Hiddink’s Russia was really solid that year but no one was gonna beat this Spanish team at the time. 2008-2012 Spain was one of the most, if not the most dominant national team ever.
No team in the history of football played such a high-quality, ingenious and bold passing game as Spain and Barca at that time... So many through balls - absolutely brilliant passes into empty space, and behind the back of the defense, this has never been seen before in history and not since... Such through balls, attacking space with a pass, creativity, magic and absolutely perfect technique- that's what is definitely missing the most in today's football...