Xavi’s father came out in the open and admitted that Jose Mourinho’s appointment at Real Madrid does not affect the friendship which Casillas and Xavi have.
Barcelona and Real Madrid share one of the fiercest rivalries in the world of football. Both the teams go way back when it comes to being each other’s rivals and that is the reason why El Clasico is considered to be one of the most competitive fixtures in
not only http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, but also the world.
Since these two teams share such a fierce rivalry, the players are naturally expected to react accordingly with players who belong to the opposing team.
For the past four seasons, Barcelona have won three Spanish La Liga titles while Real Madrid were able to win last season as they did not allow Barcelona to win the fourth La Liga title in succession.
Both the teams came on relatively better terms when Josep Guardiola and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 Pellegrini were in charge of Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively. However, since Jose Mourinho became the manager of Real Madrid, the number of brawls during an El Clasico
increased.
Mourinho joined Real Madrid two seasons ago and in the very first season it was seen that the rivalry between the two teams became more intense.
Barcelona were the stronger side without a doubt and they always had the upper hand against Los Blancos, but Jose Mourinho always gave a reason to each Real Madrid player so that he can hate the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 stars.
Even though these two teams tried to get the best out of each other on each and every occasion, two of the players showed that friendship is far above footballing rivalry and those two players are Xavi Hernandez and Iker Casillas.
Both these players were together back when they were young and playing for Spain’s under-21 footballing camp.
Since then both these players have shared good friendship and even though Mourinho is still in charge of Real Madrid, Xavi’s father believes that these two players have really helped the Spanish national team as players usually had problems while playing
with each other.
Xavi’s father was quoted as saying:
“Iker got into a lot of trouble with Mourinho over his friendship with Xavi. These problems became public last season and everybody knows about it. Xavi and Iker never had any intention to end their friendship.”
Xavi Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 recently helped Spain win the European Championship for second time in succession.
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