Xavi Hernandez says that Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea are the favourites to win the UEFA Champions League
Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona’s playmaker and one of the best midfielder’s of his generation has come out and stated that Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Barcelona are the favourites to win the UEFA Champions League this
season. Speaking to the press ahead of a football boot launch event, Xavi was quite expressive in his views as he spoke about the favourites to win the UEFA Champions League.
Last season, Xavi’s Barcelona went all the way to the final of the UEFA champions League and then defeated Manchester United at the Wembley stadium to capture the European Cup crown. No team in the history of the UEFA Champions
League has ever defended the trophy successfully so it will be interesting to see whether or not Barcelona manage to win back to back European Cups. Manchester United will obviously be the favourites as well to do well again this year under their experienced
manager Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson.
The Red Devils did remarkably well to reach the UEFA Champions League final last season but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s slick style of play proved to be too much for them. On the other hand, Real Madrid will once again be a threat as they reached
the semi-finals last season in the UEFA Champions League only to lose to Barcelona as well. Chelsea were knocked out by Manchester United last season at the quarterfinals stage but this time around they are looking quite dangerous under the guidance of their
new manager, Andres Villas Boas.
Xavi said in his latest interview, “The favourites are the usual suspects. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 will improve under their new coach [Andre Villas-Boas], while Manchester United will be strong and Real Madrid will be challenging because they
are always competitive. And then there is us. We are excited at the chance of doing what practically nobody has done and winning the Champions League two years in a row."
The Spanish midfielder also praised his Barcelona team mate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 during his interview, he stated, "Having Messi playing in front of me is fantastic. He is one of the best in history and he is still only 24. He makes the
difference for us." Barcelona will be hoping that they can do the impossible this season and go one better than every other team in the history of the UEFA Champions League by successfully defending their European Cup crown. There are a lot of teams who will
aim to topple the European Champions but Pep Guardiola’s men are a formidable unit who are already being regarded as one of the best football club sides ever.
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