Xavi Hernandez
A Doctorate In Football
An overview of Xavi Hernandez during FC Barcelona's triple championship winning 2008-09 season.
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Xavi closed the 2008-09 season with a millimetric assist to the head of Leo Messi that sentenced the Champions League Final in Rome.
It was Barça's last goal of the magical treble-winning season - the 158th goal scored by Pep Guardiola's team and in 27 of those goals Xavi Hernandez
was credited as co-author.
It was Xavi who made that final deadly pass - 19 in La Liga, 7 in the Champions League and 1 in the Copa del Rey.
In the Real Madrid-Barcelona Clásico in the Bernabéu he gave a recital and each assist was a work of art.
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Xavier Hernandez i Creus
25/01/1980
Terrassa
Barcelona Province
Catalonia
Midfield
FC Barcelona
Spain International
Squad Number: 6
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Messi on two occasions, Puyol and Henry took advantage of four Xavi assists to crush Madrid with a historic 2-6 scoreline.
Xavi's statistics were more like those of a basketball base than a footballer as he shared out goals instead of baskets.
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He has been the undeniable King of the Assist this season - not only with Barça but also globally in two demanding competitions such as La Liga and
the Champions League.
What's more he was Barça's fourth top goalscorer behind Messi, Etoó and Henry and equal with Bojan.
Xavi scored 10 goals in 2008-09 - 6 in La Liga, 3 in the Champions League and 1 in the Copa del Rey.
The Copa del Rey goal came in the final at Mestalla against Athletic and was from a superbly executed free kick - taking free kick was another of the
responsibilities that Xavi took on in 2008-09.
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If you add goals and assists, Xavi has participated in 37 of Barça's 158 goals - the same as Henry and only beaten Eto'o with 42 and Messi with 56.
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