How A Midfielder With Terrible Pace DOMINATED Everyone

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    If there was one footballer who you could describe as the perfect embodiment of a tank - to me, without a single doubt in my mind, there is no example of a player as perfect as Bastian Schweinsteiger.
    Despite being one of the slowest players I’ve ever watched, even slower than Sergio Busquets, this man was somehow everywhere on the pitch. On the defensive end, he was an absolute wall, despite his non existent speed, the guy always seemed to strip the ball from even some of the most skilled and pacey dribblers on the pitch.
    And when you combine that endless stamina, brute strength, defensive presence, incredible passing and intelligent playmaking with an absolute cannon of a shot - it’s easy to see why Bastian Schweinsteiger is the perfect example of a tank on the pitch.
    But how good was Bastian Schweinsteiger, Really? And how did he manage to dominate the pitch with the lack of speed?
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  • @RaymarFootball
    @RaymarFootball  3 місяці тому +24

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    • @Raw-Uncut
      @Raw-Uncut 3 місяці тому +1

      @raymarFootball what happened to your Milan dynasty video...I can't find it anymore 😭

    • @herardoarellano2331
      @herardoarellano2331 2 місяці тому +1

      You should make a video about Emilio Butragueño.

  • @segafreak2000
    @segafreak2000 3 місяці тому +1130

    To this day, I've got the images from the world cup final in 2014 stuck in my head. Schweinsteiger, with blood running down his cheek, getting up again and again every single time to deny Argentina any chance in the final. Yes, it was Götze who shot the winning goal, but to this day, I hold the opinion that the one who enabled us to win was Schweinsteiger - what he did in that game absolutely cemented him as a legend to me.

    • @RaymarFootball
      @RaymarFootball  3 місяці тому +81

      He truly activated Terminator mode

    • @xacbertdebarbeira_
      @xacbertdebarbeira_ 3 місяці тому +50

      Imagine having the performance of your already stellar career in a world cup final.

    • @jamesvisceglia3971
      @jamesvisceglia3971 3 місяці тому +12

      This was the match that made me fall in love with the beautiful game. Schweinsteiger was in complete control and I’m not sure I’ve seen such an amazing (non goal scoring) performance since.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +17

      The match of his life. He gave everything for this trophy. In Germany most people said he won us the final not Götze

    • @michaelfellner9822
      @michaelfellner9822 3 місяці тому +14

      i agree. as a german myself and a bayern munich fan i loved him so much. most fans dont really understand some things: players cant always show up making an incisive pass, score a goal, make an important tackle, teams dont function just around one. but with schweinsteiger you always knew that he would leave his heart on the pitch, always trying. and he he had everything you want from a midfielder ( and no he wasnt even that slow haha ): great read of the game, great read of situations, anticipation, strength in physical battles, a great pass and always a good feeling when he could push up to support attacks. he was just the ultimate control. and its scary when you consider that for all his youth and most of his professional career he didnt even play as a midfielder as he later did, he was actually always a winger / striker. so to see him on a level with iniesta, xavi and the likes, to me he was actually better then them because he offered you more, is scary to think off what couldve been if he had even more time developing. schweinsteiger was consistency, up and down the pitch .. and i wish we still had him .. but im thankful for what he did for us. even for the players around him seeing someone fight his ass off inspires them too.
      he is a legend of the game, whoever doubts that is clueless. fußballgott schweini.

  • @jodellkesterseegobin2039
    @jodellkesterseegobin2039 3 місяці тому +405

    Schweinsteiger wasn't slow, especially when he was younger. He was a winger and AM before Van Gaal converted him to a DM.
    He got a lot of injuries and was often rushed back from injury too soon, so this took a toll on his fitness. But he didn't lack pace in his youth. I mean, he wasn't Mbappe fast, but he wasn't a slowpoke either lol.

    • @MacCocas1
      @MacCocas1 3 місяці тому +21

      yeah I remember him in world cup 2006..he sure was fairly quick

    • @hopelessaquarian
      @hopelessaquarian 3 місяці тому +11

      Otherwise he wouldn't have started as a winger

    • @cadian122
      @cadian122 2 місяці тому +3

      I remember him from the 06 WC and 08 Euros and I agree he was more of a winger in 06 and attacking mid in 08.. he didn't settle in as a central mid until the 2010s ...

    • @grabitx9650
      @grabitx9650 2 місяці тому +2

      Thats right, he wasent slow at all.

    • @cadrollhunting3564
      @cadrollhunting3564 2 місяці тому +2

      He was extremely slow, especially for his position as he started out as a winger. He made up for it with technique and skill though and his move to central midfield transformed his career.

  • @evi6641
    @evi6641 3 місяці тому +336

    His kick off glitch irl was so broken for bayern Munich his long passes Robben were so underrated.

    • @kresrock4391
      @kresrock4391 3 місяці тому +11

      your comment is glitched

    • @ko-rp7ge
      @ko-rp7ge 3 місяці тому +1

      That's dope

  • @codymyster10
    @codymyster10 3 місяці тому +308

    Not going to lie but people forget that Schweinsteiger wasn't slow at all; he was a wide midfielder and winger with electric pace and skills until Robben and Ribéry arrived in Bayern.
    The position he ran at Bayern didn't require pace, rather, positioning and great anticipation due to lovely match reading. Plus, his passing range was always exceptional even as a young winger. Underrated and effective like most German players in history.

    • @dannii312
      @dannii312 3 місяці тому +5

      On point !

    • @brianduru3753
      @brianduru3753 3 місяці тому +29

      Yeah, this video is a bit daft and misleading.
      First of all, Schweinsteiger was no Usain bolt, but he could run.
      And secondly, pace has never been that important for midfield players. Even in the box to box era, stamina was more important than pace.
      So, Schweinsteiger not having 'pace' isn't some big setback like the video is implying

    • @chriskouts4923
      @chriskouts4923 3 місяці тому +11

      I thought of exactly the same when I saw the title I said to myself wasn’t he a winger ?

    • @SimonAb93
      @SimonAb93 3 місяці тому +15

      Video title is for FIFA Players who have no clue about real footballers

    • @lunardancer6047
      @lunardancer6047 3 місяці тому +4

      I was going to say the same thing. He wasn't slow at all in his younger days.

  • @elrio404
    @elrio404 3 місяці тому +149

    bayern team from early 2010's was so underappreciated going to 3 ucl finals yet only winning once didn't do justice to how strong their depth was overall

    • @johnwick7583
      @johnwick7583 3 місяці тому +8

      yeah they went up agaisnt prime barcelona

    • @yrmom-kv3sc
      @yrmom-kv3sc 2 місяці тому +8

      @@johnwick7583 They lost the final against Inter Milan and Chelsea. Not Barcelona

    • @gjhlu541
      @gjhlu541 2 місяці тому +1

      @@yrmom-kv3scthink he meant they beat barcelona

    • @bloodysorcerer
      @bloodysorcerer 2 місяці тому +4

      And losing 3 times to VAReal Madrid

    • @johnwick7583
      @johnwick7583 2 місяці тому +2

      @@bloodysorcerer it’s Vardrid

  • @sehu1291
    @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +113

    Van Gaal was the genius who put Schweinsteiger from the RW to CDM. And put also Robben from LW to RW. He changed the career of both so much. And without van Gaal Bayern would have sold Müller to some other Bundesliga Club

    • @brianduru3753
      @brianduru3753 3 місяці тому +1

      Robben was definitely playing as a RW already before Van Gaal mate.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +7

      @@brianduru3753 yeah but mostly on LW. He also hadn't show his signature move not more than five times before he went to bayern

    • @chriskaminski-qt6pl
      @chriskaminski-qt6pl 3 місяці тому +1

      It wasn't van Gaal. Heynckes took over for 5 games after Klinsmann got fired to finish the season. He played Schweinsteiger as a CDM which worked brilliantly. Van Gaal simply copied it.

    • @brianduru3753
      @brianduru3753 3 місяці тому +1

      @@sehu1291 Yeah, you don't know what you're talking about mate.
      Robben played as a RW a lot for Real Madrid. I mean, in his first season there they had Robinho on the left so no way Robben was going to play there.
      Robben played as a LW at times for Chelsea and Holland, but he played mainly as a RW at Madrid.
      The only that changed for Robben at Bayern from Madrid was that he was finally healthy for an extended period and could show his quality.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +1

      @@chriskaminski-qt6pl bullshit Schweinsteiger himself said van gaal Was the one who put him in the CM. Heynckes had no other options and a completely different team. The only goal was to secured the CL qualification

  • @TMIATC
    @TMIATC 3 місяці тому +80

    He is my favorite footballer. He is the reason why I watch. And as a German national team fan, i really miss his presence on the pitch. You're absolutely right, Germany has been lost since he retired from the national team in 2016.

    • @hafizahmad6843
      @hafizahmad6843 3 місяці тому

      he and ozil not in german hurt german so bad.

    • @Apqueen868
      @Apqueen868 3 місяці тому

      And lahm boteng and hummels. Almost all at the same time

    • @Aoughi
      @Aoughi 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Apqueen868please don't forget Miro.

  • @tlou2cinematicgameplay636
    @tlou2cinematicgameplay636 3 місяці тому +80

    The guy is the embodiment of all the traits one would think of when imagining a good German footballer. Both fc Bayern and the DFB squad played outstanding football when Schweinsteiger was the respective deep playmaker of each team.
    That alone proofs his genius. Don’t always have to be flashy to be great.

  • @gialuongnguyen5842
    @gialuongnguyen5842 3 місяці тому +36

    1:53 How was Fernando Torres placed higher than Eto'o, Schweinsteiger, and Robben?
    After the World Cup, he was on a constant decline.

    • @cadian122
      @cadian122 2 місяці тому +1

      The decline actually started in the world cup lol... As a Spanish fan I agree with your statements

    • @gimmepenalty
      @gimmepenalty 2 місяці тому +2

      The decline was in the World Cup because he had a an injury and chose to play instead of heal it if he had who knows maybe he would’ve actually been a legend

  • @xacbertdebarbeira_
    @xacbertdebarbeira_ 3 місяці тому +53

    After being paired with Lukas Podolski as the new German boygroup building up to the 2006 world cup (the infamous Poldi and Schweini as known from Söhnke Wortmann's documentary), it seemed to me that Schweinsteiger (or rather both of them) was in real danger of becoming another of these early-priming wonderkids. Both of them played in offensive positions, Podolski as a striker/winger, Schweinsteiger as a attacking midfielder/winger, and it would have been easy for them never to live up to the hype that always builds around offensive prospects. Two factors that turned around Schweinsteiger's career in my view: 1. He was red-carded in the second group match during the 2008 Euros for a hot-headed episode of unsportsmanlike conduct, which probably made him rethink the seriousness of his approach to the game (that is, some people probably sat him down for a chat). 2. The injury of Michael Ballack right before the 2010 world cup, which forced Joachim Löw to switch up his line-up. This forced players like Lahm, Schweinsteiger and, due to the passing of Robert Enke and the injury of Rene Adler, Manuel Neuer to take the next, and in Schweinsteiger's case, defining step to footballing maturity, since he was the one to take up Ballack's more central, defensive role on the pitch, while Lahm took over as captain. A challenge both of them definitely rose up to. And with all of Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Neuer and also Müller playing together both at Bayern and for Germany for years, they were able to form a truly unique group of team leaders that undisputably linked up well as players and personalities. Also, of course Schweinsteiger was lucky to learn from managers like Hitzfeld, Magath, Heynckes, van Gaal, Guardiola and Löw.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +10

      Van Gaal was the one who place Schweinsteiger 2009/2010 in CDM. And also Robben from LW to RW. And put Müller in the starting line up. Without van Gall Schweinsteiger, Robben and Müller wouldn’t have the careers they had. Müller would have probably transfered to an other club (he was only 19) Müller said till this day van Gaal was his favourite coach. And Schweinsteiger went to United because van Gaal was coach (and they were his favourite club in England). But van Gaal got fired and Mourinho benched him

  • @thetruth4654
    @thetruth4654 3 місяці тому +85

    Most underrated midfield legend in the current day, at his prime Schweinsteiger in his prime was giving Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets nightmares in the midfield.

    • @kothicamedarth2680
      @kothicamedarth2680 3 місяці тому +8

      People hyped that overated Ozil (who was only good at Real Madrid 2010-2011) & gave credit of Schweinsteiger to him.

    • @glencurtis6052
      @glencurtis6052 3 місяці тому +4

      He wasn't underrated

    • @kothicamedarth2680
      @kothicamedarth2680 3 місяці тому +13

      @@glencurtis6052 He was as he is rarely spoken about while you see people exalting Xabi, Xavi, Gerrard, Lampard, Iniesta, Ozil, Modric etc while Schweinsteiger is ahead of some here.
      Schweinsteiger & Cesc Fabregas are criminally underrated despite achieving everything & even having better records than above mentioned people.

    • @gregoriuspascalis500
      @gregoriuspascalis500 3 місяці тому +6

      Yes Bastian and Javi Martinez dominate them. 7-0 on aggregate doesn't lie. The only other midfielders who could give them trouble was perhaps Daniele De Rossi, unfortunately they could only meet on international stage.

    • @kothicamedarth2680
      @kothicamedarth2680 3 місяці тому

      @@gregoriuspascalis500 Yes they do but then they can't be equated to Iniesta type defenders who are there to engage & disengage lines to open up attacks.
      Here Iniesta & David Silva types operate differently

  • @GamerFlair
    @GamerFlair 3 місяці тому +27

    No Pace lol.
    I mean, he didn't have Mbappe/Robben etc pace, but he was quick, especially over short distances.
    I feel like his probably mostly underrated due to his time at United (where he was also to be fair, slow because he just didn't seem super fit, also didn't see him in MLS so it possible that maybe he had lost his acceleration by that point because he was definately slow at United).

    • @brianduru3753
      @brianduru3753 3 місяці тому +3

      Yeah, the video title is a bit daft tbh.

  • @krischan67
    @krischan67 2 місяці тому +9

    The farewell match of Bastian Schweinsteiger, a Bayern Munich player, was in the stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach, a rival club of Bayern Munich from the old times and still of today regarding individual matches. Despite that, the audience chanted "Fussballgott" (football god) and Schweinsteiger went into tears. I've never heard nything like that in a farewell match, it was among the most emotional moments in sports for me.
    Schweinsteiger was at the heart of the 2014 final, embodying blood, sweat and tears, literally. I'm reluctant with words like hero or legend, but he was an example. Without him (and a couple of others), we would not have won. For me he is among the most iconic German players of all time.

  • @chikomufc
    @chikomufc 2 місяці тому +3

    I disagree with the notion that Basti had no pace, especially since my first memories are of him as a winger scoring screamers with his blonde Mohawk.
    But I agree agree with the sentiment of the video that it was his technique and IQ that set him apart.
    One of my favorite players. Thank you!

  • @saschaganser9671
    @saschaganser9671 2 місяці тому +11

    It`s crazy how underrated some of the players of these generation are.
    Lahm & Schweinsteiger and even Kroos.
    All of them were great with the ball, great understanding of the game, great passing, insane tackling skills and super hard to beat 1vs1.
    Schweinsteiger was needed in that 2014 team. Özil and Kroos were not that great in their defense, and Kehdira lacked a bit the positioning that Schweinsteiger had.
    It was an overall great team.

    • @headlessfool7050
      @headlessfool7050 2 місяці тому

      No one who knows about him underrates the magic Dwarf . Phillip Lahm redefined his native position, and routinely was switched to midfield, occasionally even attacking Winger . One of the most intelligent, likely the most versatile football player ever .

    • @green_wire
      @green_wire Місяць тому +1

      ​@@headlessfool7050Correct! Lahm is the best right back of all time.

  • @amichaielteke
    @amichaielteke 3 місяці тому +50

    Bastian Schweinsteiger

  • @arthurmsiska3800
    @arthurmsiska3800 3 місяці тому +9

    The man was my role model in highschool. My game started maturing quickly because i really trued copying his style. Always covering the midfield, playing box to box and those long diagonal passes. Aggressive tackles.

  • @WizardDoom
    @WizardDoom 2 місяці тому +3

    Im born 1987, in my lifetime i have not seen a player besides Pirlo and Beckham who embraced the role of a captain and leader more than Schweinsteiger...for me he is the best midfielder i have witnessed yet. Greetings from Germany

  • @chivescucumber9764
    @chivescucumber9764 3 місяці тому +16

    Being from Chicago, it was a blessing we got him in the MLS. He brought our team to the playoffs and unfortunately, the rest of the team couldn't pick up the weight when it came to the important matches then in his final years the rest of the team became worse, and poor management of his position. Top tier player!

    • @josthefang4594
      @josthefang4594 3 місяці тому +3

      Sadly he couldn’t win you guys the World Cup

    • @johnwick7583
      @johnwick7583 3 місяці тому

      @@josthefang4594 how would he win the world cup if he played for germany lool

    • @josthefang4594
      @josthefang4594 3 місяці тому +2

      @@johnwick7583 1. Germany won the World Cup in 2014
      2. It’s a joke, in a press conference schweinsteiger did when he joined MLS, one of the reporters who clearly didn’t know anything about the sport said “with this signing, do you think Chicago will be able to win the World Cup now?”

    • @johnwick7583
      @johnwick7583 3 місяці тому

      @@josthefang4594 yeah I knew he won the World Cup I didn’t realize it was a joke sorry . But dang that reporter is very incompetent

    • @johnwick7583
      @johnwick7583 3 місяці тому

      @@josthefang4594 maybe he meant the fifa club World Cup?

  • @Inquisitive_Nomad
    @Inquisitive_Nomad 3 місяці тому +10

    In 2014 world cup, two german players with almost no pace dominanted.
    Schweinsteiger
    Kroos

  • @mathiasseiler
    @mathiasseiler 3 місяці тому +7

    Grew up with a poster of him above my bed. He's been my favorite player since I got him in a panini pack back in '06, saw the spiky hair and I just decided that this guy was gunna be my favorite player. He did not disappoint. Freaking beast. Top 30 player of all time for me. A true warrior. I've been trying to play like him ever since I first saw him in the 2006 world cup.

  • @A_YFootball_
    @A_YFootball_ 3 місяці тому +16

    He is a Germany National Team and Bayern Munich, and Chicago Fire Fc Legend 🏆

    • @bido2782
      @bido2782 3 місяці тому

      Chicago fire legend?

    • @slave2allah
      @slave2allah 3 місяці тому +2

      @@bido2782He’s one of our only good players ever

  • @Racist373
    @Racist373 3 місяці тому +19

    Raymar should do thomas muller

  • @mangolemongrass7572
    @mangolemongrass7572 2 місяці тому +4

    As a child my 7 was not Ronaldo it was Schweinsteiger

  • @raex-joshi9335
    @raex-joshi9335 2 місяці тому +5

    Bro Schweinsteiger wasnt that fast, But to call him slower than busquets is a blame. Back in the days he was a winger….

  • @sehu1291
    @sehu1291 3 місяці тому +6

    WC Final 2014 was his peak. A beast. A genius. He would have gave his life for Bayern and his country

    • @MonTube2006
      @MonTube2006 3 місяці тому

      Do you understand the ridicule of your statement ?

  • @Wcksa
    @Wcksa 3 місяці тому +5

    yo raymar bro could u please bring back the og background sound please man don't ever change it, it makes me more attracted to the video

    • @papisan223
      @papisan223 2 місяці тому +1

      i was thinking the same thing

  • @jonnzi789
    @jonnzi789 3 місяці тому +5

    i my hierarchy of their generation
    1. Iniesta
    2. Schweinsteiger
    3.xavi/gerrard/lampard/pirlo and so one
    he was mobbing prime barcelona all the time.

    • @Jan-cd5kq
      @Jan-cd5kq 3 місяці тому

      I am a german and xavi should be higher

  • @vellkaas3523
    @vellkaas3523 3 місяці тому +7

    He has speed, i don´t understand that claim. You even have clips where he is running with the ball and passing opponents easily.

  • @cautionninjas
    @cautionninjas 3 місяці тому

    Been watching your channel for ages and I’m so hyped you did a vid on my all time favorite player, thanks for the Fußballgott video🤝🙌

  • @StriderDSC
    @StriderDSC 3 місяці тому +16

    His short distance acceleration really set him apart and let him close gaps very, very quickly despite his lack of top end speed. One of the smartest decisions Germany and Bayern made was starting him out wide before shifting him to the middle because it really helped his intelligence and reading of the game. A true general.

  • @SangNguyen-ql3qm
    @SangNguyen-ql3qm 2 місяці тому

    Great video, so well researched, presented with positive vibes.

  • @cafeplastique890
    @cafeplastique890 2 місяці тому +1

    The pictures of young Schweinsteiger as a ski athlete show him with young Felix Neureuther, who went on to become a World Champion and a serial winner of FIS World Cup races. When they were young and competing at youth level, Schweinsteiger was his strongest competition and the two have remained close mates ever since. So it is not an exaggeration to assume that if he had not turned to Football, Schweinsteiger may very well have become a World Class skier.

  • @sameerk7151
    @sameerk7151 3 місяці тому +11

    bro was what jorginho always wanted to be (without pens)

    • @BayernMiasanmia238
      @BayernMiasanmia238 Місяць тому +1

      Prime jorginho was great but schweinstiger was just .... exquisite 😮‍💨😩

  • @schnitzelfilmmaker1130
    @schnitzelfilmmaker1130 3 місяці тому +5

    Seems like some major German officials need to go and give a talk to Paris Brunner now too. The kid’s a superstar talent but the problem is he knows it and makes trouble too much.

  • @skyslicer1979
    @skyslicer1979 3 місяці тому +8

    He was unstoppable.

  • @dinpuiaraltesiakeng2818
    @dinpuiaraltesiakeng2818 3 місяці тому +5

    Schweinsteiger! One of my world 11. He surely was the backbone and engine of his team! He should have retired at Bayern!

  • @nabeel426
    @nabeel426 3 місяці тому +4

    The irony in this was that I was looking at midfielders that played for Bayern as there midfield right now is not working. Then I thought, I know Bastian was good at shooting and passing but I don’t really know that much about him in general. Good video

    • @oldnp
      @oldnp 3 місяці тому +1

      Bastian

    • @nabeel426
      @nabeel426 3 місяці тому

      @@oldnp oh my gosh. I just realised thanks for the correct

  • @daveforce4482
    @daveforce4482 3 місяці тому +2

    I also want to stress that Schweinsteiger made an INSANE Jump in Leadership after losing the UCL Final against Chelsea. You see that after losing that final and having general weak mentality (not looking at the shootout directly and missing the last one), he became a leader. And that mentality lead Bayern to win the ucl and Germany to win World Cup.

  • @user-st3id5bm1f
    @user-st3id5bm1f 3 місяці тому +2

    RaymarFootball I love your dedication to your work.
    Your videos really give me insightful knowledge about players I never got to watch or pay attention too because I was too young. I appreciate it Keep doing you
    God bless you 🙏💯

  • @RaymarFootball
    @RaymarFootball  3 місяці тому +32

    Am I the only one who thought of Schweinsteiger as the Terminator?🤣 Leave a like if you enjoyed! 🙏 It's the best way to support the channel❤

    • @maxp3141
      @maxp3141 3 місяці тому +1

      Well, I’d say that he was way more intelligent than the Terminator. If the Terminator had Schweinsteigers footballing iq then John Connor would had no chance. There are very few players who know how to be in the exact right spot at the exact right time, but Bastian was always there. Especially in defense.

    • @maxp3141
      @maxp3141 3 місяці тому +1

      I remember that controversy when he stopped prime Rooney in an important game with a foul from behind and the British press reacted in a strong way. But the point is that it was an intelligent stop, which earned him a yellow card.

    • @kothicamedarth2680
      @kothicamedarth2680 3 місяці тому +1

      I always felt he was combination of Xavi Alonso & Sergio Bisquets making him switch continuously from being defensive to attacking to defensive etc midfielder

  • @anaklysmos4051
    @anaklysmos4051 3 місяці тому +5

    Finally some respect for Schweinsteiger. He is still my goat :D Thank you for that^^

  • @niklasgeiger5107
    @niklasgeiger5107 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video! :)
    I think the underappretiation stems from the fact, that his 'prime' was rather short
    He switched position from winger to CM only in 2010, when van Gaal initiated it. He wasn't a bad winger, but the position in central midfield just was way more fitting to him.
    And unfortunately he got unlucky with injuries and the reduction in athletic skills coming with age rather early already around 2015
    So he wasn't a player dominating for 15 years from 20 to 35 like Iniesta or Xavi
    But his prime years were exceptionally successful: 3 champions league finals in 2010, 2012 and 2013
    Winning the champions league in 2013
    Being a semi-finalist at the WC 2010 and at the Euros in 2012 and then winning the WC in 2014
    And he was imo the most important player for Bayern and Germany over this timeframe

  • @TSPH1992
    @TSPH1992 3 місяці тому +6

    Schweinsteiger was a beast

  • @alicewang5398
    @alicewang5398 Місяць тому

    Bastian has passion. He played with everything he had for both his team and his club. Got back up again and again during the World Cup even when injured and played a huge role in winning the cup. Absolute underappreciated legend

  • @Skoopyghost
    @Skoopyghost 3 місяці тому +1

    I loved how there are limitedless ways to play football. I always go for the tab mercent.

  • @karan07y
    @karan07y 3 місяці тому +4

    Man, please use the old Background music and WTW. What is the name of that music

  • @lwandomadikizela2213
    @lwandomadikizela2213 3 місяці тому +3

    Schweinsteiger was an average winger but when LVG converted him into a midfielder he was class for Germany and Bayern Munich. I can remember being very happy we signed Schweinsteiger in 2015 for a bargain fee at the time but the reason why Bayern Munich were willing to sell him because he was passed his best when he joined Manchester United. At Manchester United he looked way off and showed he was done at elite level. Schweinsteiger will no doubt be one of the best midfielders of his generation for Bayern Munich and Germany.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 3 місяці тому

      Problem in Manchester was that they fired his favourite coach van Gaal and put in Mourinho

    • @MrIkOgNiTo
      @MrIkOgNiTo 2 місяці тому

      LVG didn't converted him to midfield since all his youth at bayern Schweinsteiger never was a winger but a CM.
      When he turned pro they put him on the wing to give him some playtime due to the fact that at least he was able to play that position.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 2 місяці тому

      @@MrIkOgNiTo to give him playtime? Wtf. He played euro 2004, WC 2006 and Euro 2008 on the Wing. He played from 2003 - 2009 at Bayern and Germany as a winger. And from 2009 - 2015 as a CM for Bayern. So it was 50/50 at Bayern

    • @MrIkOgNiTo
      @MrIkOgNiTo 2 місяці тому +1

      @@sehu1291 Yes to give him playtime!
      The center midfield from 2003-2009 in the german national team and bayern munich was occupied by Frings, Ballack, van Bommel and Ze roberto.
      Schweinsteiger played as a winger for the same plain simple reason Jerome Boateng played right back during his first couple of seasons at Hamburg Manchester and Bayern and the german national team.
      The center back position was occupied by veterans so he played right back just because he was able to play right back but that doesn't mean he was later converted into a center back because he always was a center back.
      Same situation for Schweinsteiger he played on the wing out of necessity not because of that he actually was a winger.

    • @sehu1291
      @sehu1291 2 місяці тому

      @@MrIkOgNiTo bro guys like Ottl played there. If anyone had knewed how good Schweinsteiger would have been in the CDM they wouldn't wait until he was 25 to put him in this Position and let Ottl play or bought an 35 year old ze Roberto for one or two seasons. And in the nationalteam he switched at the exact same time the position because everyone saw that schweinsteiger was wordclass in the CM. He didn't even play at CM when 2 players were injured at this position. No one was interested where he played in the youth. It was common knowledge that schweinsteiger was a winger. Van Gaal was the one who had the idea to put him in the CM. I don't know where you have heard this or habe you a bad memory? How old are you? Btw Ballack played OM at bayern and than at WC 2006 and at Chelsea CM.

  • @Gilgarth
    @Gilgarth 3 місяці тому +1

    Sadly he is an unsung legend that doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.
    Thank you for a video that does his legacy justice.

  • @beckum825
    @beckum825 3 місяці тому +4

    Always good to wake up to a raymar video

    • @RaymarFootball
      @RaymarFootball  3 місяці тому +1

      Hope you can watch with your breakfast bro! 🥣

    • @cameronbird7215
      @cameronbird7215 4 дні тому

      He pace is not that bad but he is slow

  • @devilshermannmatern6380
    @devilshermannmatern6380 12 днів тому

    2012/2013 Schweinsteiger and Martinez were a beautiful to watch duo at the defensive midfield.

  • @Mark-uh3un
    @Mark-uh3un 3 місяці тому

    Great player and very underrated, certainly deserves to be in the conversation of the best central midfielders of the 2010s

  • @cyrilaleksandersson9217
    @cyrilaleksandersson9217 2 місяці тому +1

    Bastian "Fussballgott" Schweinsteiger - my favorite midfielder ever.

  • @sandileshongwe4233
    @sandileshongwe4233 3 місяці тому

    Schweinsteiger and the German national team of 2010 are reason why I love Fifa 2014 so much. This guy was a beast🙌🏽

  • @Raw-Uncut
    @Raw-Uncut 3 місяці тому

    could you please also do a video on how good was Allan Sherear,
    what happened to Jack Wilshere

  • @franzburisch5280
    @franzburisch5280 2 місяці тому +2

    Schweinsteiger wasn't slow at all befor age effeced on him. He even started his career as a winger and did pretty well there. In his prime he easily had 70+ pace and I'm absolutely sure he had this rating in FIFA at some point too.

  • @sunblanket2925
    @sunblanket2925 3 місяці тому

    My favorite German player!! That finish against Turkey at Euro 2008 was crisp. I really got see him eMsawawa in 2010 WC when Joachim Loew left out Ballack and Basti is going to take over🎉🎉

  • @pokermonfacegaming
    @pokermonfacegaming 2 місяці тому +1

    Schweinsteiger was probably the most important player for Germany and Bayern back then.
    He gave the entire squads stability and every time he was missing, the teams played a lot worse without him.
    Without him Germany wouldnt have won the World Cup.

  • @errolsalazar9377
    @errolsalazar9377 3 місяці тому

    For a couple of seconds there i was in awe because of how smoothly that transitioned into an ad 🤯🤣

  • @NYs_Retroclassics
    @NYs_Retroclassics 3 місяці тому

    I have followed your channel for a long time as a huge Chelsea fan I would love a frank lampard or a didier deigns video

  • @Andre-ke8rx
    @Andre-ke8rx 2 місяці тому

    I'm a huge Schwinsteiger fan. One interesting comparison I made was with another player who has a very similar set of basic skills, but using them completely different.
    Pirlo.
    never saw someone that slow being that incredibly dominant on the offense. yet, they both share a lot of similarities. Both are slow on and off the ball (I know, Schweinsteiger wasn't always slow, but in his prime days, his style was slow in comparison), both have their strengths in passing, shooting, timing and strategic understanding. Yet, they play so incredible different. Both of them are amazing, but I would never say they play similarly just because they were both on the slower side.

  • @AFCAglory
    @AFCAglory 3 місяці тому

    Again, great video Raymar! Since we're on the subject of solid midfielders, do one on Dirk Kuyt please😁

  • @user-do6be7ze4q
    @user-do6be7ze4q 3 місяці тому +2

    Please make a video on Thomas Muller .

  • @user-ve9pp9ec7u
    @user-ve9pp9ec7u 3 місяці тому +1

    Could you kindly make a video about Thiago Alcantara

  • @nikdolp9
    @nikdolp9 3 місяці тому +3

    His name also sounds like a tank name. Jagdpanter, Panzerjäger, Schweinsteiger...

    • @2pacalypse93
      @2pacalypse93 3 місяці тому +3

      panzerjaeger lol. i died haha. Something between Pig Climber and Pig Rider when u translate it

    • @nikdolp9
      @nikdolp9 3 місяці тому

      @@2pacalypse93 i know but still sounds like a tank name xd

    • @2pacalypse93
      @2pacalypse93 3 місяці тому

      yeah it really does sound funny lol never saw that from this point of view. thank u @@nikdolp9

  • @mikexstad1121
    @mikexstad1121 3 місяці тому

    Him, Alaba, and Müller are what got me into football

  • @tomaszkozowski8210
    @tomaszkozowski8210 3 місяці тому +13

    For me the best defensive midfielder ever.

    • @Conker66
      @Conker66 3 місяці тому +1

      Rijkard my boy

    • @kothicamedarth2680
      @kothicamedarth2680 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Conker66Not so intelligent like Bastian

    • @Raydensheraj
      @Raydensheraj 3 місяці тому +3

      Lothar Matthäus was the best in everything midfield....and I'm not just saying a "little" better.
      Matthias Sammer also played as defensive 6 at VfB Stuttgart and Inter Milan.

    • @karollewandowski5542
      @karollewandowski5542 3 місяці тому

      Było dużo leprzych defensywnych Gattuso Mascherano Busquets itd.

    • @MrIkOgNiTo
      @MrIkOgNiTo 2 місяці тому

      ​@@karollewandowski5542 nope

  • @dustinshaffer384
    @dustinshaffer384 3 місяці тому

    He was the definition of a box to box midfielder and although he wasn't quick he had game speed and that's all you need.

  • @smerz9592
    @smerz9592 3 місяці тому

    The old background music was better than the new ones from the last videos. Your old videos had some special vibe with the old background music.

  • @AMIRULASYRAF-gm4vo
    @AMIRULASYRAF-gm4vo 3 місяці тому

    Him, Van Bommel, and Javi Martinez were my fav.

  • @user-xg8hq9oz8x
    @user-xg8hq9oz8x 3 місяці тому

    can we get a video of david silva please he is a legend and very underrated

  • @robs9237
    @robs9237 3 місяці тому +3

    MIDFIELD ENGINE

  • @masonsamuels347
    @masonsamuels347 3 місяці тому +2

    Busquets seemed slower than Bastian imo

  • @anajayhatake2924
    @anajayhatake2924 3 місяці тому +2

    Danke basti 😁🇩🇪🇩🇪

  • @dannii312
    @dannii312 3 місяці тому +3

    No Pace? Bruh .. 😂

  • @sinagasemzadeh3504
    @sinagasemzadeh3504 3 місяці тому

    I remember as kid i love his power shots and his name and in every video game i put his name😂

  • @pazconwaysson6785
    @pazconwaysson6785 3 місяці тому

    “In the ground and on the air” 😂

  • @Schnapsbrennor
    @Schnapsbrennor 2 місяці тому

    Jack of all traits on steroids. Perfect description. Just loved football, when he's still playing. Miss him so much.

  • @panic_2001
    @panic_2001 2 місяці тому

    I'm not a Bayern fan at all and I didn't used to like "Schweini". Since his three goals against Portugal in the game for third place in the 2006 World Cup, it has been my man.

  • @cookeatliverepeat8815
    @cookeatliverepeat8815 2 місяці тому

    Schweinsteiger war einer der besten Box to Box Spieler bis er aufs defensive Mittelfeld gestellt wurde. Der junge Schweinsteiger war ein Dribblemonster.

  • @TheFlooable
    @TheFlooable 2 місяці тому

    His 2014 final ovetime performance was the single most passionate a footballer has produced in modern times.

  • @Michael-zt8vd
    @Michael-zt8vd 2 місяці тому

    He is the one and only Fußballgott!!❤

  • @panman2585
    @panman2585 3 місяці тому

    Please make one about Philip lahm

  • @J0K3S945
    @J0K3S945 2 місяці тому

    Only one corrections, Lahm lifted first. He was captain. Basti lifted it like everyone else, but Lahm did first

  • @tarponmonkey39
    @tarponmonkey39 26 днів тому

    He was basically a more complete version of Toni Kroos since he was so strong defensively.

  • @TheAlexG98LP
    @TheAlexG98LP 3 місяці тому

    I met him in 2008 he is such a nice guy as well I love him he is a German hall of famer Unser Fußballgott

  • @Nanovideos43
    @Nanovideos43 3 місяці тому +1

    I know In the future a good story is coming out about camavinga

  • @ProfDrDrN0
    @ProfDrDrN0 2 місяці тому

    What seperates Schweinsteiger from the rest is, besides being a great footballer, he was an amazing leader.
    To compete at the highest level you need both.

  • @LetsPups
    @LetsPups 3 місяці тому

    Kinda funny that you could describe Philipp Lahm more or less in the exact same way, smart passer, disciplined, defensive minded and slow. Also wolrdcup 06 as their coming out party, game for third play was schweinsteigers masterpiece

    • @MrIkOgNiTo
      @MrIkOgNiTo 2 місяці тому

      Except neither Schweinsteiger nor Lahm were slow lol

  • @sector98
    @sector98 Місяць тому

    Speed is a neutral trait, usually people who are slow have more slow twitch muscles, allowing them to cover more ground during a match while running less fast so in a sense their muscles are built for long term endurance rather than pure speed, and if you look at fast players they usually cant cover too much ground during a match over the long term

  • @Matt-ls5uv
    @Matt-ls5uv 2 місяці тому

    Thank Van Gaal for his transition from a "RM/RW" to his dominant CDM career.

    • @MrIkOgNiTo
      @MrIkOgNiTo 2 місяці тому

      Schweinsteiger always was a CM when he turned pro they only put him on the wing because it was the only position available for him to get some playtime.
      He never was meant to be a winger.

  • @hessen5498
    @hessen5498 3 місяці тому +2

    The Most underated german Midfielder ever

  • @DooNotEnter
    @DooNotEnter 2 місяці тому +1

    He wasnt that slow. He ran 31 km/h with ball at ManU were he already was above 31

  • @thorstend.691
    @thorstend.691 2 місяці тому

    When Schweinsteiger left Bayern Munich, they never found back their soul and their spirit, also the national team.

  • @alphakraut
    @alphakraut 2 місяці тому +1

    Schweinsteiger is my all time favourite football player

  • @lukasbosina301
    @lukasbosina301 3 місяці тому

    When I lived back home in Austria Schweinsteiger was the perfect embodiment of what we hated and admired about German footballers. To me there is one word to sum up his character, at least on the pitch:
    DETERMINATION

  • @KaiGoEnergy22
    @KaiGoEnergy22 3 місяці тому

    After he quit, german national team went down the toilette.
    His leader skills could not yet be compensated
    Lahm left already a hole when he after the 2014 World cup 2014, Schweinsteiger's carreer end made it even bigger.

  • @not_online
    @not_online 3 місяці тому

    Hey Raymar can you make a video about Gërd Müller? He was the best finisher we have seen

  • @jayheyjay601
    @jayheyjay601 3 місяці тому

    I remember always looking to buy him in any football game i play