On UCL Today, Thierry Henry details why Spanish football has been so dominant using examples such as Spain’s success at the EUROs and Real Madrid winning the Champions League.
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Villarreal is the perfect example for this: They are not your typical trophy runners but they've been playing the most precious buildi up style of football for a lot of years.
They always have that one player to lead every play: Senna, Bruno, Cazorla, Parejo and the list will go on because that's how they understand football there since early ages.
In my opinion it comes from grass roots, in England it’s all about getting the ball up there and being hard in challenges. All I heard when I played when I was younger is “no fancy stuff” but in Spain they players express themselves more
The reason why England is suffering as such in regards to not winning trophies over the years is that best players ar their clubs are not English. born..
And even with Real Madrid or Barcelona the best forward like players are not from Soain.
I still hold strong with this point.
Brazil still has the best pool of players to choose from on the planet
The game of Football is like a Religion in Brazil.
The reason why is because Kids are still playing anywhere where they can play the game.
They are playing on ridiculous uneven surfaces from concrete roads to beach surfaces etc.
They are even forced to play in tight areas and spaces
Which quickly develops fantastic first touch and awareness.
The problem with Brazil is not the players it is the coaches/managers.
England used to be like this…Back in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s..
Uk Car drivers were continually "honking" their car horns for the uk kids to get out from the roads and stop playing football in the streets.
Do you see this happening regularly today in England.
The only other nations that reminds of this Brazilian attitude to the sport of Football is..
India with the game of Cricket and New Zealand with the Sport of Rugby.
Any space that is not being used.
Within 2 x hours you will see two teams stup playing Cricket
And the same is the case with Rugby in New Zealand..
Real Madrid has very few spanish players
And yet Real Madrid, the most successful team on european level in the last decade, has barely any spanish players in their team.
I think nowadays England and French produce the best young players.England just need the trophy to convinced people about that
It´s an honor that Thierry talks about the team of mi hometown, Bilbao. I think academy is the best way to succeed in this capitalism world. It gives us identity and a concept of football. I think that the difference between LaLiga teams and other leagues clubs, is that here we train the concept and not only the physique. Barcelona has the best concept, and now with Hansi players have grown up, but in Bilbao we are developing both for many years.
I don’t understand Jamie jajajaj sorry
Tu sabes chaval
Teams? Haha only 1 team real Madrid
Gratulations Mr. Henry. Many people around the world think the same as him. Comment heard from a Croatian fan after the EM game "that team simply plays in a sovereign way"
We’re playing checkers not chess!
– Shaq
Like this video….just because of Henry's POV…..nothing else.
"La pelota corre más que ellos", Luis Aragonés.
Henry era el seleccionador frances en los pasados juegos olímpicos, donde españa les paso por encima en la final jugada en casa, en paris. Algo conoce del futbol de selecciones. Y estamos hablando de futbol sub23
La Masia is Cruijffs thinking bros
As a Spaniard, I felt touched about players looking at FCB and RM as their final career goal. Those two teams (no disrespect to the rest) are institutions and carry on the nation's pride around the world. And most importantly, they are a Registered Association meaning they are owned by its members. By the Common People. RM has 93k and FCB 150k. There are no Club shares. There are no Oligarchs/you name it buying out the team. One member, one vote and they run Elections to choose their leaders.
Because Real Madrid buys referees.
Une word answer: BARCELONA….there's barely any spanish players playing for real Madrid
I like to see the English admiring the Spanish, the Spanish also admire the English's drinking ability. 🍻
Except for real madrid as besides Carvajal they essentially have no other spanish players in their starting lineup. Barca is a spanish club but Real isnt anymore.
Espectacular Henry. Un tipo inteligente, además de elegante. Y fue un futbolista extraordinario. Saludos desde Madrid.
Football is all about to keep ball on your feet and pass to others, which the end game is to put back of the net
Panem et circenses
I walked past Barcelona under 15s match outside nou camp during stadium tour visit. Even the kids were all playing fluid passing like mini Fabregas' . No long balls or crunching tackles
Both in Futbol and Basketball, the spanish younger academies development is without equal in the world… even when the spanish biotype is not the optimal, they make up for it with top notch facilities, coach development and specially the mindset of TEAM FIRST. Only thing i would say they lack a bit, is just the RAW PASSION from lets say, Argentina (which lacks everything else).
This coming from an Argentinean basketball coach and futbol fan.
Nobody does it like us, 2026 World Cup here we come 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
They know football is a technical sport that is supposed to be played with brain unlike PL where if you can run 10km you’re ready.
The thumbnail in this video couldn’t be anymore wrong. The Real Madrid team behind Thierry has maybe one or two Spanish players….
Spainish football is based on skills, players are taught how to play technical football based on a system and as a team. laliga has some of the best football schools, pep and arteta came through that la masia football school. Those football schools have produced some of the worlds best players over the many yrs. There is a reason why laliga have won the most CL, europa, ballondors, uefa mens player of the yr, mens world player of the yr. Spain have won a record 4euros and have also won 1 WC
its funny how Spanish people are so racist when it comes to Africans but once Yamel and a Nico Williams come up now those are spainards and theyre real so its ok.
When it comes to Spanish football you should talk about La Roja.
Réal Madrid squad are mainly made by foreigners with an Italian manager . This should be named Internacional Madrid
Every decade a style comes along that's dominating, the only thing that overcomes it is outworking them.
For those who don't understand french, he said coaching.
>spanish football
>shows team full of Africans