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mitkoa7x

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He made it look like an accident so we wont just see it and say "Nothing new from Xavi", with the question whether it was intended or not we will remember it longer.
 

BerkeleyBernie

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not the first time he done it.

I've watched this one from all angles, slo-mo, etc. It's a beautiful piece of ball handling, but the rainbow isn't intentional. What happened is that Iniesta's pass is slightly behind Xavi, who realizes it and leaves his leg back to try to trap it. But the pass is bouncing, not running flat on the grass, so it hits Xavi's trailing leg in the calf, and flies up. Xavi senses this, looks around for the ball, and spots it coming over his shoulder. At that point, seeing Casillas closing down, he improvises a lovely soft chip volley over the keeper.

A great goal, regardless.
 
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mitkoa7x

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I've watched this one from all angles, slo-mo, etc. It's a beautiful piece of ball handling, but the rainbow isn't intentional. What happened is that Iniesta's pass is slightly behind Xavi, who realizes it and leaves his leg back to try to trap it. But the pass is bouncing, not running flat on the grass, so it hits Xavi's trailing leg in the calf, and flies up. Xavi senses this, looks around for the ball, and spots it coming over his shoulder. At that point, seeing Casillas closing down, he improvises a lovely soft chip volley over the keeper.

A great goal, regardless.

I think he meant it, he knew where the ball will end up even tho it as behind him. Casillas was confused and yet he had a clear view of it, while Xavi just played if over his own head and tapped it in over Iker.
 

Raed

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He didn't on both occasions. The first one especially he had no intention of passing and the second one was awesome/cool anticipation of the ball's bounce with a cooler finish.
 
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