How The Barcelona & Real Madrid Rivalry Impacted The Spanish National Team

Gerard Pique talks about how Jose Mourinho and the Real Madrid Barcelona rivalry crossed over to the Spanish national team and that they had to repair relationships to triumph in the 2012 Euros. ElClasicos between 2010 and 2012 were very heated and aggressive. #shorts #football #soccer #spain #barcelona #realmadrid
Credit to ‪@rioferdinandpresents‬ for the interview.

[@V-Forbz]

A bench that had carzola Mata and Silva fkn Madness.

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

Also had David Villa, Isco, and Jesus Navas sitting out too at times. There really never has been a national team close to that Spain team

[@porassrivastava8242]

So many midfielders they started cesc at striker 😭 one of the best passers of his generation was playing striker

[@JYPapin]

Torres was even on the bench at times. Not to mention those that didn’t make the squad.

[@abhirupnath3261]

​@@JYPapinyh like arteta

[@harismujkanovic2327]

@@lewisblackwiththenicehair2002 Brazil would of fucked Spain up technically physically skillfully and defensively

[@menmauchiha4645]

That was the best time to watch football. When Barca - Real was on you knew it was going to be fire

[@aswvin]

And Young Neymar Smoked Spain In Confederation Cup Ending their streak

[@minivelrey]

More like saced by david luiz in the goal line, but yeah 2 yeard later❤​@@aswvin

[@pauliyonas3576]

Neymar ​is not Barcelona player than man@@aswvin

[@aswvin]

@@pauliyonas3576 doesn't matter bro. Young Neymar was way better than today's youngsters,

[@yahyaelmi8435]

Mourinho starts fire

[@ChiliJustChill]

Spain Team from 2008 to 2012 was a cheat code... Madness! 🎉

[@rajakhan12346]

Like Brazil from 1998-2002

[@cola1176]

​@@rajakhan12346but brazil was stacked with players Spain was a team 2008 euro 2010 wc 2012 euro Only team to win 3 big tournaments in a row And lost only one game in that 3 tournaments in group stage

[@rajakhan12346]

@cola1176 they're were a team in 2002

[@BigBoss7777777]

@@cola1176except Spain almost didn’t make it out of the group stage in 2010. They had to rely on individual brilliance from David Villa.

[@jackbombay1423]

@@BigBoss7777777How come they ALMOST didn´t make it when they finished at the top of their group stage? Spain was a ball dominant team and didn´t rely in any individual brilliance.

[@Batman22222]

A "Golden generation" national team that ACTUALLY achieved something..... well, that's a sight to behold, isn't it??😏🤣🤣

[@liverpool-YNWA-mwmi28]

Nahh, you don't need to do that 💀 Feel sad for Gerrard though 😭

[@workethic5302]

Rip belgium

[@Hashish007]

You speak English type in English and have to speak English to be successful on this planet…so who’s really achieved something? Because this interview was done in English not Spanish…same way you’re typing in English not Spanish…

[@MukeFunky]

football not other stuff@@Hashish007

[@fredypachuau4825]

​@@liverpool-YNWA-mwmi28If England actually played an actual Defensive midfielder they had like Carrick instead of playing attacking minded midfielders, they would be Champions

[@brendanfeely7390]

Imagine an England fan hearing this, these guys hated each other in 2012 and still won a trophy.

[@BeBe-vh4ry]

Two club rivalry vs 4-5 club rivalry, the England team was never balanced because either Gerrard or Lampard needed to be benched, we dont understand how to use players like Scholes and Joe Cole, the English style of football isn't suited to international/Euro club football, while the Spanish style is absolutely perfect. I forgot we are crap at penalties. Also, this Spain team was absolutely stacked beyond anything England have ever had. Our best ever XI would struggle against 2010-12 Spain.

[@joseflores5193]

@@BeBe-vh4ryEngland has no soul. That’s why they don’t win anything.

[@Fligunem]

@@BeBe-vh4ryyeah you said it perfectly tbh. Only thing I’d add is that there is a lack of English managers at top teams (not that they’re bad but I just can’t really name one who’s better than someone like Luis Enrique) and no team has won wc without a native manager. Our current manager seems to be more focused on keeping his mates in the team actually allowing younger, better players to flourish and play well.

[@jal051]

@@BeBe-vh4ry Spain was crap at penalties before this generation too. At the end of the day being good at penalties is a matter of having great quality players to shoot them. Also, a player shouldn't have too much power inside the national team. Getting rid of Raúl and letting the next generation on their own was also a definitive step. Raúl had good intention, but he tried to control the team.

[@BeBe-vh4ry]

@@jal051 I think penalties are 80% mental; the players at international level can all easily hit a penalty from a technical perspective. The England players walk to the spot thinking 'oh god, I really hope I don't miss this and get ridiculed for it for years after' whereas the Spanish players were probably thinking 'I can't wait to smash this penalty in the top corner and become a legend'. Being terrified of failure makes you much more likely to fail; until England can change mentality the pens will keep going into row Z.

[@hudjames11]

Pique and Ramos in the back is wild.

[@FireAnt745]

@anigerianninja4577 Yeah completely ignore any rivalry

[@elijahknox4421]

In the wc it was Pique and Puyol then Ramos was left back

[@89kilemal]

​@@elijahknox4421Right back*

[@josephjoestar995]

The struggles he mentioned about 2012 is that same thing that kept back England’s golden generation of Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Beckham, Cole etc because they were all massive rivals during the season and found it hard to gel together

[@femiakande7125]

Or England is shit

[@BolingoMopao]

A taste of money, being on top as a power house, and smeared by the weekly media. No coach can handle Human kind mindset

[@yashjain4850]

The other thing was making a team where Lampard and Gerrard could play together. And if somehow they could play, there’d be no place for Joe Cole. Impossible

[@samizayn5666]

The reason why England's golden generation did not win anything is not because of the inter-club rivalries. It is because they were overrated. They were NOT on the level of Spain, Brasil, Germany or Italy or even Portugal. You can argue Portugal had a better TEAM than England.

[@Qwmnenbvctyzioswo]

​@@samizayn5666to have gerrard scholes lampard cole rio ronney is overrated? They were absolutely on par with france brazil but management couldnt hold it together

[@deathdragonslayer1]

Imagine having a team so stacked with midfielders you had cazorla, mata, silva, jesus navas on the bench and a prime cesc starting at false 9 over torres and david villa + iniesta starting at left wing

[@superstrongr]

It’s the most stacked team ever.

[@dzikrinugraha1613]

One of the mistakes of England's golden generation was that they thought playing Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard together would be dominant midfielders. But they forget that Gerrard played with Xabi, Lampard with Essien/Makelele, Scholes with Keane/Carrick. But in the national team, Carrick didn't even play. Meanwhile, Spain played with two of the best defensive midfielders in the world, Xabi and Busquets.

[@SkiipJr]

Mourinho and his us against them mentality. Loved it

[@optio-skarpa]

Yeah no suprise mourinho impacted it

[@realfansnofilter3839]

No surprise a clueless person like you tries to blame him for it 😂😂

[@IdontUseThumbnails]

He’s just that good

[@optio-skarpa]

@@IdontUseThumbnails and toxic tho

[@JohnD-oe]

​​@@IdontUseThumbnailsyeah and now he got sacked😂

[@shaunaqpaul3078]

He's not toxic, the players are just soft

[@theshadow3286]

“In 2010, It was quite easy”. And it looked it

[@churchilkamkb]

Only if Robben wasn't such a flop in big games

[@musix3197]

That Spain side let the midfielders cook for themselves lmao.

[@ThePetergiffen]

I love how all Barcelona players just blame José Mourinho, and the Madrid players 😂

[@antwanrockamora9614]

After the 2-6 and then the 5-0 😂😂😂yes they get mad.😂

[@brettervonkanada6102]

He's only talking about Ramos, because he said they were cool with Iker, and nobody else made the Spanish squad except for these two from Real. And he's right. Remember Ramos before Jose, he was a soft soyboy, getting slapped around by Salgado and other older Real players. Then Mou came, turned him into a center back, and something changed in him. He became much more aggressive, created this macho image of himself, got buff, even cut his hair and grew a beard. Jose basically turned a bullied kid into a bully.

[@hessen5498]

Watch the entire Interview instead of a few clips

[@rockgamiasedes677]

1/2 It was not just barca players like this Pique. Real Madrid players blamed him as well. I wrote this already. But see -Mourinho in his hatred towards Barcelona poisoned so much of Spanish players that it broke their relationship apart. Casillas was the first one who tried to mend the tension in national level. And became Mourinho's enemy. He started indirectly calling him coward and snake and traitor. Casillas left in utter disgrace where the fans of Real Madrid hated him in his last days. But his sacrifice was worth it. Players like Ramos who was Mourinho's lapdog initially broke free of his control. He actively started to better relationship. Not only that he and couple of others wanted Mourinho gone as his toxicity destroyed them. Mourinho till this day blame ramos and Casillas for his sacking. But the failed 2014 wc was wake up call for many Spanish players and the reality of dmg. And Real Madrid for the first time in 4 years started to actually play rather than break legs and accumulate cards. And they won't have to wait for long till their golden prodigy Zidane comes back. Spain on the other hand lost their golden generation to infighting. And their next generation was not ready yet.

[@rockgamiasedes677]

2/2 And if you ever wonder from where this hatred for Barcelona comes from in Mourinho. You have to go back 10 years ago. When Mourinho was an assistant coach there. He came under Boby and then appointed by Van Gaal. He knew Barcelona very well. When FCB was deciding for new coach after Rykaard he was the primary candidate. Till the very last day he was sure to win the decision. But at the very late Cruyff vouched for previously untested coach Pep Guardiola. Which came out of nowhere. Mourinho believed that this decision came because he was part of Bobby and Van Gaal entourage. And he was not happy to be denied the very best La Massia graduates whom he knew very well. Don't forget valdes, puyol, Iniesta, xavi all of these had debut for FCB before Rykaard. Either in B team or under Van Gaal. The rage was understandably normal for Mourinho. And it didn't help that the untested coach Pep turned out to be a genius as well. So there you go. A little refreshers for everyone. I don't want to talk about the enemity between van Gaal and Cruyff though. Hopefully everyone knows it.

[@773soccer]

Of course it all changed when Mourinho showed up

[@ariannemurillo2542]

And? Mourihno do the best for madrid, Del bosque have to do the best for spain so don't cry because of mourihno

[@Djdkdkdndkzn1]

Yeah because he made Real Madrid great again. 2010 world cup squad was almost all Barca players.

[@HVGT1989]

Someone needed to revive the rivalry!!!

[@ahhsbbsbbw]

And that fraud won nothing there 😂

[@HVGT1989]

@@ahhsbbsbbw nothing?

[@samsammy4908]

From Euro 2008 to World Cup 2010 and then the Euro 2012 Spanish National Team were the best team in the whole world. Their team had all Madrid & Barcelona stars, those 6 years no other National Team could get near to them winning back to back Euro’s plus the World Cup in between the Euro’s. They DOMINATED world football💯😳👏👏

[@jal051]

Well, we didn't have Messi nor Cristiano ^_^' But you can see it the other way around: Those spanish players were in Barcelona and Madrid because they were an exceptional generation.

[@firstnamelastname9616]

Mourinho ended the Spanish dynasty then

[@robertlangdon494]

Bayern did. Bayerns destroyed tiki taka in 2013 CL Robben ( a bayern player ) finished off the tiki taka system in 2014 wc. After that , teams start to focus on pressing and counter attacking

[@shyshka_]

​​@@robertlangdon494 possesion based football is still the norm today. Also the 4-3-3 formation. Also the slow positional setup with extra passes and slow buildup from the back. Its never that simple as "Robben ended Spain, so now nobody plays like them"

[@Floppy-Phallus]

​@@shyshka_Yes it is which is where the inverted wingbacks are now used to build up more effectively from the back and overload midfield.

[@atlantismed471]

​@@shyshka_Also tiki taka worked exceptionally well because of the Xavi and Iniesta combination, at national and club level - it's extremely difficult to replicate that.

[@nananou1687]

​@@shyshka_it's way different now. The teams in 2010, were focused on attack first, but now it's almost like the philosophy has evolved. Mourinho evolved that 4-3-3 to have a DM which is uber popular now.

[@freezydmx7820]

Silva Iniesta Xavi Ramos Busquets Fabregas Xabi Torres Villa Casillas Pique Puyol all in their prime what a team that was.

[@freezydmx7820]

And many more top players that I didn't mention like Mata Cazorla etc wow probably the best national team ever.

[@MyNameIsChukuChukuSlimShady]

Naah. Mourinho brought fire and hunger to real Madrid, how can you let your rivals dominate Spain for years while you sit back and claim second place happily. If Pique was constantly in the losing side for years, I dont think he will be happy with his rivals.

[@adebolapeace5310]

This is a very underrated comment honestly cause this rift came when Madrid actually didn't want to settle for less in the league anymore

[@shuraamano]

Pique is always barking. When he loses, he barks even harder.

[@praisenala9530]

Mourinho brought balance to spanish football and exposed favouritism for Barcelona Fc and was a threat.

[@Yaboybash]

Favoritism where? Lol

[@Yaboybash]

Half of the Spain national team was Barcelona players because they’re true Spanish blood, Real Madrid then and now barely have any Spanish players

[@luyandasnaroh7017]

It was not favouritism it was excuses and mind games

[@chiefnkosi7705]

True

[@martinmcmartinezface4243]

In Spain the most remembered press conference in football is the one when Mourinho asked "Why?". He didn't understand why referees were helping Barcelona, but now that the Negreira case is known I guess we all know the answer.

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

Imagine if messi actually accepted the spanish nationality he has and played for spain It wouldve been a white wash😂😂

[@lingnarzihary2492]

Mourinho is the Jinnah of Spain

[@MegaKapo12]

Mourinho as a good Portugal son always shanks the Spaniards.

[@anuragmehta0021]

Still they have fifa wc

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Imagine having to watch half the Barca team dive to beat you the previous weekend and now you have to have their back when they dive during international duty 😅

[@Dinozor3]

Lol madrid dog is talking about diving...madrd players was diving and fouling

[@150hendrixyeight6]

The audacity of Vardrid fans. Whole world watched atrocious robbery against dead last almeria 2 weeks ago and RB Leipzig few days ago. You just can’t make this up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christianperez8024]

Spain won the WC with the Barcelona squad and Germany won the WC with the Bayern squad

[@SilkDoctr]

In so glad i was able to watch these live on tv as a high schooler and enjoyed these amazing players

[@starwars-89]

Harry legit a decent sports interviewer

[@soumyadeepsaha7059]

Proof of professionalism if anyone has ever seen one.

[@jimbomac555]

Barca and the two big Madrid teams act like absolute scumbags on the pitch, I’m amazed they kept it together so long

[@jonathanaragon8793]

Great work of Del Bosque

[@LNOQYWE]

Would have love to see that team against the 2002 brazil WC team that would have been 🔥

[@sanjakkk6219]

Man 2014 Germany is really the perfext counter side for that spain team

[@dazzaMusic]

This was the team that ended the dominance of Italian football

[@rajakhan12346]

This was like brazil from 1998-2002

[@lou.8155]

best international team I've ever seen, hands down

[@punyab77]

After Brazil they were the best international side ever to grace the field , 2 Euros and a World Cup ( first for their nation ) is incredibly huge and historic

[@danoninho9215]

France between 1998 and 2002??? Henry top scorer in premier league Trezeguet top scorer in série A Cisse top scorer in ligue 1 Zizou top player in la liga

[@vinito19]

​@@danoninho92156 years of uncontested international dominance is not something everyone can achieve

[@danoninho9215]

@@vinito19 Year but add to those players djorkaeff / pires / thuram / Vieira / Makalele / wiltord And you have IMO a better team than Spain during those 6 years.

[@bolajifashola7126]

Better players isn't necessarily better team. That Spanish team played club football at international level

[@punyab77]

@@danoninho9215 yes they were a good side but club achievements do not come close to winning a trophy with your country , they had some very good players but not like Spain who had midfielders as attackers and were a treat to watch.

[@thelastmelon9446]

2006 England: "How?!?"

[@kidudin9394]

Wow.. el classico is no joke guys.. that much impact it produces. Thats why its the most entertaining era compared to el classico today.

[@TheDiamond9195.]

Fernando Torres ❤️❤️

[@Learnnot2respond]

You hated them when they started to fight back to get out of your shadows

[@iwnb420]

It sucked so hard that our Dutch National team ended up playing an insanely dominating Spanish National team in that WC 2010 finals. I still hate that moment of losing so hard. We did a decent job though.

[@ThomasM-xo3ze]

They were so good because most played with barca all season and the onese that didn't were world class

[@MasterAppels]

Early to mid 2010's El Clasicos were the best. Every match was an occasion.

[@24muse00]

Underrated opinion but as much as I love Jose Mourinho I hated that he made the Spanish players of Madrid and Barca fight each other, it was really disappointing when I was younger but like Pique said the ended up winning

[@martinmcmartinezface4243]

Piqué blames it all to Mourinho, but Guardiola was as guilty as José was.

[@alphonse8144]

One it the best teams ever assembled

[@carlosreyes4467]

Mourinho was menace 😂

[@superstrongr]

The world of football would have been better without Miurinho.

[@oddwisedits]

Had always wondered as well.

[@ikywahyudana1684]

And the other reason because puyol didnt called in 2012

[@Dmdm_dm]

And then in 2014 the bad relationships unfolded

[@sluglow6357]

Mourinho the only person that stopped that Spanish team when you look at it from this perspective lol

[@cegalleta]

They still got gapped by Brazil, the Netherlands and Chile.

[@purelyessence]

It always had to be "Mourinho" coming from a Barca player😏😏

[@pancho501]

Operation Puerto was probably in play. Doping on an extraordinary level akin to Lance Armstrong

[@MetapodUsedHarden9]

Pique trying to jab Mourinho like pep over there was very friendly towards RM players 😂😂... He and busquets were so lucky to play with xavi iniesta and win everything

[@devanman7920]

They were so good.

[@drewhanna9057]

The portugues ended the spanish teams run indirectly. Pretty interesting story line.

[@youngbull16]

Most of that Spain national team were on Barca and Real - they were already so familiar with each other

[@HrznII]

Italy 2006, Brazil 1970 and that Spain best three national team ever

[@hitthurdeaux]

As an Italy fan, there is no universe in which Italy 2006 is on the level of the other two.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

1997 brazil 1998 france 1950-54 Hungary

[@zaarif21]

Country should always be the first priority I don’t know why people do this

[@rowlandaloriba6931]

These guys will monopolize the ball all the time. God they were good 😢

[@johnsudiro73]

Honestly barca players more affected to spain national team won those trophy more than madrid players 😂😂. With barca core, they still have big chance to win even without madrid player, not the opposite 😂😂

[@freddypaulino1957]

That team delivered because of the leaders casillas , ramos , puyol , even the other players outside of madrid and Barca were captains in their on clubs

[@tynzHappening]

What did Spain do to create that generation? They need to do it again.

[@puccan479]

2022 Argentina team is the greatest national team of all time. Not by individual players, but the chemistry and friendship between them, the leadership by Messi, and the passion to reach the trophy. Of course this Spain team had tiki taka/defense and was prime Barca/Madrid. But nothing beats the drive behind 2022 Argentina. The team revolved around Messi.

[@Number-cl7yh]

2010 spain vs 2002 brazil

[@lesedikosie896]

That spainish team was a almost a perfect team

[@its.uzi10]

The only team that can win a European championship without having to use a striker in the starting XI(2012)

[@henkvanessen2908]

And then 2014 came

[@summermcfly8407]

This why Argentina might go back to back they all love each other

[@davidlage4233]

For me the Spanish team of 2008 was unbeatable 🤷‍♂️

[@hussainmustafakhatai490]

Busquets Alonso Xavi Iniesta Silva Fabregas Cazorla Mata J.Martinez Senna in midfield not to mention Villa, Torres, Pedro, Navas in attack with Puyol, Ramos, Pique, Capdevila, Arbeloa, Albiol later Alba in defence and then Iker Valdes Reins in fkn goal like the levels of the squad overall has simply never been matched before or after.

[@christophert.clausen5993]

And they never had a proper striker just 6 midfielders XD

[@tanmoy4883]

Hating Madrid players and Madrid all along is in the DNA of Barcelona

[@SantomPh]

The other players not in the Classico were very key to winning both trophies -Fernando Torres,Juanfran, Fran, Nacho Monreal

[@alokbhoi8757]

Spanish teams were just different gravy that time ...

[@lionelsheja6381]

Reminder that Brazil reached 3 WC Finals from 1994-2002 and won the WC twice. Things only done by Brazil. Also add Copa Americas, they truly dominated.

[@saurabhk96]

And in 2011, 5'7 Argentine destroyed Spanish team

[@jc-16.]

Its between that spain team and brazil 70 for me as the conversation for best ever world cup sides, yeah i know its harsh on the great german sides of beckenbauer and brazil 02 but thats my opinion.

[@kaziourblue8410]

I thought pique meant winning the World Cup was easy 😂😂😂😂

[@HeartzOfDiamondz]

Bruuuh I remember in FIFA they had a transfer marker for just Barca Players !! That’s how OP they were !

[@Lukas-weh]

No wonder why Mourinho is one of the most hated coaches around the world.

[@ozeirGD]

They don’t even play a striker in 2012 Euro. The formation is more like 4-6-0.

[@martinmcnulty8155]

It was like the Barcelona team but without Messi...

[@pedrogarcia2899]

He didnt answer

[@IAD9911I]

bro referring to himself in 3rd person

[@michelvandijk1656]

So Mourinho is also that big He destroyed the greatest Spanish Team ever in his Own!?😅😂😂😂

[@InnerVacancy]

Didnt one of the people involved in the Operación Puerto doping scandal say the spanish team would be stripped of the 2010 World cup if the truth got out.

[@RobertWilder-d2b]

Brazil 2002 or 2006. Not even close.

[@MartyRyuu]

That sapnish team is todays man city/ liverpool team.tbh

[@sreejith6729]

21 old Neymar owned the team

[@sideshowblob]

I wonder did the Barca players being Catalonian have an impact as well

[@surajmakwana5634]

Mourinho's character is totally exposed now, his career has been a downfall ever since.

[@Chadner]

That 2010 team would have been nothing without David Villa, he carried them on his back the whole tournament and nowadays they rarely remember him.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Nothing is such an exaggeration

[@Chadner]

@pauliewalnuts5803 I know, but he should be remembered like a world-class striker that carried his team to a World Cup title. How many strikers did that? C.Ronaldo never did that, Messi needed 5 world cups to achieve that. I always felt he was underrated while guys like Xavi and Iniesta were terribly overrated.

[@TheAmazingHoho576]

You WERE playing together, not WAS.

[@dubai9933]

That spanish team also scored the fewest goals to win a world cup. Not entertainment.

[@adityaudayanagolfvlogs1317]

It wasnt just real life, playing spain in FIFA or FM is the equalivent of a cheatcode.

[@JWC07]

Don’t understand why he mentions Mourinho negatively but doesn’t mention that, Barcelona had the whole refereeing association under their thumb and Pep as manager who is managing a team currently with 115 charges of cheating?

[@tikovibes2860]

Oh shut up will you

[@bench9967]

115 Charges of cheating? None of it true. And none of it is proven. It’s all fake accusation. While Madrid has widely known to use Reff to cheat in UCL and Laliga. Obviosuly. I can press charge you 115 times just make reports😂.

[@herbertromero5716]

He talking about national team in 2012 what are you on😭😭. Mourinho put horrible rivalry in Real Madrid players. Why would he mention man city when there talking about real and Barca 😭😭

[@carstengrooten3686]

@herbertromero5716 It does matter a bit. He just illustrates that although Mourinho is depicted as the source of the problem, Guardiola also is partially at fault. And he uses Man City as an argument for that. I don't see the problem to be honest

[@kb5509]

115 charges of what though? You think Peps up light at night cooking the books himself?

[@jonathanhernandez3047]

When Barcelona won the World Cup 💙❤️

[@HotspurFC-cu6ny]

If only England could do this but no “the captain can’t be a Tottenham player.” Or “why is the center back from United and not Liverpool.” To much politics in the England team