'As a Madridista, 2010 Barcelona were the best team I'd ever seen!' - Sami Khedira | ESPN FC
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2022
- Former Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira talks to ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens as part of their Gab and Juls Meet...podcast about his time at Real Madrid. Khedira explains how he found out Jose Mourinho was interested in signing him, playing against Lionel Messi, Xavi & Andres Iniesta and why the Barcelona side of 2010 was the best he'd ever seen.
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"They won't remember us for the trophies, but for the way we played"
- Pep Guardiola
Boring, sleep inducing football. The final vs United was like watching a puddle dry, ENDLESS robotic rondos and back passes and no actual football. It was like you paid to watch a guy drive backwards in a circle at 40 miles an hour. Oh, we remember it well. To make matters worse, Alex Ferguson started no strikers, except Chicharito, and, I guess, his game plan was to just waltz around the midfield endlessly until the cows come home. A complete and utter snoozefest.
@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 one of the most beautiful teams ever to play football... It's just beyond noobs like you...
It's like liking movies like Fast and the Furious and shown a classic art movie all of a sudden.. you wouldn't understand it and call it boring..
There's a reason the world remembers this team ... and will remember perhaps forever.
And trolls like you will always be swatted aside like flies
@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 Stop watching football. Try another sport.
@@rajeebdas1724 I watched them, believe me, and that was NOT beautiful at all. It was BORING. Watch Manchester City today, too. They struggle to get fans because NOBODY, and I mean, NOBODY enjoys watching that.
@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 yet your remembered not the way the Barca fan would have wanted but you remembered
Huge respect to Sami Khedira for being so honest .. It’s called class ✨🤍
Just plain honesty, actually.
Sami khedira is a class guy.
Whenever he speaks he looks like a really intelligent person.
I find it kinda weird now that sami khedira was the 1st footballer that i hated.
The 1st football match i ever watched was france vs germany 2014 world cup quarter finals and there were 2 or 3 moments when khedira committed a foul and stopped french attacks especially on greizmann. And then germnay beat argentina. And thats why i began to hate him. But now that i think of it i find it very weird that i used to hate him.
Brilliant player one of the most underrated players of the decade and certainly one of the most underrated cdms of the last decade. Amazing with real madrid 2ith germany and with Juventus.
Im a barcelona fan and today i really appreciate the career this guy had
He’s just salty lmao
❤️💙🤝🤍🤍
@@marcosetnavrec899 you mean sami’s salty? and towards who in this scenario?😂😂😂 lmao sounds like you’re projecting my friend
Every Barca fan will tell his children about the story of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona. The quality of football was on a different level, What a team of Superstars ⚽
Will definitely also say about the best of all time.. Cristiano ❤🐐
Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023
Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).
@@manishshaw27 not talk about person who can't even play football
@@cody9521 I have the same feeling for someone who moved from baharselona to psg 🙃
@@manishshaw27 that's Messi
As a Madrid fan, yes it most definitely was the scariest team to watch Real play against. Bayern was scary but Barça was a monster
heres the thing with bayern.. they're all about fitness. extreme high press for the entire game which is why they were able to withstand the tikitaka. their level of technicality and ability was no where near barca's but the fitness was better. thats why they won against them in 2012 and 2019. if you watch the 2015 one.. that barca was fit and high pressing as well thats why bayern got trashed. real madrid beat them on tempo as well. its also a reason why bayern loses games out of no where.. cuz they are tired. in terms of ability. the 2010-11 barca and 2015 barca was as if no team could touch them.
@@hosenOne1 Looking back to 2015,of course Barca was a monster team but if Real Madrid didn’t get injuries at the most crucial part of the season,they’ve won La Liga at least.
@@hosenOne1 that's the philosophy of Bayern
@@halamadrid1782 u can never predict anything mate , if Suarez had his goal allowed in 2017 then barca would have won the la liga then
@@halamadrid1782 it was the luka modric injury that year that hurt real terribly; because he was playing at a ballon dor level. He had an el Classico he never missed a pass 2014-15 season. Then the next Classico when Barca were really on a roll modric came back for it and he absolutely dominated that match but visibly ran out of gas.
2010-2018 is probably the best period of time for Spanish football...from the clasico's to barca and real winning matches by 5 goals on a regular basis and to the dominance in the champions league from both teams ...absolutely amazing
and there was atletico too, constantly challenging barca and real.
Yep 2008-2018
Golden era of spanish football
Legendary teams legendary players legendary coaches
Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023
Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).
In that same time span, 6 of the 9 Europa league trophies were won by Atlético Madrid or Sevilla. Spanish football really was on top
UCL and UEL 🤝 Spanish Clubs
That era was prime football that will never be repeated
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
I took that era for granted.... because I got into football late (from Southern Virginia - where baseball, basketball, and american football IS KING!! and soccer was actually looked down on). Didnt become a true fan of the game until I was 18-19yrs old via my best friend... BUT ANYWAY - I just thought the level of talent and players would always be there (BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT BEFORE I BECAME A FAN - modern football in the sense of mid/late 90s to 2008... So when I stated watching, I was amazed and fell in love deeply - but at the moment I was kinda sad that I had missed all the games/players from before 2009. Didnt realize at the time; I was actually watching peak soccer times from 2009-2013... Didnt know how extraordinary that era really was until after it was gone.... Soccer has really been bittersweet for me for last 3yrs or more... seeing all the players retire... Literally at the end of line now, the last few remaining ones will be following suit in next year or two. smh BUT EH!!! I AM GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO SEE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE... SOME AMAZING GAMES & TIMES (couldnt imagine being a new fan and missed out, especailly on the Barca, Real & CR7, Messi rivalries...).
Busquet, Iniesta and Xavi is the best midfield trio in football's history.
And the clowns say Modric-Casemiro and Kroos are the best. Even a madridista himself has admitted who is the best trio
No, Pirlo, Ronaldinho and Okocha at PSG was ART.
I prefer Toure over Busqets. He gave them that physical presence.
Yeah that’s why they won 3 UCLs in a row.. oh wait
@@jajel2274 but in the one on one el clasicos we destroyed real madrid so xavi iniesta and busquets was the best
It was more than just 3 years. From 2008 - 2015 every Barca match was a football festival. In that period, I have never missed a game. Never.
What was the best year you think ?
@@jaishorey7915 10-11, barca at peak power, that team was banned among my friends everytime we played fifa lol. the scariest thing is that, in real life, their passing was even more robotic than they were in game
I felt 2010-11 and 2014-15 is the best... We won the UCL both times..
the craziest thing is that Real Madrid was completely stacked with players that are top 20 of the the 2010-2020 decade yet you expected Barça to win by a large margin and anything else was an upset.
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
As a Barcelona fan I will admit that a part of me loves Khedira showing respect to greatness of Barcelona. But I also have to humble myself and be grateful that Real Madrid reciprocated with greatness of their own. The Messi/Ronaldo tenure in Spain will forever be the peak of Football.
Real Madrid is the best club all time🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@ilias4564 barca is the best team of all time
True
Bruh no true madridista will ever remember khedira or ozil, they’re chumps Kroos>Ozil and Khedira
@@maelioro u 8 years old?
Any prime team nowadays would be destroyed by this Barcelona. What a time to be a football fan
@@ZeImmortal treble winning man its would pale in comparison to that Barca
Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023.
Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).
@@ZeImmortal which one because 99 can’t compete with this team
@@ZeImmortal barca would win it
@Apollion Sacrez Leonard 🤦
The best interview you guys have ever done. Sami has a true future in this!!
Barcelona of 2009-2012 were once in a lifetime team. It won't be repeated again...never ever. It's a testimonial Football.
That 0-5 drubbing in Mourinho's season I'll never forget, Messi was unplayable even without scoring.
Its his first time at Spain and with star players he had, he thought he could go toe to toe with Barca. Then next time he play more compact
@@davidchandra8722 yeah he learned his lesson and played carefully next time around.
Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023
Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).
It was Pep's way of welcoming Mourinho to Spain after Mourinho knocked out Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.
It wasn't Messi. The rondos did them in, and chasing the ball put them to sleep and Barcelona were able to get runners behind them. The story was Iniesta, Xavi, Dani Alves, who pocketed Ronaldo, and David Villa. Messi was just one of the guys then. As soon as they made it about him, they went into the tank.
I love when players humble themselves and really recognizes how incredible some of the players they play against really are, put aside pride and love for the team.
Yup Barcelona 2010 was insane
That Barcelona Team from 2011-12 Was Scary!!! I've never in my life seen a team so dominant in possession and win the ball back so quickly. The Midfield trio was a freak of nature, you just couldn't get the ball....and MESSI....
I agree. I actually prefer the 2011/12 Barca over the 2010/11 one. The 2011/12 barca were unlucky to just win 3 titles that season (spanish super cup, fifa club world cup and Copa del rey). They should have won more but the injury to David Villa in December 2011 made them less lethal upfront.
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
@@thuo1000 unlucky what. they lost by 10 points
@@prabhavvenkatesh9247 10 points is like 3 games.
“We only loss two” Classicos?? Khedira seems like a nice guy but he must’ve been traumatized. Barca won 5 of 10 head to head matchups while Pep and Mou were coaching.
I was surprised when he said they only lost twice
bro 😭🤣
If they’re the GOAT team, y only 5 times?
@@YoogiNation Guardiola's Barca only lost once or twice against Mourinho
@@macmanuelodumeru3708 They lost the whole league and a Copa Del Rey to them lol. If that’s the GOAT team u gotta do like Bayern or PSG and win the league 6 or 7 in a row lol
Messi, iniesta, xavi, and villa at the absolute peak of their powers and all on the same team with pep as the coach. Miss that team and those days, no team has come close since to that level and style of play or I think ever will.
As a Liverpool fan I totally agree. Especially the 2010-11 Barcelona, even if they won 5 in contrast to 6 from 2009 - the gameplay was just wow
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
@@prabhavvenkatesh9247 Probably same type who always blame ref or penalties - look at the gameplay, we dont mean single incidents. ´´Cooked by Mou´´ - lol
That team won 14 trophies in 4 years. It wasn't only the beautiful football they played, they had trophies to show for that as well. Truly the greatest team ever!
I like how the managers had separate tactics just for keeping Messi under control
MESSI IS THE ART OF FOOTBALL..LAST PIECE WHICH DEFINED BARCA
In the old days they would butcher him. It's great that he played when the rules protected talent. We have hope of more great talent on the future.
the 2010-2011 barcelona! jeez man, that squad was loaded with nuclear weapons!
Legends in every position! It was so beautiful 🤩
😂😂
@@Victor_386 what's so funny?
@@1990Thunderbolt I love the analogy . It's not an insult
@@Victor_386 💪
This rivalry and quality between 2010 and 2014 in the classicos will never be matched. The highest level football has ever reached 👏
One of the greatest he was at his best at Juve
What? The guy is not even in the conversation of greats at Juve. Very good player though.
@@jatin2616 No, he said he was at *his* best at Juve
@@economicerudite4924 technically, he did
2006-2017 is easily the best era of El Clasico there has ever been...we'll never have anything like it for long time or even maybe ever. Still happy I got to witness those matches as a neutral though
I go one step ahead and say even best period in football history. These teams today have nothing on some of the teams back then.
Don’t forget November 2005, Ronaldinho destroying Real Madrid
@@isse93Z facts, in addition to barca, the likes of inter, madrid, milan, united, bayern, etc. would have a field day with any current team
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
Surely that Barca should have won 3 UCLs in a row but didn’t! Real managed it with Zizou though from 2016 to 2018!
The intensity of the rivalry was due to the quality of the players form both teams.
He means 10/11 Barcelona.
even 2010 was good but that milito offside goal ruined that szn for us, the standard was so high at the time
The funny part is 2009 Barca was better
@@jamesvgjg id say 2009 to 11 david was really good think pedro was really underrated but overall all the players we had during those years were exceptional
(Fabrizio Romano):Real Madrid intend to sign Erling Haaland this summer. Not in 2023
Roman Abramovich is expected to receive bids this week to sell Chelsea as the pressure mounts on the owner for his links to the Russian regime. For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club (Matt Law DT).
Shami Khedira during his Real Madrid days & 2014 world cup was simply the beast of a midfielder !!
Injuries killed him. He was class
Gab & Juls just saved ESPN fc with this show
I'm glad I appreciated that narrow window of football history. All those guys in their prime was always going to be a fleeting memory. And here we are today, listening to a retired Sami Khedira.
I remember you couldn't make two passes against that team. Haven't seen defensive futbol like that since..
They weren't great defensively, they just pressured. It was the fact that they never lost the ball.
@@rockmorales 😂😂😂miss that barca
Brilliant interview tbh. Great speaker tbf.
Sami Khedira was a part of of the best Real Madrid team what a Legend im a Barca fan but will never forget get this man.
After a decade, a very quality podcast from espn. Thank you
One of my favorite players in a German shirt. Incredible box to box player. Ballack was injured before the 2010 WC and Khedira had to fill those shoes. He didn't have Ballacks gifts but he was the epitome of a selfless player.
He came at the right time to fill the void
This video was gold. Good times, amazing classicos.
Those were the times .. classicos were absolute wars back then !!!
Its a fact that the ucl won Bayern superteam will not come close to this Barca...not just on basis of their team, but also the beautiful football played by Barca that time.
An honest and humble person.. Thank you Sami
Sami what a legend
Forget the Barca Madrid talk. Let’s applaud Sami for giving us his view on the tactics used
2010. AHH best of my life. Best year that a human being can ever have
thanks for bringin in khedira guys! very much enjoyable to see him talk
Yes Madrid won on some occasions, some were draws in his time but I am pretty sure barcelona had the upper hand in most of the matches between 2009 and 2015. So not sure about the 2 wins he talks about. But I mean nice interview and funny insights.
More like till 2018. Even Valverde did brilliantly against Real
@@footballinshorts2711 I didnt wanted to be that harsh 😂
@@Babypowd3r It's true though Valvarde did a 5 goal thrashing without Messi if I remember correctly.
@@vishnujain7645 it was 5-1 with suarez scoring 3. Messi was out indeed.
The way they start build up in the middle of the park with short passes was something amazing. It was a treat to watch.
Superb English for someone that didn't play for an England club (but then again im not sure about his educational background or where he has lived etc)
Anyways, a pleasure to listen to :)
Germans are well educated
@@emanuelenicolo6131 yep
@@mahmoudhijaz9890 how is tuchel Turkish?
Sami is such a gentleman. Very honest .
Great interview and great insight on Madrid and Barca at that time
Man the fluidity of that Barca team and Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets (not to mention Messi)...that was really SOME style of play, never mind the trophies they amassed.
I really love Gab mentioning the three midfield maestros as "freak trio" 😁
I miss Iniesta 😢
Back then in 2010 watching Barcelona play you knew this cant go on forever, but it was beyond epic while it lasted, Messi in a league of his own, but trio Busquets - Xavi - Iniesta won everything there is to win on a team level, Spain and Barcelona, including 6 out 6 titles and back to back EC titles.. Absolutely insane
and the World Cup
I agree too. When your core playmakers have play together since youth, it builds a strong chemistry that makes their playing-style look so effortlessly,
Love this interview
Brilliant interview
If not for messi and that iconic team MU would have 5 champions league 😭
As a barca fan .. there's no shame in losing to the best .
Yeah but at least we beat Barcelona in 2008 semi finals
Exactly
@@sachindevprasad3185 I saw that rivalry when I was at sfsu. There was like 200 students packed together in this small viewing area in the basement of our student center. It was awesome.
@@rishavnautiyal4334 besides the Bayern game in the champions league
Remember watching Sami Khedira play week in week out, what a player this guy was, miss seeing him play.
need more interviews like this.
Those periods were the best rivalry we've witnessed in modern football.... You may criticize Jose Mourinho for taking it too far at the time but you cannot deny the fact that he had us glued to the TV from start to finish. They drew the attention of the world of football.... Compared to now.
2010/11 Barca & 2011/12 Real madrid are the best versions of Barcelona & Real madrid teams i ever seen
I'd argue that 2013/14 Real when they won La Decima under Ancelotti and 2016/17 Real when they won the UCL & League double under Zidane were better than 2011/12 Real under Mourinho. More expansive, better as a balanced team on the pitch, didn't have to resort to dirty tactics like fouling, diving, time-wasting etc. as often as Mourinho had them do
@@economicerudite4924 that Mourinho team is still hold a record for 100 points in a single league season in Spain, a record in Europe for scoring 121 goals in a single league season, they were just unlucky against Bayern in the UCL semi final. I mean out of all players Cristiano, Ramos & Kaka missed their penalties 🤦♀️. Even Jose said in Interview it was the only game in Career that made him cry after a match
@@theemperor8713 2012 was a great team, but barca equaled the record of 100 points in la liga the season after.
@brotherman i know, but he said that they still hold the record and they dont, its a joint record with barca.
This is a very well delivered interview!
This is a seriously good interview! Very informative as well.
I respect him being honest and accepting what is just facts. I also found it funny how he spoke about the tactics used by Germany against Argentina for Messi as if it actually worked. But nonetheless he carried himself with class in this interview.
You think it didn't work? Messi was pretty nonexistant in both of those games
As a Chelsea fan, I remember back in the 2011/2012 season when Chelsea reached the semi-final of the champions league. I was excited that they reached to that level, but I remember my university colleague said: “ I would like Chelsea to reach the final, but you’re against Barcelona”.
That 2nd leg match against Barcelona was one of the most dramatic matches I’ve watched.
It’s still hard to believe how we won against them.
real great interview more of this guys!
Very honest & respectfully
Sami ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Khedira's 1 minutes session with Mourinho is what we all expect when we are going for Job Interviews 😂
That era was the best, football will never be that good ever again
This is quality content. What a legend.
Great side. Madrid's 2012 side was amazing as well.
Both those teams were incredible I loved watching the rivalry and I used to cheer on CR7 against that barca team
The 2009 Barcelona team was the greatest team ever, they won 6 trophy that year
I took that era for granted.... because I got into football late (from Southern Virginia - where baseball, basketball, and american football IS KING!! and soccer was actually looked down on). Didnt become a true fan of the game until I was 18-19yrs old via my best friend... BUT ANYWAY - I just thought the level of talent and players would always be there (BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT BEFORE I BECAME A FAN - modern football in the sense of mid/late 90s to 2008... So when I stated watching, I was amazed and fell in love deeply - but at the moment I was kinda sad that I had missed all the games/players from before 2009. Didnt realize at the time; I was actually watching peak soccer times from 2009-2013... Didnt know how extraordinary that era really was until after it was gone.... Soccer has really been bittersweet for me for last 3yrs or more... seeing all the players retire... Literally at the end of line now, the last few remaining ones will be following suit in next year or two. smh BUT EH!!! I AM GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO SEE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE... SOME AMAZING GAMES & TIMES (couldnt imagine being a new fan and missed out, especailly on the Barca, Real & CR7, Messi rivalries...).
Haven't seen Sami Khedira in a long time. Good to see him today.
As a barca fan that did not see this team at its time makes me sad ,but happy it happend and with xavi history may repeat itself.
Same..
That sucks luckily I saw it and it was beautiful
Repeat how. Yamal is nowhere near Messi.
10 years from now we will be talking about Xavi's Barcelona being one of the best teams. They play with no stars, rather a cohesive front. Everybody respects the coach and the players respect each other as well. I'd say Laporte should give Dembele what he wants cause under Xavi this guy will definitely be one of the best at his position.
VERY insightful 🎯
His English is superb. He can do voice acting with thick clear voice
That team was something else. They had the best coach and they had like 3 of the 5 best players in the world in Messi, Xavi and Iniesta which were 3 of the top 4 players in Ballon D'or voting that year or wither those 3 were straight up the top 3. They just had no holes in their team and played the most beautiful and effective football with the most talented roster ever. It was just the perfect combination.
The best thing that has happened to football family is Barcelona. Teams around the have always copy and adopt our style and model from academy to senior team. Visca Barca.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇬🇭
This was a really good interview. About football and only football. High respect for Khedira.
2009- Chelsea disgrace
2010- cooked by mou
2011- van persie red card and pepe red card
I love this honest interview 🙂🙂
That Barcelona side was one of the most outstanding sides I've ever seen with prime Messi and Xavi and Iniesta steering the midfield it was a chore just to get the ball off then for any amount of time and they completely annihilated Man Utd in 2 CL finals in 2009 and 2011 the 2 goal margin wins for Barcelona don't tell the full story of their absolute dominance.
The 2009 final wasn't absolute dominance actually. For example possession was almost equal.
2011 It’s the best club team ever
2010 barcelona was a team you see once in your lifetime. best version football ever played.
Such an interesting interview.
The chemistry the mindset the skill the pace the passion, Barca was able to to obtain all that at highest possible it’s outstanding.
Even former Real Madrid's player agrees Messi, Xavi,Iniesta and Busquets were best to compete against them. Respect!
For me the best team of the last decade are :
1) Barca 2011
2) Bayern 2013
3) Real 2017
Real 14*
Bayern Munich under Hansi Flick in 2020 were also something else.
Real 2012>Real 2017
Barca 2015. Luis Enriques team with the MSN pretty much memed every single team they played, and trounced all of them in the process. Probably the most balanced team in the Ucl Era alongside the Bayern team of 2013.
Liverpool 2019
More of this💯
Great respect for Khedira
Men, why am I being so emotional when I remember that period 😭...
Hala_Madrid
Who cares!…
Visca Barca!…
Just kidding lol… but visca barca still.
Even if u are a real fan or a barca fan like me u still have to agree on these two teams being the best in the world and better than any of the other pl club by a margin
What a classy player ..huge respect from a Barca Fan !!
Yes they won everything and with style and golazos!!!
Good to see Sami khaderia ... please be honest and neutral like this on the show not like the clowns in the ESPN crew
I will say this though ,
Mourinho in el clásico started really bad but as the fixtures came , Madrid were getting the better of Barcelona to the point they won in streaks
That team was definetly special. Madrid was a worthy adversary at that time .
Best teams at both end real madrid and barca that rivalry was best ever to witness
How many El Clasico did he say they won? I believe Barca won almost all of them!
Won 5, draw 6, lose 6
Best goalscoring trio MSN
Best ply making trio Messi xavi iniasta
Messi most complete footballer evar
People who watched football and Barca during this era 2009-2012 were truly blessed
Classy honest Khedira! 👏👏