"Barcelona" defender Andres Iniesta, in the UEFA Champions League match against "Paris Saint-Germain", impressed with a stunning solo run that "cut through" the entire opponent's defense and provided a great assist to Neymar, who scored a goal.
The experienced player once again reminded everyone that he is still an important member of the Catalan team. Not long ago, some analysts and fans were poking at the defender's personal statistics, where the graphs of successful passes and goals scored showed zeros.
It was being said that A. Iniesta's quality of play was rapidly declining, and he was no longer a "decisive factor" in the center of the field.
The defender himself jokingly laughed, saying: "Now they say Iniesta is back. But he never left anywhere. There are people who evaluate the game very one-sidedly and only look at statistical indicators. But there are also those who think differently. I always try to play well and first of all work for the team's victory. The most pleasing thing is not the goals and not the assists, but when we manage to play qualitatively and win as a team."
The Spaniard also noted that the match against "Paris Saint-Germain" was not as easy as it may have seemed.
"Many now tend to say that our physical form has reached its peak. I don't think so, because I know we can play even better. In the match against the French opponents, we concentrated and withstood the psychological pressure they put on us. We won the first game with a solid advantage, so in such cases there is a risk of relaxing too much. However, we look at everything with professional eyes and cannot underestimate the opponents. We avoided unpleasant surprises and surpassed the opponents in quality," Andres Iniesta said while talking to journalists.
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