The Spanish international has offered his own views about the remarks made by the Portuguese mentor concerning the Ballon d’Or.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s Xavi Hernandez believes that everyone has a right to their opinion and therefore contradiction does not allow an individual to criticize another.
The midfield maestro has taken out time to address comments given by Real Madrid head coach, Jose Mourinho.
Recently, the Madrid boss argued that La Blaugrana starlet, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 is a more worthy athlete of winning the coveted accolade.
Xavi has stressed that there is no need to indulge in debate over such issues and emphasized that such statements only represent the point of view of an individual, and hence it should be treated accordingly.
The Barca number 6 went on to insist that every coach wants players from their own team to win such awards. He stated that one can expect http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque to want a Spanish player to win the Golden Ball, whereas Tito Vilanova would like the award for a
Catalan player.
While talking to reporters, the 32-year-old was quoted as saying:
"We don't see football as anything other than competing on the pitch. We don't want any kind of war off the pitch.”
"Mou's comments are logical – he wants the titles for one of his players. If you ask Del Bosque, he'll want it for Spanish players; and if you ask Tito, he'll favour a Barça player. That's quite normal.”
The technically gifted footballer then went on to discuss that Vilanova will have a positive impact at the Nou Camp as the club’s new manager.
"He's not a new coach. He's half new. We're going to fight for all the titles at stake. We have the Super Cup against Madrid now, which could be a morale booster. We're going to try and win them all, as hard as that may be,” the World Cup winner told reporters.
Barcelona recently defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the Paris Cup. The pre-season encounter took place at the Parc des Princes.
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