Re: Iniesta

by Winter is Coming Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:31 am

Couldn't find a video with his full performance of the watch yet, but this will do for now, maybe some else can link one. He bossed it

I'll link this too.

http://www.goallegacy.net/t29560-iniesta-is-massively-overrated-whether-you-like-it-or-not?highlight=Iniesta

by eelir Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:17 am

In my book, Iniesta is the ultimate big game player. Period.

by Lucifer Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:19 am

We share same book hmm

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:08 pm

#vissel #iniesta pic.twitter.com/iwXR4lvTJg
— J.League France (@JLeagueFr) August 11, 2018

by Lucifer Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:21 pm

That magical touch FFS. :bow:

by El Gunner Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:23 pm

Iniesta, the technique king

by Valkyrja Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:51 pm

That reminded me of bergkamp's goal.

by Firenze Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:36 pm

pic.twitter.com/RhCXAj1AqB
— Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) 6 January 2019

Andres Iniesta, the former Barcelona captain and World Cup-winning Spanish soccer star, apologized Tuesday after being criticized for posting a picture of him posing with two people clad in blackface during a popular Christian celebration.

Good to see he's still retaining that Pep DNA

by CBarca Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:03 pm

Lmaoooo what is this celebration?

I was expecting him to be the one in blackface but he's not, moving on

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:07 pm

Blackface is not even a thing in Spain. He shouldn't have apologized. Why are we applying a US issue to a Spanish player living in Japan? Laughing

by Firenze Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:16 pm

Andres Iniesta, the former Barcelona captain and World Cup-winning Spanish soccer star, apologized Tuesday after being criticized for posting a picture of him posing with two people clad in blackface during a popular Christian celebration.

“At no time did Andres Iniesta want to bother anyone with that photograph which is the image of the illusion in Spain and apologizes to those people who may have been offended,” the statement read.

The former Barcelona midfielder tweeted a picture with his wife, two children and a group of friends dressed in costumes to commemorate Three Kings Day. Two of the people in the picture, were in blackface. Iniesta is sitting on the ground at the front of the picture. As of Tuesday morning, the Twitter post had not been deleted, despite the apology.

Three Kings Day is a popular Christian tradition in Spain that marks the biblical adoration of Jesus by the three Wise Men or Magi.

“The presence of the Three Kings belongs to the culture of our country, rooted for many years with which we want to celebrate the most magical day of the year with our children and is a tradition that the Iniesta Ortiz family repeats every year,” the statement read.

We can infer he was in Spain over the holidays. I've also seen pictures of this traditional Spanish thing posted and nobody else was in blackface. hmm

by rincon Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:23 pm

It's a nice tradition where you get candy as a kid from the wizard kings that brought Jesus presents on his birth.

The twitter comments are hilarious Laughing

by Hapless_Hans Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:21 pm

CBarca wrote:Lmaoooo what is this celebration?

I was expecting him to be the one in blackface but he's not, moving on

That's the three kings/wise men from the orient

normal Christian thing to celebrate on the 6th of January

one of them, Melchior, is black

we used to go around as altar boys as the three kings, marking the door frames of buildings iwth a blessing, the face of one painted black with shoe polish

It's got nothing whatsoever to do with the US tradition of blackface in minstrel shows

Nothing whatsoever.

Once again, US people can't help but being ignorant imperialists, even in the realm of political correctness

by zigra Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:11 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
Once again, US people can't help but being ignorant imperialists, even in the realm of political correctness

by Harmonica Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:45 pm

Dafuq is he apologizing for? Have the world gone completely mental or what?

by Firenze Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:51 pm

Because 'It's tradition' doesn't fly. smh.

#SayNoToRacism
#PepOUT
#Solskjaer2018/19CLWinner

by Myesyats Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:53 pm

It's called 'recreational outrage'. Getting mad and venting about political, religious, racial, or other topics to the point where it becomes a hobby. These people are rarely right but often loud enough to warrant a reaction.

It's a horrible disease in today's society.

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:45 pm

Hans I've seen complaints about this from UK and German Twitter accounts

by futbol Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:23 pm

No one in Germany knows what "Blackface" is, except maybe 1 in 100 young politically interested students browsing America-related topics on the Internet. Just because Americans had slavery and put black people in the back of the bus 50 years ago and their police shoots them for fun to this day doesn't mean a Spanish guy can't dress himself up as a black king.

No wonder Trump got elected and will get re-elected.

by Doc Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:29 pm

Blackface is not only a US thing btw.

by Myesyats Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:05 pm

I have 2 friends who both have dogs named n*gger

Chocolate cake in Poland is called "a little n*gger"

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:10 pm

You say that like it's a good thing.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:26 pm

Myesyats wrote:I have 2 friends who both have dogs named n*gger

Chocolate cake in Poland is called "a little n*gger"

Not sure what point you're trying to make. That you're a bunch of racists?

by Myesyats Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:37 pm

Just a fun fact. It doesn't sound as offensive as it does in the English language though. Different languages, different undertones and connotations.

It's more neutral here. Not associated with slavery, we had nothing to do with that

Also, i don't believe a word is offensive unless used directly towards somebody in a derogatory manner. In isolation, it's just a word like any other.

by Doc Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:53 pm

Myesyats wrote:I have 2 friends who both have dogs named n*gger

Chocolate cake in Poland is called "a little n*gger"

I take it Rover, Rex and Dino were already taken.

by farfan Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:26 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Hans I've seen complaints about this from UK and German Twitter accounts

These complaints are from Gen Z /millennials who get all their cues from what's going on in the US via social media. In France, nobody has ever heard of " Le blackface " or " L'appropriation culturelle " until these kids started whining about these concepts a couple of years ago.

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