If there was something that was missing him to be the best interior the world, Andrés Iniesta already reached it in the past derbi Catalan. The light that guides to this Barça from the trenches confirmed his total reconversion and metamorphosis, almost kafkaesque, that with Luis Enrique in the bank has experienced. This Iniesta is the best Iniesta that it has been able to see in the Barcelona picture, that to the that does not weigh him the bracelet of captain, the one who understands better that anybody the football of his team, so much in attack but, especially, in defence.
As his characteristic of architect of the game never has lost it. His quality, however, has put to disposal of the collective game initiating the played from further back of where had us accustomed in his starts. After the exit of Xavi the past season, Don Andrés put the challenge to turn into the best interior of the planet, and has achieved it.
His numbers in attack evidencian his big football, like the assistance to Luis Suárez from more than 40 metres or the necessary spark to initiate the played of the others goals blaugranas. But his numbers in defence yes that indicate this step that has given to the maturity in his football and it indspensable that it is for the diagram of Luis Enrique. In front of the Espanyol, for example, stole a total of ten balloons.
Andrés Iniesta assistant and recuperador, to the service of the Barça
These numbers do him be the player of field with more spherical recovered in the party. To his 32 years and after recovering of the injury in the knee that left to the team touched without his magic during almost two months, Andrés Iniestto has arrived almost to the peak of his football, although this never knows with him. So much giving balloons to his as recovering them, the captain is indispensable.
The 54 balloons recovered by the Barça in front of the Espanyol:
- Iniesta 10
- Neymar 6
- I hammered 6
- Busquets 6
- Denis 5
- Messi 3
- Sergi Roberto 3
- Luis Suárez 3
- Umtiti 3
- Mascherano 2
- Alba 2
- Rafinha 1