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Goal.com 50: Xavi (3)
Goal.com's countdown of the 50 best players of 2008-2009 is now reaching its
climax. Coming in at No. 3 is the FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi.....
He is not the most talented footballer on Earth, and was never really built
up as the next big thing in the game. He is not gifted with audacious skills
or sensational flamboyance, and hasn't scored ten goals in a single league
campaign. He doesn't even have the most primitive prerequisite of football -
an ability to run: at most, he walks very fast.
Yet Xavi Hernandez is the best central midfielder on the planet, and in the
2008-2009 season was one of the three top players in the world. If it weren't
for the genius of Lionel Messi and the creative invention of Andres Iniesta,
Xavi could well have been the best in the world, a Ballon d'Or contender, as
last season was arguably the strongest in Xavi's career.
2007-2008 might have ended with the pasillo, but the Euro 2008 conquest with
Spain in the summer revived both Xavi and Barcelona. For Xavi, it was the
marked return to form, as he out-passed, out-smarted and out-thought everyone
in Austria and Switzerland, establishing himself as the best in his position.
Exploits In Spain
Asked by new coach Josep Guardiola to play slightly higher up the pitch and
contribute more to the attack, with the assurance of Yaya Toure behind him,
Xavi played the role he was always destined to play: the ‘Pep Guardiola role
’.
Since the Santpedor-born great had left Barcelona, there had been a void in
the middle of the park. Xavi had filled that space in previous seasons, but
in 2008-2009 he actually outdid his predecessor and coach and made it ‘the
Xavi role’.
Described by one columnist as a "static" player in "a classic combination of
static and dynamic”, Xavi sat in central midfield and didn't move, but he
did orchestrate Barcelona's moves. His ability to find holes in the opposition
’s back line, intelligence to discern small spaces for himself, play crisp
through balls and whip in accurate crosses, all with marvellous consistency,
made Xavi the midfielder-in-chief of this galactic Barcelona side that played
frighteningly entertaining football last season. One Madrid-based Spanish
football journalist defined Xavi as "the man who keeps Barcelona ticking and
never rotates - or loses the ball".
Perhaps the best moment in the Primera Division for the 29-year-old was his
masterclass performance against Real Madrid in the second Clasico of the
season at the Bernabeu, in which he taught the Madrid players how to retain
possession and control the game as he led his team to a 6-2 triumph. The
Catalan eventually ended the league season as the top assist provider (20).
Even in the Copa del Rey, Xavi's presence was discernible as he scored the
final goal in Barcelona’s 4-1 comeback victory over Athletic Bilbao in the
final.
European Conquest
Just as in Spain, Xavi proved his mettle in Europe. He was by far the best
central midfielder in his position in the Champions League as he attested
that players with intelligence and technique but bereft of pace can still
have a place in modern day's F1-paced, aggressive and often technically
hollow approach.
In the final against Manchester United in Rome, it was again Xavi who was at
the heart of every string of passes that Barcelona weaved. He created Lionel
Messi's headed goal, threaded in passes for Thierry Henry, Carles Puyol and
Iniesta, and had a free kick rattle the post.
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that Barcelona's "strength was their central
midfielders", adding, "It wasn't really Messi who was the problem, it was
Iniesta and Xavi. They can keep the ball all night long."
Xavi continued with his good form in the Confederations Cup, but the absence
of Iniesta rendered the masterclass midfielder somewhat redundant. He has an
almost telepathic understanding with the 25-year-old, and although Xavi's
overall performance in South Africa was encouraging, perhaps a degree of
fatigue has crept in.
Nevertheless, that slight blip cannot dislodge Xavi from his position as the
best central midfielder in the world.
2008-2009 HONOURS
Barcelona
Primera Division 2008-2009
Copa del Rey 2008-2009
UEFA Champions League 2008-2009
Spain
Third Place at FIFA Confederations Cup 2009
Individual
Fifth in Ballon d'Or 2008
Fifth in FIFA World Player of the Year 2008
Top assist provider in La Liga (20)
Top assist provider in Champions League (7)
Subhankar Mondal, Goal.com
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