Xavi Hernández began his way in the Champions Asian a season more, this time with the slat of favourite after the showed by his team in the domestic championships that plays the club, in addition to a Santi Cazorla that shows that in his boots follows remaining a lot of football and magic, at least in the Asian continent.
And at all better to begin an important tournament that an a priori simple party, to win in confidence and start with good foot the tournament. Xavi arrived to give a twist in the football of Qatar and go that it has done it, confirming the condition of favourite in this tournament, although no all began as it planned .
The Foolad of Iran was the on duty rival, that frames in the group D of the To the Sadd of Xavi after a previous round of classification that gave him access to the competition, by what further of the complications of a professional football match, expected a performance memorable of the group directed by the Spanish.
They played well, but no the 90 minutes, since between the confidence and some dense minutes of the game, the Foolad knew to keep the tie to zero the first 45 minutes and until advanced just to the hour of game, with the Brazilian Luciano Chimba like author of the goal that gave them the partial victory.
Unexpected slap and some minutes of deconcentration for the To the Sadd that began to push of to little thanks to Cazorla, allocated to a more offensive work in this meeting and sufficient to guide to the team to achieve the tie although with suffering, since they had to expect to the minute 89.
Youseff Abdurisag, that went in of change in the second time, went the attendant to add the goal to the marker to seal the tie to a goal between both groups. Xavi will have to prepare his next duel of the phase of groups for this Saturday, when it measure in front of the another favourite to advance, the To the Nassr, that also empató his first meeting with marker of 0-0.
It follows his advance
Xavi follows looking for a title that consecrate him in the Asian football to close the cycle in his go through Qatar, expecting the called of the Barcelona that so much has rumoreado and that lately has earned strength, although it expects that it take the reins of the staff B to fulfil the route from the basic strengths.