xavi Archive

  •     The IFFHS has come out with their year end list of best of the best enganches.  Once again Xavi Hernandez leads the pack for the 4th year in a row.  Xavi beats out  Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ozil, Xabi Alonso among others.  Spanish Football is all about the creative...

    World’s Best Playmaker 2011

    Posted on January 15, 2012 | 6 Comments
        The IFFHS has come out with their year end list of best of the best enganches.  Once again Xavi Hernandez leads the pack for the 4th year in a row.  Xavi beats out  Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ozil, Xabi Alonso among others.  Spanish Football is all about the creative...

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  •   Guest Writer Jamie McGregor from Spanish Football.Info joins us to talk about Cesc. One of the longest running transfer sagas of recent times has finally come to an end. Like the Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid saga, the Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona tale has ended with the La Liga club...

    Cesc: The right move at the right time

    Posted on August 16, 2011 | 7 Comments
      Guest Writer Jamie McGregor from Spanish Football.Info joins us to talk about Cesc. One of the longest running transfer sagas of recent times has finally come to an end. Like the Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid saga, the Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona tale has ended with the La Liga club...

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  • The first ‘Clasico‘ of the season is behind us. Here are my thoughts on the game As the title suggests, Real Madrid missed a golden opportunity to beat an off-colour and off-pace Barcelona playing with a lot of players with either little are no preseason action. Real Madrid started brightly...

    Wasteful Madrid fails to punish an off-colour Barça

    Posted on August 15, 2011 | No Comments
    The first ‘Clasico‘ of the season is behind us. Here are my thoughts on the game As the title suggests, Real Madrid missed a golden opportunity to beat an off-colour and off-pace Barcelona playing with a lot of players with either little are no preseason action. Real Madrid started brightly...

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  • Barca will be without Xavi at Mallorca this weekend, but how much will they really miss him?A forensic look at the impact of Barca’s midfield master. A new column by Laurence “Johnson” Alexander, looking at La Liga through the fantasy football lens. Xavi: missing this weekend This weekend, Barcelona face...

    Week25: what a difference a Xavi makes

    Posted on February 26, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Barca will be without Xavi at Mallorca this weekend, but how much will they really miss him?A forensic look at the impact of Barca’s midfield master. A new column by Laurence “Johnson” Alexander, looking at La Liga through the fantasy football lens. Xavi: missing this weekend This weekend, Barcelona face...

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