Why Sergio Busquets is an unsung hero (Part 1)
It was 11th of July 2010 when the “all-winning” Dutch team came to face their biggest challenges in the FIFA World Cup 2010 – Spain. The team of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 was totally untouchable throughout the World Cup campaign and they did not lose a single
game during the qualification stages or the group stages. However, the Spanish side looked to be strong because of their star studded line-up and how most of them played in the same team – Barcelona.
When the Spanish coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048. Many criticized this decision as Sergio Busquets was the
youngest of the players who was chosen by the Spanish coach. The Barcelona midfielder was only 21 when he left for the tournament and turned 22 after winning the tournament – 16th July.
When http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, Real Madrid
or AC Milan – teams that have won all that was there for them to win. However, with a team that combined well under Josep Guardiola, the Catalan decided to play one of the two holding midfielders available to him – Yaya Toure and Sergio Busquets.
Busquets was only 20 years old back then but Guardiola still thought of him as a better player than the amazing Yaya Toure. The Spaniard was chosen more than Toure throughout the next season and Barcelona won two out of four titles available to them. Later,
Yaya Toure was sold to Manchester City for a ridiculous amount and it was Sergio Busquets who permanently took control of the holding midfield position in the Barcelona first team.
Now, with Sergio Busquets being in charge of the holding midfield in Barcelona, all he had to do was to pass the ball towards players like Xavi Hernandez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 or Andres Iniesta – players who can do a lot with the ball at their feet. However, he
later evolved his game to become a great winner of the ball and that is the reason why no one could take his position in the midfield. With Sergio Busquets in charge, Barcelona definitely needed no one to support them in the holding midfield position.
If we take a look back at the Spanish team’s performance in the FIFA World Cup 2010, Sergio Busquets is barely seen on the pitch. However, there are players who do the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 on the ball while the others provide services off the ball. Sergio Busquets is one
of those players who provide their services off the ball. The young Spaniard can be called as a player with extraordinary positioning sense with a great ball control.
The Germans win 4-1 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 – a side that did not even qualify for the knock out stages of the FIFA World Cup
2010 but still managed to defeat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
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