The Unheralded Magnificence of Sergio Busquets
https://breakingthelines.com/ode/an-ode-to-sergio-busquets/ By: Jacque Talbot June 11, 2020 - Breaking the Lines “Watch the game you won’t see Busquets, but watch Busquets and you’ll see the game.” - Vicente del Bosque These types of frothy quotes attributed to Sergio Busquets are found in abundance. But with this one, there is something quite pertinent about what former Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said. “Watch the game you won’t see Busquets.” Well yes, the focus is normally of the high-octane beauty upfront, the razzmatazz, the assists, rainbow flicks, nutmegs, and free-kicks: this is especially true when you have the likes of Neymar or Lionel Messi on the frontline, conjuring up goals only previously seen by football-fervent children during sleep, and of course, the trouble is we rarely notice the magic behind the curtains that leads to such moments – and this is why Busquets falls into the shadows. “Watch Busquets and you’ll see the game.” The game being a tale of two te