Xavi Hernández: "The party against the Athletic is vital"

"The party against the Athletic is vital for the future of the League. It is not definite but in case of victory yes that would give a hit on the table". They are words of Xavi Hernández before the big duel of the Saturday in the Calderón. It had it clear: "we Arrive in a good moment, will try to be leading and that see to a good Barça".

Obviously, the '6' Barcelona has commented the sounded comeback of Leo Messi. "No longer it surprises you, but see him with this state of form is impressive. It has gone back with you win. The important is that it has gone back well and motivated", indicated. It added: "we Are strong and now that we have recovered him to him already Víctor (Valdés) even more. There is a lot of competitiveness. The team finds frankly very well".

Xavi Hernández has done these statements in the collected of the 4º Prize Barça Jugadors, summoned by the Grouping Barça Jugadors to recognise to the player of the FC Barcelona with more clean game of the season 2012/13. The award, a sculpture of the artist Agustí Puig, has received it of hands of the President of the FC Barcelona, Sandro Rosell, the President of the Grouping Barça Jugadors, Ramon Alfonseda, and the General Director of Damm, Enric Crous.

At the end of the past season set up a period of popular votes for all the one who wanted to participate in the election of the player of the FC Barcelona with more fair play. Near of 4.000 people issued his vote through Facebook and the result was of 6 finalists: Abidal, Iniesta, Messi, Pedro, Puyol and Xavi. On 15 July, the jury of the Prize Barça Jugadors awarded the distinction to Xavi, for the second time consecutive, since the player of Terrassa also had received the prize of the season 2011/12.

Of Xavi the jury recognised his big personality and his capacity of sintetizar and transmit in his globalidad the values of the barcelonismo. The jury has been formed by several personalities of the world of the sport and of the Catalan society.

As it is tradition in this act, has done a special quotation to an ex player that to having existed the prize in his professional stage, had had a lot of options to win it. This year, the quotation has been for Josep Seguer, that died on 1 January.