Messi and Xavi, in the Dream Team of the Golden Ball

Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández, undoubted figures of the FC Barcelona and of the historical football, have been included in the Dream Team of the Balloon of Gold, an initiative of the magazine France Football that pretended to choose to eleven players, to integrate the one who would be the best team of the history. The two culés formed part of the best period of the team blaugrana and, by his part, the mediocampista and now technical director led the midfield of the best selection of Spain of the history.

Although there was a lot of controversy by the precandidatos selected by France Football to be chosen in each position, the election of Messi and Xavi to integrate this team of fantasy does not surprise for nothing. With a Sextete achieved in 2009 in his backs, added to the two Eurocopas and to the World-wide Glass that the born in Tarrassa helped to that the selection of Spain obtained and the six Balloons of Gold that the rosarino has in his personal list of winners, was to expect that both went elect to form part of the initiative.

The name of the FC Barcelona remains again in high, thanks to the inclusion of two of his figures more resaltantes in the last years, in a so distinguished situation as it is the election of an eleven historical. The talent that both have showed along his careers did them arrive here and gave a sinfín of joys to the Barcelona team and to the football in yes, since all inflate them of the deport king entertained the some moment with any of the played starred by this pair of distinguished footballers.

Messi and Xavi, between stars

The rest of the Dream Team that went out elect between the proposals of France Football is a true show. In the arch of the same finds Lev Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper that boasts to be the only guardameta that has achieved a Balloon of Gold, whereas in the defence, the elected were at all less than the Brazilian Cafú, the German Franz Beckenbauer and the Italian Paolo Maldini, three of the maximum insignia of the balompié regarding retaguardia.

In the midfield, Xavi is accompanied of Lottar Mathaus, as well as of which are perhaps the two better footballers of the history: Diego Armando Maradona and Peeled. Finally, in the forward, Lionel Messi shares positions with Cristiano Ronaldo, his maximum competitor by the throne of the recent football and the Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario, recognised by many like the best 9 of the history.