Xavi: “You lose more than Barca without Messi Madrid without Cristiano”
Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona midfielder, said that in the comparison between two of the best players in the world, Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Barca team loses more with the absence of Real Madrid‘s Argentinian without the Portuguese because the Argentine “is the best of the world. ” “For me, it loses more Messi for Barcelona or Madrid that no Christian,” Xavi said on the eve of the match of the league in that Cristiano Ronaldo will not play at the Mestalla and probably not against Espanyol Messi.
Xavi Hernandes
For the player of Terrassa, the Argentine “are not rough with anyone” because “it has that is competitive with the team he has before, but individually, always thinks about the collective.” Therefore, Xavi have insisted that “the best player in the world working for the group is fantastic.” Xavi, who insisted he offered his opinion “no mood to compare,” said that Messi “is above any player” and recalled that it had won the Golden Ball “with the greatest difference in points of history.”
Beyond the comparison between both players, the faces Barcelona next Saturday’s derby against Espanyol “wanting to win, but without thorns” about the game last year, when the beat for 1-2 Espanyol . “Since I am aware that football at youth level, the great rival Espanyol Barcelona has been” recalled Xavi, “and it is true that last year we have some good memories, but neither is a special spirit of revenge”.
Barça player also recalled that the last derby was “conditioned by the expulsion of Keita” and asserted that such a party is always unpredictable though they did not arrive at a good time after four defeats. ” Xavi lamented the decline of Ivan de la Pena – “the best world soccer final pass,” he said-for the derby. “They lose their philosophy and we are the best in the world” comment referred to the possible absence of Messi to injury. Questioned on the future of Barcelona in the Champions League after closing “with much merit,” the group stage, Xavi said he is indifferent to the rival in the second round to be confronted, “but Lyon, Bayern and Milan look like more complicated “and placed Chelsea as the” rival Rocky “of the competition.
Selected alongside Messi, Iniesta, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo to the award for best footballer in the world according to FIFA, Xavi acknowledged to be among the five candidates is “a luxury and a privilege.” He also recalled that there are “other players who are not among the five candidates but have done enough to get”. After the derby, the Adu Dhabi travel to Barcelona to play the World Club Championship, a competition in which the Catalan Barca said he feels “favorite despite knowing that it will not be easy.”