The illusionist, awesome gaming vision. Born in 1984 and the backbone of the Futbol Club Barcelona for 22 years, between youth and first team, the national team's standpoint. The nickname used at the beginning of the article by Don Andrés, and here is another, is clear enough, he could make his opponents believe he wanted to do something and then do another thing, hiding the ball and made it reappear later, even if it was too late for his rivals, he had invented a new skill and was already far from being able to fight back. Inventions, skills, goals and spectacular assists, a truly unique player, difficult to make comparisons with past or present players. A rare gem, in Barca won everything, a very enviable record: 9 Spanish championships, 6 Kings Cups, 7 Spanish Supercups, 4 Champions League, 3 UEFA Supercups and 3 Club World Cups.
Equally enviable are the successes achieved with his national team, the Spanish, with which he managed to win 2 European championships, a confederations Cup and above all a World Cup in 2010, a goal never reached before by no selection of his country in the history of football. In almost 20 years spent in the club of his heart, has always been a flag for Barcelona's fans, when last summer decided to leave the club to go to Japan to play with Vissel Kobe, the rivals of Real Madrid they tried to buy it long time ago when that team was his favorite when he was a child. Owner of a winery, a passion he shares with another great midfielder, Andrea Pirlo, is an alien in the field but human in everyday life and like everyone he also has fears, like flying, just like the father. He is considered a player so extraordinary that he enjoys respect from every player on the face of the earth, peaceful person and never over the top, in his native village, Fuentealbilla, he was dedicated to a street that now have his name, so high is the regard for him by his compatriots.
Versatility at 360 °, able to cover all the roles of the midfield, lately he played like wing forward because his teammates, Xavi and Busquets, were able only to make the dam and create a game in front of the defense, not him, Andrés is able to do simply everything, capable of accelerating or slowing down the game of the team at his own will. One of the most important and significant moments of his career was the goal that in the semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona was nicknamed Iniestazo, he qualified the team led by Guardiola for the final then won in Rome. The second significant moment was the 116' goal of the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands, a goal that give for the first time in history to the red furies a World Cup, which in those years had no doubt the strongest players in every department on the football world scene. Of this last goal he says that he "felt the silence" when he was about to hit the ball: pure concentration, during that instant he managed to cancel any interference he could have with the outside world.
He almost won the Balon d'Or, which would have greatly deserved especially after the victory of the World Cup. 2009 was a historic year for him, he wins everything but really everything that can be won with a club in the calendar year, National Championship, Cup and Supercup, Champions League, European Supercup and Club World Cup. Sextiplete!!! Six trophies in a row to crown an amazing career in the best way, no one can claim this amazing goal, just few of his teammates, during the history of football it had never happened that a team dominated the football world in that way, an amazing record that makes the Barcelona team of those years one of the the strongest teams on the world scene ever since football was born.
I leave you in an excellent way, with his spells, real artworks of a champion who did talk about if almost exclusively with his wonderful skills on the football field, an example of humility and temper that should be an example for future generations.
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