Xavi: "In the football of today there is more Simeones that Guardiolas"

Although now it observes it to a lot of kilometres of distance, Xavi Hernández keeps on being a living sample of the philosophy of the FC Barcelona. The Catalan apura his career like player in Qatar and forms part like adviser of the organisers of the World-wide, and in an extensive interview to The World, has valued the current football.

The one of Terrassa has been very critical in his analysis of the current football, in which it has accused to the teams of not exploding his talent and bet more by the physicist that by the technician. "What is missing for exploding is the technician, the why suceden the things, the how attack. This is the talent! And still it is not sufficiently developed", has commented.

"In the top football there is more simeones that guardiolas. You see it in the Premier: which teams play like Guardiola? Three? Four? And which teams play like Simeone or leave you the command of the game? 70%. In the League happens the same. The excuse of these trainers is: 'it Is that I can not compete against the City or the Barcelona'", has argued.

The style, the most important

Continuing with his criticism to the rigid football and betting by a more creative alternative, Xavi has defended the utility of the rondos, highlighting that they help to dominate the space and the time, that are keys. "In the Barça understand the football like spacetime. Who dominates it? Busquets, Messi, Iniesta: they are master of the spacetime. Always they know what do, if they are alone or surrounded. This, there are midfield players like Casemiro that do not understand it", has explained.

Continuing with the Brazilian, has compared him with Sergio Busquets: "The Madrid splits , go seven to the attack and Casemiro remains only in the half to cover. This is expensive or cross. This Busquets can not it do because until me am faster that he. Casemiro Is very fast. But it costs him all the other because it has not worked it: has other characteristics, is more defensive, steals more balloons, arrives, covers more field. But it does not dominate the spacetime. If to Casemiro stimulate it with 12, 13, 15 years, this would have it".

"The football is space time, and the creativity can stimulate if it bets by her"

"Why it has it Kroos? Because in Germany have worked it. Why it has it Thiago Alcántara? Because it has been in the school of the Barça. The surprising is: How it has it Cazorla? I asked it to him: 'But uncle! Of where you have gone out? 'No, no, I have formed me in the Avilés and in the Oviedo and afterwards have gone to the Recre…'. They are innate talents. I ask me: 'This, how does not have it fichado the Barça? If it is game Barça!' Silva! Kroos! Modric! How it does not have them fichado the Barça? They are players that already sees that they are profile Barça", has reflexionado, aiming to that the creative football can work and giving a touch to the culés in matter of signings.

In addition to analysing to the detail bet like the one of Luis Enrique or Julen Lopetegui, Xavi has affirmed with rotunidad that the greater exponent of the philosophy of creation is the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola: "I do not understand to the trainers that say: 'we Go to play in own field'. Now the only team of the world that tries to dominate the party until the last minute, was cual was the marker, is the City".