Biggus wrote:
Y'know Tika taka never really existed, it was just a name to explain the style that the likes of Iniesta and Xavi played (very well and with great success to tbf).
With the deterioration of those players and no apparent successors that style will also vanish.
y va marquer wrote:
People witnessed Spain play that way, in peoples minds it exists and existed, in years to come when people watch old footage of Spain and Barca it'll be something they note, it will be said to have existed because for a time it did.
Rohit wrote:
And also because of the success they had playing that style.
I do agree with Biggus though on the players creating this style. It isn't otherwise seen in Spain. It will be interesting to see what the Barcelona Academy churns out in the future.
It'll be very interesting. It's also interesting to see the focus on high intensity and quick transitions that has come to the fore in Europe last few seasons playing out to some extent at this World Cup.
Five years ago it was actively hard to imagine a style of football that could undo Barca and Spain's possession game. At their peak they throttled everyone to death slowly.
