‘They Said I Was Obsolete, And Played Like A Windscreen Wiper’

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“I didn’t get recognition until 2008 when I’d been in the team for ten years “If I leaf through papers from years gone by, it makes me laugh: they said I was obsolete, that Edgar Davids made me look good, that I only moved the ball from side to side; they called me ‘the windscreen wiper’…

-Xavier Hernandez

Brief bio

Full names, Xavier Hernández Creus, born January 25, 1980, in Terrssa, Spain, is one of the most skillful and famous football players of this time.

Widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, Xavier is a graduate of Barcelona’s academy system, who had a tough beginning in professional football, partly because of the glut of skillful stars around.

Soccer analysts and football pundits have used varying adjectives to qualify his output in the field of play once he got a hold. He is a very intelligent player with highly intelligent ball sense; a creative midfielder, ball juggler, a play maker, team anchor, and in fact, the heartbeat of the Barcelona and Spanish national teams.

“Xavi is the conductor that sets the tempo for Barcelona’s orchestra of attacking talent”, writes one analyst.

His disposition in the field of play speaks volumes of his discipline, and he hardly ever complains.  Xavier has been involved in his nation’s football from age 11, and is regarded as the centre-piece of the Spanish football orchestra, the embodiment of artful aesthetically-pleasing philosophy.

Having taken up the mantle of dictating Barca’s midfield following the departure of Pep Guardiola, it is almost impossible to discuss impressionist football with due credence to him.

The quote is taken today to encourage our readers never to belittle the days of small beginning, nor be too overwhelmed by initial drawbacks at the beginning of their endeavours make them give up.

Xavier’s quote above was taken from El Periodico in 2015.