Barcelona 2007

Worse still, it was a performance so complete in its patheticness, so utterly gutless, A recent good example with Madrid was the squad form between when Benitez started the season and Zidane took over to finish it. Alex Caparros/Getty Images. But Xavi defined a generation, a non-stop winner who redefined what it meant to be a central midfielder.It's not down to Rafinha's shortcomings, but this one isn't close.Much like the Rafinha-Xavi head-to-head but perhaps with slightly less of a gap between them, Ivan Rakitic has been excellent for Barcelona—but he's no Andres Iniesta.Indeed, Iniesta himself would usually be the link from 2007 to 2017 but for injury problems to prevent him being as heavily involved this season.In '07, Iniesta was an unsurpassed force linking the middle and final thirds—a tremendous all-round creative talent who could dribble, find incisive passes and exploit spaces like no other.Rakitic has been a little more brute force, and a little more likely to score goals, but he's still not in the class even at his peak that Iniesta reached—and the '16/17 season has not seen Rakitic at his peak.We've got one player who was in the side a decade ago and remains there now, and Barca fans have loved every minute of his career: Ten years earlier, he was a floppy-haired, precocious young talent who drifted in off the flank more often than not, but he happened to be playing centrally for the fixture in question.
Barcelona 2017 vs. Barcelona 2007: Which Is the Stronger XI? I recall the conversation on here after the first game at Camp Nou, about how we played like Stoke and gave them too much respect. Rijkaard was absolutely finished by that point as a manager. Plus, easily the best defensive performances from United and the 2nd best I've ever seen (after Inter 2010 away). He had often been criticised for having too much of a gung ho approach in knockout ties so went with pragmatism instead.We showed them way too much respect in our tie against them especially in the first leg. Still, the nod goes to the Uruguayan over the Frenchman.An all-Brazilian head-to-head to finish up with, seeing the enigmatic Both are faces of the club—icons for fans as much as tremendous talents on the pitch—and both bring that attractive flair, unstoppable individual skill and penchant for scoring spectacular goals that can silence a hostile crowd or get the home support on their feet.Ronaldinho was at his very best around 2007, showing unbelievable consistency and skill to be a real match-winner; Neymar still has another gear to go before hitting his own peak, despite being an incredible talent already.It's close, and one of the best head-to-heads imaginable, but a Ballon d'Or win shows that Ronaldinho then had the marginal edge of Neymar now.Marquez, however, was good in the air, assured on the deck and so tactically dependable that he could be shifted from defence to midfield whenever required. I recall the conversation on here after the first game at Camp Nou, about how we played like Stoke and gave them too much respect. A recent good example with Madrid was the squad form between when Benitez started the season and Zidane took over to finish it. As the regular right-back, though, it's natural we match him up against 2007's Gianluca Zambrotta.Sergi Roberto initially impressed after switching positions, but as the team has struggled at times this year, so has he in particular. 2017 with their hopes of success or 2007 with their near-miss?We've compared both lineups as closely as possible, allowing for formation differentiations, and awarded points to each player in the individual head-to-head matchups.Goalkeeper is a reasonably contentious battle to start with: Victor Valdes held the role for many seasons and was incredibly successful with Barcelona, but he was always favoured for reasons beyond merely goalkeeping attributes.As Marc-Andre ter Stegen has patiently waited to show, he is a far more rounded and complete stopper than Barca have had for well over a decade, and he has the capacity (and the youthfulness) to enjoy an even longer tenure than Valdes eventually managed.Sure, the odd mistake is there from the German, but few goalkeepers avoid that completely, and he more than makes up for it with his save rate, his excellent distribution and an iron-clad self-belief.A battle of defensive stalwarts; Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol played alongside each other for several years, but it was the curly-haired, now-retired Puyol who ruled supreme at the back of Frank Rijkaard's team in 2007.Puyol was aggressive, combustible, snide when required and utterly determined; Pique has perhaps less of Pique's robustness in the challenge but is every bit and more the same type of team leader as well as having a superior technical skill set.Having either defender would have been tremendous for a manager; having both, well, Barcelona are just that fortunate.Samuel Umtiti may yet go on to prove an astonishingly good piece of business if he remains at Barcelona for years to come, but as a young defender with a big price tag, there's a level of expectancy attached to him that he has not yet fulfilled.Oleguer Presas was a versatile defender who usually featured on the right, but in the 2007 fixture in question, he played in his more natural role of centre-back. Above all else, the Mexican was utterly committed to winning, and he is one of the few players who could stop Busquets running away with this one.It's a tight call, but the 2017 iteration of Barcelona takes the plaudits by a single point. I called it during the Copa America the year before.

2017 with their hopes of success or 2007 with their near-miss?We've compared both lineups as closely as possible, allowing for formation differentiations, and awarded points to each player in the individual head-to-head matchups.Goalkeeper is a reasonably contentious battle to start with: Victor Valdes held the role for many seasons and was incredibly successful with Barcelona, but he was always favoured for reasons beyond merely goalkeeping attributes.As Marc-Andre ter Stegen has patiently waited to show, he is a far more rounded and complete stopper than Barca have had for well over a decade, and he has the capacity (and the youthfulness) to enjoy an even longer tenure than Valdes eventually managed.Sure, the odd mistake is there from the German, but few goalkeepers avoid that completely, and he more than makes up for it with his save rate, his excellent distribution and an iron-clad self-belief.A battle of defensive stalwarts; Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol played alongside each other for several years, but it was the curly-haired, now-retired Puyol who ruled supreme at the back of Frank Rijkaard's team in 2007.Puyol was aggressive, combustible, snide when required and utterly determined; Pique has perhaps less of Pique's robustness in the challenge but is every bit and more the same type of team leader as well as having a superior technical skill set.Having either defender would have been tremendous for a manager; having both, well, Barcelona are just that fortunate.Samuel Umtiti may yet go on to prove an astonishingly good piece of business if he remains at Barcelona for years to come, but as a young defender with a big price tag, there's a level of expectancy attached to him that he has not yet fulfilled.Oleguer Presas was a versatile defender who usually featured on the right, but in the 2007 fixture in question, he played in his more natural role of centre-back.
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