Xavi Hernandez (also known simply as Barcelona is third in the standings in La Liga, the top Spanish football league, 10 points behind first-place Real Madrid and 8 behind second-placed Girona. «I was a man of the club», said Xavi, «I gave it priority even above myself. I gave everything I had.”
Xavi, who is 44 years old, has been Barcelona’s coach since 2021, but before that he had been one of the most important players in the club’s history: he played there from 1998 to 2015, winning eight championships and four Champions Leagues, the top European football competition. Before that he had trained in the club’s youth system, starting in 1991. In the years in which Barcelona was coached by Pep Guardiola, between 2008 and 2012, Xavi was one of the most important players of one of the strongest and most successful teams in always, together with others such as the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Spanish Andrés Iniesta. He is still considered one of the strongest midfielders ever.
After the match against Villarreal he said that he had decided to resign “for the good of the players”: “I think they will free themselves, we play with a lot of tension”, he said. Less than two weeks ago, after losing the Spanish Super Cup 4-1 to rivals Real Madrid, Xavi said he would leave if the players lost faith in him. After that defeat, however, Barcelona had won two consecutive matches, before being eliminated last Thursday by Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey, the Spanish league cup. Two days later came the defeat against Villarreal.
2024-01-27 22:57:20
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