5 trademark but unstoppable moves in football

#1 Iniesta's Cruyff turn

Andres Iniesta is one of the greatest midfielders ever to have graced

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The man, the legend, the maestro. It had to end with him. Didn't it ?

For many years the retired Spanish international was the definition of midfield excellence and the fulcrum of several title winning teams. Barcelona and Spain never looked the same without the small sized maestro controlling things from the middle of the pack.

The Spaniard only narrowly missed out on a couple of Ballon d'Ors and they would have been thoroughly deserved. He was perhaps unlucky to play his best football in the Messi-Ronaldo era.

The midfield maestro has many keys he used to dictate play, wriggle out of a challenge and create an opportunity for his teammates. The most popular of them is one popularized by the Dutch great whose legacy only the Spanish maestro can rival.

Iniesta ran the midfield of Barca and Spain and the Cryuff turn was one of his favorite in his artillery. It helped the great man create space, wriggle out of pressure or open up a more favourable route to goal.

Many opposition managers tried man marking Iniesta as a means for stifling his teams. Unfortunately for those managers, the ex Barcelona captain had many techniques to wriggle free and they present some of the greatest collective team movements Barca made with Iniesta in the team.