The thinking behind his three centre-back formation is that Brazil press opponents back, with the strikers working hard to regainpossessionof the ball close to the opposing goal.
Let Hamas explain to their own people how such a policy is going help them regainpossessionof the holy land when no negotiations exist that the promise to stop this behavior can influence.
Iniesta may have been an injury doubt prior to this final, but there was little evidence of fitness problems as he produced a virtuoso demonstration of the modern midfield arts, leaving United to chase in vain in an attempt to regainpossession for the latter stages of the opening half.