50 players to watch at the World Cup - No 30 Andres Iniesta

Robbie Blakeley finishes the 30s with an analysis of Barcelona and Spain's midfield maestro. Name: Andres Iniesta Age: 25 Club: Barcelona International Caps: 40 International Goals: 6 Pep Guardiola turned to Xavi in his final days as a Barcelona player and said, "You've finished me, but this guy is going to finish us all." The 'guy' he was talking about is Andres Iniesta, and Guardiola had a point. Iniesta is yet another product of football's greatest academy at Barcelona, and has formed arguably the world's greatest midfield partnership with Xavi. With quick feet and an intelligence for the game that you would expect of someone with vastly more experience, Iniesta is almost the complete midfielder. He instinctively knows when to push forward and when to hold his position, and has a scorcher of a shot on him, as Chelsea found to their peril in the Champions League last year. He partners Xavi for Spain as well as Barcelona, and the two's telepathic understanding of each other will help catapult the European champions into the latter stages of the tournament. THE STORY SO FAR. No 31: Maicon No 32: Victor Obinna No 33: Klaas Jan Huntelaar No 34: Ryan Nelsen No 35: Tranquilo Barnetta No 36: Jozy Altidore No 37: Robert Koren No 38: Teko Modise No 39: Simon Kjaer No 40: Jong Tae-Se No 41: Nadir Belhadj No 42: Roque Santa Cruz No 43: Park Ji-Sung No 44: Nikola Zigic No 45: Yaya Toure No 46: Angelos Charisteas No 47: Keisuke Honda No 48: Hugo Lloris No 49: Mario Gomez No 50: Guiseppe Rossi

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