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#2 Andres Iniesta Goal vs Netherlands

Andres Iniesta has always been able to produce moments of magic out of nowhere; he is a man capable of scoring the most important goals, like the one he scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2009.

But the most important goal and moment of his career came during the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Prior to the World Cup the Spaniard had an injury plagued season which put his participation at the World Cup in doubt, but Del Bosque believed in him and took him with the squad. After much effort from the physiotherapists at Barcelona and Spain he returned to the team in time for the opening game but he was taken off in between after he was injured as Spain succumbed to a defeat against Switzerland and subsequently he missed the crucial game against Honduras.

Iniesta returned to the team for the later stages and when the stage was set for the biggest game of his career he rose to the occasion.

Spain were playing Netherlands in the final of the World Cup and the game had gone goalless and it looked like penalties would decide the winner, but in the dying minutes of the game Iniesta latched on to a pass from Cesc Fabregas and scored the goal that won Spain the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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