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I can’t quite remember who it was that said it – I think it was to do with the Dutch and Louis van Gaal – but someone (probably Sjaak Swart) said something along the lines of “passing football isn’t the most beautiful. Dribbling is.” In this respect, modern football has considerably dulled. As the stakes have raised and the manager has become more culpable for their team’s fortunes, risk-taking is less fashionable. Most top teams play a similar brand of European-based style – if they can keep the ball, the opposition can’t score, and they are much more likely to. To a certain extent, teams like Barcelona and Spain are really very predictable. Their games are based on passing and passing and passing until the opposition is drawn out from their positions and a man is free. In his interview with The Guardian, Xavi, declaring himself “a romantic”, outlined a view on possession that we’re supposed to admire: “I think ****, the defender’s here, play it there. I see the space and pass. “You learn responsibility and not to lose the ball. If you lose the ball, you go in the middle. Pum-pum-pum-pum, always one touch. If you go in [...]
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