Defensive mastermind
And yet, against any decent team in Europe, we let goals in like we're playing without a keeper. Unreal hyping of a clueless coach who has us playing like dog shit against piss poor La Liga opposition. Not talking about today specifically, I'd take a dogged win in San Mames any day, including this one, but the narrative that Xavi is some kind of defensive genius is absolutely laughable, considering we seem to crumble like a landslide the minute we have attackers who are not impotent like the ones in La Liga are this season. Even in La Liga, Madrid thumped us 3-1.
Have him win like this against better teams in Europe and then we can talk about how we are now a genuinely good defensive team.