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Instagram’s explanation was they thought the account was an impersonator of Andrés Iniesta and disabled it/gave it away.

He and Iniesta are the big difference makers for Spain (and Barcelona for that matter).

Even iniesta who started years after these, is in Japan for the last few years).

Football guy could get verified account with nickname Iniesta official or smth.

They mostly comprise to Chinese players and/or end up with retirees of European clubs (Retired Andre Iniesta of Barcelona/Spain moving to some club in China).

In the spanish team you had iniesta, xavi and silva.

Xabi Alonso had a lot fewer of his long pin-point passes (his best quality) and had a more defensive role, Iniesta held the ball more to link Xavi and Silva.

FC Barcelona between 2008-12: - had Pep Guardiola as coach - players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta But sure, the only super star during that period was Messi...

And the last batch of BCN superstars were formed by stars whose play style was inherently teamworking: Iniesta and Xavi were midfielders whose biggest strenght was prepare the game for others.

I would say that the Pep Guardiola led Barcelona already had this watershed moment, with their possession and passing focused play, built around tiki taka and dependence on phenomenonal playmakers like Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.

Xavi and Iniesta, who played with Messi on Barcelona, were superstars and all three are 5'7".

Someone probably complained saying something like "Hey, this guy isn't Andres Iniesta.

Germany: Philipp Lahm 5'7" and Mario Gotze 5'9" Belgium: Eden Hazard 5'8" Italy: Andrea Pirlo 5'9.5" Netherlands: Wesley Sneijder 5'7" Spain: Xavi and Iniesta 5'7"

When his club Real Madrid sold Claude Makelele and bought David Beckham, Zidane remarked, "Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?" Despite the presence of more heralded players like Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi, Busquets is likewise the tactical centerpiece of Barcelona, almost purely due to his intelligence on the pitch.

Iniesta the footballer already has a very successful (5.4 million followers) account on Twitter using the handle andresiniesta8.

This guys is not a spammer, everyone who sees photos there can figure it's not a football player, but different Andreas Iniesta.

No other team has managed to replicate this success so far though, not even Barcelona itself after Guardiola left and Xavi/Iniesta retired.