All what has in common Xavi Hernández with Guardiola

Pep Guardiola is a scholar of the football and Xavi Hernández, although his career like trainer is much shorter that the one of the current trainer of the City, has showed that it does not remain backwards in this appearance.

Both are culés from the cradle and partners of the Catalan square that always have been predestinados to occupy the place of trainer of the first team blaugrana. The first did it between 2008 and 2012 winning fourteen titles and converting to his team in the best of the history of the group culé and an authentic reference of the world-wide football.

Hernández, that formed part of that team that, still today, is seen like a legend, very probably will not do in the next days. The two have a lot in common. Between them, to Joan Laporta like president, person with a strong line cruyffista, and so much Guardiola like Xavi also are it.

The ex footballer oriundo of Terrassa had the opportunity to learn of the trainer from Santpedor. By the difference of age, could do it like player. When Xavi, the one who was born in 1980, arrived to the first team when it was trained by Louis go Gaal in 1998, Guardiola, that also was born in 1971, fulfilled his eighth season playing the Camp Nou.

In fact, Xavi, that inspired a lot in the form to play of Guardiola, was proclaimed like his "heir" in the position of half centre, although Radomir Antic, when it saw to improve his performance, put him of interior, position in which it consolidated with the arrival of Frank Rijkaard to the bench.

Xavi could win a place like titling afterwards that Guardiola suffered an injury of which took him time replace followed of his arrival to the Italian football. The two coincided in the changing room by three seasons in which Xavi learnt of Pep and could receive a lot of councils of a footballer that, in his moment, went a symbol for the club and a leader of the team.

Like trainers and players

Xavi took advantage of his stage like footballer and master paid for his future career of trainer that had during the four years of Guardiola in the bench of the Barça. Period in which Guardiola formed to the best team that has seen in all the history of the club and of the that Xavi formed part.

"Be directed by Guardiola was a master. I learnt a lot of. By how it is he, the ambition that has, win them, the passion that puts him. It is an obsessive of the football, of the tactics", has recognised more Xavi in more than an occasion, that does not hide that it is so cruyffista like the now trainer of the "citizens". "My idea is very similar to the one of Guardiola. Raisin because the player enjoy and for this has to have the balloon the greater possible time. If you dominate the possession, have more possibilities to win", says.

Period of crisis

To the same that Guardiola, Xavi very probably will arrive to the Barcelona when the club finds in a moment of crisis. In the 2008, the team suffered a bajón when at the beginning it arrived to have some good years with Rijkaard. Xavi, by his part, will arrive to a team that occupies the ninth place in the tournament suspender belt of Spain when the club also suffers economic difficulties.

In what it arrived, Guardiola asked the exit of Ronaldinho, Deco and Eto'or. Xavi, for the moment will not be able to do a lot of and will have to his charge to several footballers that some time were his mates. It can that his changes arrive for when it open the market of winter, but the big decisions that take the current trainer of the To the Sadd will have to expect until next summer to take them.

Guardiola Bets by him

The true, is that it seems that the cruyffismo pure, the game of position seems to keep and strengthen in the Camp Nou. The striking, is that it was Johan Cruyff the one who suggested to Laporta give him an opportunity to Guardiola. The ex Barcelona trainer, although now it directs the Manchester City, is one of the people with which more speaks the managerial maximum blaugrana.

"I do not have any doubt that it will triumph, has more experience that I when I arrived", has said Guardiola publicly. And also it is safe that Xavi follow receiving more councils and suggestions, something that the same has said. "We speak often. It is the best trainer of the world. All what can contribute me will be welcome. It is a privilege have him near and that can contribute me things".