Phil Ball
“Kaká and Guti obliged by appearing for the second half, and the sudden simplicity of the game of football re-asserted itself. Guti may be inconsistency incarnate, but the instinctive elegance of his movements and the weird, architectural precision of his passing have to be appreciated live. He ain’t the same on the telly somehow.”
- Phil Ball via soccernet.com
Phil Ball may be my favourite football writer, I highly recommend his dispatches from Spain for anyone who not only enjoys La Liga but good, interesting sportswriting. Obviously he’s nailed Guti, he’s especially correct about seeing him live, his passing is almost mesmerizing in its geometry. Even his passes that don’t connect appear to have been misplaced rather than a let down in technique.
