10 Years Ago, This Is Why Xavi Was The Greatest Midfield Genius

[@hotajr3967]

The way he creates space for himself and his teammates is incredibly amazing. The Greatest midfielder of all time no doubt .

[@luffy_army]

Zidane ?

[@CamaFw]

​@@luffy_armyoverrated

[@cuch0_]

that's why he was the best, not even because of his talent, passes, control, dribbling, technique, but because of his perfect movement and understanding of the game

[@espacio.alētheia]

Xavi was genius because his talent, passes, control and technique was brilliant too

[@luffy_army]

Zidane ?

[@chadb1806]

​@@luffy_army Zidane is the only one who can be named above xavi . Iniesta comes close as 3rd imo

[@metrogoldrecords]

@@luffy_armyZidane is an attacking midfielder, Xavi is a Central midfielder. Zidane can’t do Xavi’s work and same to xavi

[@victoribarbo2709]

I love football so much. I've been blessed to experience the Messi Ronaldo battle, but one thing I am sad about, is the fact that i wasn't old enough to really understand the beauty of iniesta and Xavi. Just now I get it.

[@ryanng1226]

It’s all about rhythm. Xavi, Pirlo and Zidane were the rhythms of the pitch.

[@arthurambroise7894]

This was quite interesting to watch, thanks for that!

[@marko6489]

then you love football. This is football in its essence

[@f36_aritrabanerjee_ece69]

There are Great Midfielders and then there is Xavi Hernandez !

[@Kugann]

the glory days :(

[@happy55555-h]

they gonna be back ❤️

[@Kugann]

@@happy55555-h not with these players tho

[@happy55555-h]

@@Kugann trust the Xavi ball ❤️

[@Kugann]

@@happy55555-h i know it will come back im just saying nothing will beat the old days with messi xavi iniesta busq pique alves etc

[@triniking41]

@@happy55555-h 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jinwoo3430]

Welcome back to youtube.

[@dirknash4113]

The deepest understanding of the game.

[@chriswong4055]

love the dream generation 3 , love him so much

[@Accu91]

How often he raises his head to reaffirm his surroundings - a very special spatial awareness. So his positioning became out of this world.

[@hulkblack89]

It’s also how he manipulates space for him self and team mate, also scanning the field. This is football IQ at its finest. What makes a complete midfielder is that 🧠

[@alimac5926]

i've analysed more full barca games focusing on xavi than i can count and his movement is just 2nd none. He loves moving on the blind side of defenders to create space, he loves to curve his runs into space to open his body and keep the space free until the moment he wishes to recieve within it, when barca has posession he often flows against the movement of the opposition to create space for himself or his teamate as an 8. He is simply always in the right place at the right time for his team.

[@minabahnam1751]

Frankie de jong can be the next Xavi but he need someone to support him and the team have to get back their style of moving with&without the ball and they need more support to get the confidence to shoot on the opponent from distance 🥺..#Barca forever#🥺♥️

[@Kugann]

no one is next xavi or iniesta

[@butchary2]

de jong is overrated

[@mosemobuckland4287]

Frenkie de Jong, Pedri or Puig, Arthur

[@luffy_army]

LMAO 😂

[@mahdiaghababaie5579]

Thank thank so useful

[@mariaisabeljesus]

Quando é que o Xavi vai vir para melhorar o Barça! Pois está uma tristeza, que apetece chorar! Vem Xavi Hernández para Dirigir o Barça! Pois está muito triste este Barça! Este Tempo era um Tempo Glorioso do Barça! I Love Leo Messi! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏

[@marciohenriquedossantos2207]

Barcelona/2011 de Messi & Cia., uma verdadeira "obra-prima do esporte" e disputando firme com o Brasil de 1970 a coroa de melhor equipe da história do futebol... 🤙🏻

[@anandshivaram3311]

xavi&zizu are the greatest midfielders ever

[@bill-andyfrancois365]

too much fear . They can't play like Xavi and Iniesta .

[@qwertz4260]

Name of the song?

[@marciohenriquedossantos2207]

Xavi, o "Pelé do meio-campo"... 👈🏻

[@adarshjyoti5738]

Do this type of video on Messi.

[@AchourBelhadj-q8w]

HE WILL REMEMBER MEE ONE TIME

[@halalsadafa7537]

Vs which team ?

[@MessiThunbo]

It was against Almería

[@yatusabesnetaquesabe679]

Un bestia sin parangón

[@obknb4649]

4:20 is masche

[@Giovanni-e9o]

così midfielder così midfielder che lì in mezzo non ci ha mai avuto niente

[@sahilmurmu2557]

3:49 Koeman 😑😐

[@ndauch]

thats why i found kids and even pro who prefers zidane, pirlo or even iniesta bonkers

[@ndauch]

always simple, subtle, effective to the point of neurotic

[@woutn.967]

Yes he can take control but if you play with Messi and Iniesta it's a lot easier to win lots of games ;)

[@Kone347]

finally someone who can't be deceived. In my opinion he was just a system player.

[@manciajr2805]

You need to be THAT good to be there then...

[@manciajr2805]

​@@Kone347 you gotta turn the tv on when watching football... lol

[@mattibk4958]

hvad så Frank ?

[@justgooda]

just wait a minute all this video and his football iq in 1 game...? he isn't the greatest he's "THE TEACHER"

[@tejaspathak6196]

I saw corona

[@netaji-thebritishslayer]

Me too😂😂

[@salimsalimzade6965]

Xavi right foot > Modric

[@dougieffs5376]

aoashi

[@DA-db9bi]

I don’t think he’s the greatest but he’s one of the best for sure

[@karthikmax872]

He is.

[@DA-db9bi]

@@karthikmax872 no he’s not

[@DA-db9bi]

@@karthikmax872 Not even the best midfielder to wear a Barca jersey. Michael laudrup was more than xavi an it’s unfortunate he doesn’t get talked about as much as he deserved and deserves.

[@Liam-hd6ho]

@@DA-db9bi Laudrup is underrated but come on man that’s just a bad take.

[@DA-db9bi]

@@Liam-hd6ho laudrup was far better than xavi

[@Winnifred-i1p]

Clark Daniel Lewis Betty Moore Jennifer

[@margaretflannagan472]

Lee Dorothy Thompson Jennifer Jones Jennifer

[@aaroningl]

Preffered Iniesta tbh.

[@SusanaSmith-e6g]

Wilson Karen Smith Kimberly Jackson Larry

[@butchary2]

we use to praise xavi and now praise overrated blond hair king de jong

[@Varil92]

De Jong is good, it's just that no one is comparable to Xavi or Iniesta. But de Jong is a great player, one of the few good players in the current Barça.

[@sykes5000]

You'll hate me for this, but whilst being very good, he was at the same time very overrated. Very good vision, gamesense and press resistance, but average in every other category relevant for midfield (defense, speed, dribbling, idk about shooting, long shots were probably not allowed at Barca lol). Xavi did fit very well into Barcelona system, giving their game extra stability, but he was replacable. I would call Xavi a top 20 central midfielder, sorry. In my opinion, Iniesta could basically do what he could do, and be a good dribbler with some speed on top of that (just to give an example). That whole Barcelona era was overrated to be honest, analysts claim those teams had the best midfield (xavi, iniesta, busquets), best CBs (Pique, Puyol/Mascherano), best Wingbacks (Jordi Alba, Dani Alves the rapist), best Offense (Messi, David Villa/Neymar, Pedro/Suarez) and best System... and still they didn't dominate. Instead they regularily went out in the round of 16 of the CL. Something doesn't add up here. Perhaps the players were not the absolute best at their positions, but instead just very good. I still remember how Bayern Munich absolutely dominated Barca's midfield 7:0 in 2013. The best Spanish midfielder those nights wore a Bayern Jersey.

[@sounakmajumder9135]

Vadrid had wasted there golden genaration gallactico. With Zidane, Beckham , xavi alanaso, Luis Figo, r9, roberto Carlos they have 0 ucls. But Barca won 4 ucls with Iniesta , xavii , messi ,david villa

[@manciajr2805]

Such a bold take. And so wrong at the same time...

[@joshbrown3439]

Xavi wasn’t even the best midfielder in his own team lol

[@또르박쥐-q2u]

who was the best

[@joshbrown3439]

@@또르박쥐-q2u better than Xavi at Barcelona: iniesta, Kieta, Thiago motta, rakitic, busquets, deco, van bommel.

[@Snipzstock3]

bro got zero ball knowledge

[@joshbrown3439]

@@Snipzstock3 do you? The "zero ball knowledge" dorks never have any knowledge to share, funny that.

[@Kone347]

@@joshbrown3439 I agree with you. He is just a system player. Deco was great.

[@zerozero3509]

He never was the greatest! One of the maybe… he is a system player only like a mechanism

[@hellobro9280]

i'll say what a lot of people here are afraid of saying - he's definitely OVERRATED. in most of the cases here he didn't do it intentionally. It's all you guys theorizing about something that isn't there. He's a GREAT PASSER, no doubts about that. But GOAT of midfielders? Not really.

[@mr.captain2209]

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