The Rise And Fall Of The Spanish Dynasty | When Spain Ruled The World

Once upon a time, no football team on the planet stood a chance against Spain. A team of incredible skill, power and depth. In my opinion, the most dominant national football team of the modern era of football.

In this video, we talk about why that is the case and how that happened.

Background music:
@pinkxo (Prod Pink)

00:00 - Introduction
02:28 - Founding Member
05:59 - Thanks to Opera!
07:12 - Underachievers
12:23 - The Rise Of Tiki-Taka
16:51 - Domination
31:13 - The Death of Tiki Taka

Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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[FootballIconic]

This Spanish side was just out of this world when in full swing. Loved making this one!

[kyriakos]

Theres something about this generation of footballers from the late 2000s to late 2010s. They truly had character

[wobblertv]

That was a Dynasty. The way they dismantled Italy in the 2012 final was they're absolute Zenith ....Brazil.82 my favourite team but this lot a close second .

[thetruth]

I think apart of Spain`s issue is that everyone had their prime at the same time.
Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, Cesc, David Villa and Pedro.

it was just already proven world class players.

[lazyartiste_]

Prime Spain was like The Beatles. A perfect storm that caught everyone off-guard for a brief period and went on creating history after history almost as if it was a daily routine. Eventually they ran their course ending up in flames. But they have cemented themselves in the pages of history books. Changing the world forever.

[bear_eater]

Imagine casually subbing Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta for Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fabrigas and David Silva 😂.

[lizardthekid]

I’m from Spain and I remember when we won the World Cup. While the final was going on it was non-stop noise. Horns sounding everywhere, and as soon as we won all of the apartments erupted with noise. This is no exaggeration everyone partied for DAYS. Normal everyday men would sleep in bars, wake up and keep partying. People were sleeping in the streets, and the festivities never seemed like they were going to end. I just wish that I was older during that time so I could have appreciated it more. I don’t remember the 2008 euro, but I sure remember living it up for the 2012 edition.

[rohithraman]

Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Alonso, Silva, Fabregas, Senna, Mata, Cazorla. That era of Spanish midfielders was insane

[thdawg]

I loved that Spain team. Especially when they played without a recognized striker. It was like something you only can do on video games. And the media had a frenzy when they did that. Xaxi, Iniesta, Silva, Fabregas, Mata, Busquests & Alonso. What a bunch of players

[edreesfeda]

It was basically Prime Barcelona + Real Madrid

[TheMILVSCR]

Tiki-Taka is such a hard thing to replicate as well. I've coached youth soccer for at least 15 years, and I try to implement (and imitate) various techniques used by professional teams. Trying to teach impatient kids to be patient is one of the most difficult things for players, and their parents to understand. This is how I find team captains... the first ones to understand why we're doing it are the strongest players overall.

[justvibingman]

This golden age of Spain will never be topped ever again, truly generational talents from Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol to unsung heroes in David Villa, Silva and Fabregas. What an era it was

[youngdolo]

Best team I've ever seen. They were disgustingly good.

[RoberPk]

Anyone here after Spain winning the Euro

[eltiospike]

When i was a kid i thought a team beating another team 4 - 0 in a final was normal. Looking back now i see Spain simply had no competition during that time

[ivanmarkoski]

as a Germany fan i didnt love this era one bit but i damn sure respected the hell of it. Amazing

[ThePerks]

Senna and capdevila never get enough credit for that 2008 win, both worked their arses off

[andrescano]

As a spaniard, m: what a video man. Congratulations and thanks for the hard work you put for this video 🙌🏻

[dronesclubhighjinks]

Re: no Ballon D'Or winner -Maybe part of Spain's strength was not having a single superstar.
An equivalent I can think of off the top of my head would be Germany 2014. The players were committed to the team, and nobody was out for individual glory. Working together, they secured glory for their country.
The names of these Spaniards will never be forgotten. They will be remembered together, as they should be, as the most successful team of all time.

Imho as players of a team sport, there can be no higher honour than achieving victory as a team.
Thank you very much for this amazing documentary!
🙏♥️💛

[loicpaul]

When you know that Football Iconic posts, you know it’s gonna be a good day. 😎