When did things start to go downhill for him?
>inb4 hurr durr he was never good meme
>>67966945
2013
after reaching like 30-33 years, goalkeepers must work much harder to keep themselves in form.
Casillas had shitty work rate, so he started to be mediocre.
You can pinpoint the exact moment.
he was never good, he literally had a free ride all his career, except at the elite club level when he was FORCED to play against equally big teams, in which he failed starting with 18 year old messi and ending when he got benched by mourinho after failing to win a champions league in 10 years. There's a reason he is the goalkeeper Messi has scored the most on. The only saving grace is that an even bigger choker failed the 1v1 against him in the world cup final
>>67967043
>he was never good
good pure american opinion right here, nice
He's always been a comedy goalie at everything that wasn't shot-stopping.
A fave of mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suzKXVwUPrg
>>67966945
Casillas was never a great keeper, he more often than not just had shots hit right at him most of the times
>>67967035
Traumatised ever since
>>67967148
Lol
2013
>political turmoil and locker room issues
>injured
>loss of confidence
>relied on his reflexes, which is lost with age
I wonder.
>he was never good
i've seen dumb things before but this is too much
Casillas was just reflexes and nothing else, never improved his aerial abilities or positioning.
>>67967543
he was never that good though
he was great for his age in like 2002, but like 90% of promising young players, he didn't turn out to be a great player afterall
it's just easy to get away with it if you're playing behind the defense of one of the world's best clubs
>>67966999
his shitty work rate was because of his gk trainer.
>>67967613
But RM's defence was mostly shite for the vast majority of his career at the club.
>>67967556
This is what caused his downfall.
>>67966945
todo empezo con un conocido de iker
of course most will claim he was never good
how would they know when most here were literally shitting their nappies when he was good
He was good.
However, he depended on reflex-ability, which goes rapidly downhill with age.
Also by that point he'd won literally everything in football there is to win, so what's the point in trying to keep up?
Probably when he became a snitch
>>67966999
>lazy Spaniard
Color me shocked
>>67967874
Compared with other clubs of its stature maybe, but still the team would comfortably control most matches in league and cups to not have him regularly tested.
>>67967060
Does he think players aren't allowed to tackle him?
>>67967069
that's called positioning
if a gk is any good and is playing with a competent defense he shouldn't have to make many heroic diving saves
>>67967035
Robbens face is comedy gold haha someone should screenshot it lol
![FdSzawX[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/7KJOJRu.gif "FdSzawX[1].gif")
>>67966945
>>67966945
Who the hell is this faggot?
>>67966945
2014.
Contender for GOAT if not for Buffon. Held the rank at real and Spain for many years. Still a good goalkeeper the move to porto was very smart. Still a top club in its country and he's still good enough to hold the spot. Should retire there though.
>>67974429
>mfw some people actually blame Mou for this
Mou just called him out on his shit.
>>67968345
7 hours and still no (you)s fuck you spee
>>67975053
We don't speak French m8
>>67967839
>blaming others for failures
Why am i not surprised Mexico?
>>67975053
TRY SPEAKING AMERICAN NEXT TIME FAGGIT!!
>>67967169
JUST
>>67975077
>>67974350
>straya
he probably struggled to be in the top 5 world gks when he was still young. Kahn, Cech, Van der Sar, Julio Cesar, Buffon...imho Casillas was not better than these
even victor valdez looked like a good keeper behind a great team
iker has just been fortunate
but when put to the challenge he has failed literally every time except for his toe hitting robbens shot
the goal he let in against atletico sealed the deal, that fucker was done and Mourinho knew it
>>67975169
t. soccer fan since 2010
>>67967874
And that's why they struggled to go past round of 16 in CL for so long, shit defence and mediocre goalie.
>>67975232
Ah yes, I fondly remember the days when they got cucked by Lyon in the round of 16 year
after year
after year
>>67967060
lel the faggot pretending he was hurt to hide his fuck up
>>67974429
>before JUST and after JUST
JUST
>>67975232
During Real Madrid's semiprofessional years (2005-2010) Casillas was the least bad thing in the team
>all these revisionist retards saying Casillas was always bad because Mourinho said so
In all likelihood you all rarely ever watched him play
hurr durr he was never good
I love mou for breaking him.
LCIM finished the job though
>>67966945
El nunca fue bueno
>>67967169
>*record scratch*
>>67975232
Yet they did better in the league during that period.
Casillias was good in two big games in his entire career, CL final vs Leverkusen and world cup final vs Netherlands.
He's shit.
Shit keeper that was able to hide in a babby league for a decade where he didn't have to do anything. Exposed now that he's in Portugal and having to do some actual goalkeeping.
post keksillas
>>67976520
>le spanish league is terrible meme
Fucking anglos back at it again
>>67975308
classic move
>>67976521
>Wants to blame others for his fuck up
Fucking faggot
>>67966945
His biggest strength was always his reflexes. When he started slowing, he had a much more rapid drop-off compared to keepers like Van der Sar, Kahn, Buffon, etc. who all kicked around the top level for years.
>>67966945
Mou killed him when he decided to make peace with Barça for the NT while getting injured by Arbeloa
