i have seen so far can control the play like Busquetts. Receiving the ball and making magic.
@@bolahlr he was never spécial Xabi and yaya toure did the same job or maybe even better with xavi and inesta than he did After they left barca défense became crap busquets is the most overrated midfielder of all time
Imo xavi was the best in that midfield trio he's the best passer of all time he helped spain along side inesta and alonso to win our first ever world cup he had incredible playmaker ability
Defensive mids are one of the most important roles in controlling a game and busquets makes the role look so simple. always finds pockets of space and always knows whats going on. If it wasnt for Busquets the midfield wouldnt be as dominant as they were.
xavi for me but man is it tough to choose especially between iniesta and xavi also its so sad how there are kids now that think modric is even close to their level just because they never watched iniesta and xavi in their prime modric comes no where close to xavi and iniesta
For me Iniesta top 5 players of all time. From 2008 to 2016 spain and barca won everything and Iniesta was the best player in spain and equal with messi in Barca. He had great teammates ofc but he was unbelievable. Sir Alex, Murinho, and many more talked about how good he was .
It was hands down Xavi.. anyone who says otherwise didn't watch barca play.. there is a reason why barca stopped winning champions league after Xavi left the club..!! Iniesta had that flair . Busquests was literally an octopus.. but literally XAVI RULED THAT MIDFIELD! The game paced when he paced it.. the game slowed when he slowed it! Literal definition of "MIDFILD GENERAL"
Ppl who didn't watch prime Barca wudnt understand ur statement at all.. The presence of Xavi and Busquests in the mid gave all the freedom for Messi to unleash in the front.. Post Xavi, Messi had to drop deep more often than he wud've wanted to which forced him to change his playstyle largely in the later years... I don't think many wud understand this.. all they care is number of goals..
@@bewilderedflash bro I can show you 5 midfielders with Iniesta's same profile.. breeds like Xavi, pirlo, scholes, etc are extinct now.. they don't make player like those This is coming from a die hard barcelona fan.. who's been supporting the club from last 16 years..
They played different roles and had different qualities, none of them is better than the other. Xavi was the playmaker where everything went through him and with the most accurate passes manufactured a strategical advantage and led the whole tiki taka strategy. Busquets was a defensive midfielder and iniesta made the pivotal plays and created the chances for the strikers. He would make the right pass at the right time and pass through the right player in order to break down defenses
Xavi for me, unfortunately I got to watch him 3 years before he left Barca but he still offered a lot, everything the team did on the pitch revolved around him. Barcelona crumbled after he left
To be quite honest Xavi was the one that controlled the game, Busquets was the most important but Iniesta was absolutely indispensable to Barça and Spain because he performed the best and won it for them in the biggest games.
Inista is more on like a atacking cm like 60% attack 40 defence busi is exact opposite more on like definsive cm 60 defence 40 attck xavi is the one with perfect cm 50/50 attck defence in quality all are special superb choice is it in your preference what you like more defence attack or proper cm
Busquets isn’t even the greatest CDM in Barcelona history. That goes to Edgar Davids the one who had revolutionised Barcelona in its dark times. He in 6 months set them up for the glory they had in 2000-2023 under Rijkard and Pep
Those 6 months are nowhere near good nor impactful enough to outweigh the 15 years of world class DM play and impact Busquets had on the greatest era in Barcelona history. What a terrible opinion
Dude I'm a Madrid supporter, there's nothing more beautiful than Iniesta playing. This Dude Carry entire Barça Squad, deserves a Ballon D'Or but unfortunatelly Stats see ONLY goals. Xavi should have Stats like 100 passes all completed 90 min game , under pressure?😅 The Best duo i've seen.
Players like Xavi and Iniesta can come but there won’t be no one like Busquests. No disrespect to anyone of them, but I will choose Busquets by a slight margin.
That's were you get it wrong...this 3 shouldn't be compared because as much as they were complete all rounded midfielders they were distinct in all regards and function and that was what made that midfield work. The simplest way to describe their roles would be to divide the midfield into 3 sections and each of these guys commanded each of these 3 sections.
Hear me out it’s Sergio he had what xavi and Iniesta didn’t which was the defensive skills he also had flair and tactical passing I think he was the best of the 3 imo
For me it is 1) Iniesta 2) Xavi 3) Busquets Iniesta was just on a superior level then Xavi. Don't get me wrong. Xavi was and still is one of the best midfielder who ever played football. But Iniesta was still a tiny bit better because of his skills, techniques and so on.
I always choose Busquets, he just revolutionised that centre defensive position, he was built for that role this man also had skills, dribbling and passing, but all 3 were one of the GREATEST hope they can reunite.
Please dont do this they are untouchable individually and as a unit stop comparing them because they had completely different roles but this is what made them thrive because each played there part magnificently and it was amazing to watch the kids these days won't know the true meaning of midfield maestro's
Xavi is overrated iniesta underrated people say since he scored in a final dosnt make him good like he did more than that in his career and is one of the greats for me busquets is perfectly rated he’s shown love but not to much so 1 iniesta 2 busquets 3 Xavi
