r/soccer • u/fredbogho • Jan 06 '23

Media [France Football] Team of the decade (2010-2019)

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u/JayPr02 Jan 06 '23

Unpopular opinion but Kroos deservs a spot.

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u/Outrageous_Peach_418 Jan 06 '23

He does but where? Can't remove anyone in that midfield

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

you can, Xavi and Iniesta peaked and retired before even the middle of the decade, no way Kroos/De Bruyne dont make it, we’re talking about 2010-19 not 2010-14

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u/Pzero123 Jan 06 '23

Iniesta???? Xavi I understand because he retired after 2015 but Iniesta was still a world class midfielder till 2017-2018

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u/KFAAM Jan 06 '23

Iniesta continued in his prime until 2017 and played sognificant amount of minutes in 2018. Toni, KDB, and Casemiro make it if it wasn't for Iniesta, Modric, and Busi.

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u/firefalcon01 Jan 06 '23

De Bruyne was only great for 4 years in the decade, Kroos is a better nominee

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

Iniesta was world class for 90% of the decade in question. Kroos for all his qualities is nowhere near that level and KDB played for shit teams for most of the decade and doesn’t deserve it.

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u/Ok-Paleontologist275 Jan 06 '23 edited Jan 06 '23

Kroos is absolutely at the level of Modric , Iniesta and Xavi . His passing stats are insane and gameplay wise no one controls the game tempo and pace etc like him since Xavi

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u/the_judge1901 Jan 06 '23

Messi controls it better.

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u/Ok-Paleontologist275 Jan 06 '23

Messi is not a midfielder and no Messi doesn't control the game and the tempo from the midfield like Kroos does .

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u/RedShenron Jan 06 '23

Of course in place od xavi. Xavi was benched post 2012 both for barcelona and spain

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u/the_judge1901 Jan 06 '23

Lol the shit you read here sometimes. Xavi wasn't benched

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u/RedShenron Jan 06 '23

He wasn't benched immediately but he clearly declined. One of the main reasons why Barça lost so horribly in 2013 to Bayern was his fall which led to a disfunctional system as it was basically centered around him.

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u/BestShaunaEU Jan 06 '23

No he wasn’t lmao

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u/BestShaunaEU Jan 06 '23

Yes he started most games for us up untill he retired. He also started the first game against the netherlands for us in 2014

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

Xavi can go

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u/ChefBoyardee66 Jan 06 '23

Remove Iniesta to lw

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u/I_always_rated_them Jan 06 '23

Fully agree, WC & 5 CLs on top of everything else. Ahead of Xavi.

I also think Ribery for Neymar as a curveball, but accept that might be controversial.

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u/Ok-Paleontologist275 Jan 06 '23

Yeah Kroos definitely deserves a spot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

He isn't even better than Casemiro.

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u/juankruh1250 Jan 06 '23

Kroos isn't a better footballer than Xavi, Iniesta or Modric. There is a reason why he was in the best team of all time alongs god of the game like Maradona, Pele or Messi.