Xavi surpasses the record of parties in Champions

Xavi Hernández has converted this Tuesday in the player with more parties played in all the history of the League of Champions with a total of 143. Xavi, acting of start, has jumped to the lawn of the Park of the Princes of Paris in the minute 68, in the place of the Croat Ivan Rakitic. Of this way, the Barcelona midfield player surpasses to the madridista Raúl González, with which was equalised to 142 parties. The Welsh Ryan Giggs completed his career with 141 whereas Iker Boxes, still in active, totaliza for now 140. Further back already it is Seedorf, that reached the 125.

143 crashes has contested with the T-shirt of the Barça in the maximum European championship. The one of Terrassa has been, definitely, the referent of the team in Europe during almost sixteen seasons; and still it follows like angular piece of the Barça. The trip of Xavi in the competition began when hardly it had 18 years, on 16 September 1998, substituting the Brazilian Giovanni in the minute 67. The stage of his debut in Europe could not be more suitable: Old Trafford, the 'Theatre of the dreams', against the powerful Manchester United of the 90.

Iniesta has ingresado tonight in the selecto group of the European centenaries. The "8" of the Barça has played against the PSG his split number 100 in the League of Champions, a competition in which it went out champion in the finals of Paris, Rome and London. Up to now, only they had reached this figure three players of the FC Barcelona: Xavi Hernández -143 parties and 12 goals-, Carles Puyol -120 parties and 2 goals- and Víctor Valdés -110 parties and 90 goals fit.

Since it debuted with the Barça of Go Gaal in a European party in Witches the season 2002-03, Iniesta has contested 100 parties and has marked 10 goals in a competition that has won until in three occasions. The three finals with title in Paris, Rome and London, and the goal of Stamford Bridge are the big moments lived until the moment in the League of Champions by the player of Fuentealbilla.