Despite scoring the winning goal at the 2010 FIFA World Cup final in Johannesburg, Spanish icon Andreas Iniesta snubbed that famous encounter at FNB Stadium when asked about his favourite matches.
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The 39-year-old is surprisingly still going strong in his football career as he now plies his trade in the United Arab Emirates with Emirates Club.
In his over 20 years of playing professional football, the La Masia alumni has graced some of the beautiful games biggest stages, such as UEFA Champions League finals and UEFA European Championship finals, but perhaps none have been bigger than the showdown La Roja had against the Netherlands on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City.
However, when asked which were some of his favourite matches that he has played in, Iniesta did not hold that night in South Africa as highly as some of his other encounters.
"There are so many," he replied, according to ESPN. "Off the top of my head I would say, for example, a Barcelona-Sevilla game that we won at the Camp Nou, when I scored the first and we played a spectacular game.
"The last [Copa del Rey] final against Sevilla too. It's a final but you're going to have to let me include it because it was my last title [for Barça].
"That day, pffff. I believe in energy, in all those things, and that day I had the feeling that I was flying across the grass. It was one of the best games I remember at Barcelona.
"If we keep going, loads will come to mind: the 4-0 at the Bernabeu 2015, when Paulo Andrea [Iniesta's second child] was born. A 2-3 at the Bernabeu. The last spell under [former coach Frank] Rijkaard wasn't that great but I remember it fondly, as I was starting to play more.
"What can I say? It's been brutal. I remember Old Trafford [a 1-0 win for Spain against England in February 2007], my first goal with the national team,” he added.
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"The moment we were in was hard and look how things changed. That was the turning point. From there, we just didn't lose. And there's the penalties against Italy [at Euro 2008], where it all changes."
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