The Spanish attacking midfielder believes that his fellow Barcelona team-mate, Xavi Hernandez, is the X-factor behind Spain’s footballing philosophy and he will not quit anytime soon.
Before Euro 2012 commenced, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 showing brilliant footballing form, many thought that Spain might not be the team which can
win two Euros in succession.
Moreover, Spain lost two of their most crucial players, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331. While Puyol was Spain’s first-choice centre-back, it was David Villa who scored most of the goals for the Spanish national team.
Therefore, with these two players missing from the first team, many thought that Spain will actually end up losing Euro 2012.
As the tournament started, Spain showed their vulnerable side, conceding the first goal against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 and then equalizing minutes later to take a point from their opposition.
Spain drew their first game, showing the world that they are definitely not a team which cannot be stopped.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque played the perfect tactics and managed to defend the title for the first time in the history of football.
With players like Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez in the midfield, Spain showed that good defenders and prolific goal-scorers are not very important in order to win a tournament.
Spaniards carried on with their passing philosophy and there is one player who is the pass master in La Roja’s tiki-taka style-of-play and that man is Xavi Hernandez.
The Spaniard was able to dominate any team’s midfield which he came across and that is the sole purpose why Spain were able to win the competition with ease, winning the final 4-0 against Italy.
Since Xavi Hernandez is 32 years old, many think that he will be taking retirement from his international career anytime soon. However, Cesc Fabregas thinks otherwise.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star believes Xavi still has it in him to play for the Spanish national team and while speaking about his Barcelona team-mate, Cesc said:
“I don’t think he will retire.”
“He played very well. I think there will be a before Xavi and AFTER Xavi when he finally retires for both Spain and Barcelona.”
Xavi Hernandez was able to make a passing record in a single game during the Euro 2012, when he managed to complete the maximum number of passes by an individual in a single game.
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