Xavi Hernández

[Semi-Neutral]

Now we are top 5 in Europa at best.

Don't be ridiculous, on form we have the best attack in Europe (Messi, Neymar, Alexis, Fabregas/Iniesta, Alba + Alves), our midfield is still world-class, and we have one of the most promising center-back partnerships in Pique and Bartra. As for Xavi, he has had a great season and will be part of our team for a while to come; he's had some excellent games this season and has rarely had a poor one. We have plenty of youth in our academy, Song still has not reached his potential here and if he does would do quite well as a CM, Fabregas can play there as well, Roberto functions in that role... if we restrict Xavi to big games he'll still have plenty of time at this club.

 

[Flavia]

Funny thing: Xavi missed 2 penalties for Barça, and both happened in Jan 5th
The other one was in 2003, against Recreativo de Huelva.

 

[Alarcón]

Why does he even take penalties, Fàbregas does it a lot better

 

[Cule4life]

Why does he even take penalties, Fàbregas does it a lot better

Set pieces too

 

[Irish_Cules]

Xavi is actually a very good penalty taker. If Cesc took it today and missed you'd be complaining that Xavi didn't take it.

 

[hardyboy]

Funny thing: Xavi missed 2 penalties for Barça, and both happened in Jan 5th
The other one was in 2003, against Recreativo de Huelva.

I think He missed one last year as well against Espanyol in Copa Catalunya.

 

[Cule4life]

He missed one last year as well against Espanyol in Copa Catalunya.

Isnt that unofficial?

 

[André]

Xavi is actually a very good penalty taker. If Cesc took it today and missed you'd be complaining that Xavi didn't take it.

Very good? You must be joking. Then what about Vidal Ibra Balotelli Ronaldo? They are gods of penalty

 

[The Observer]

Yeah, who doesn't remember the "God of penalty" scoring DEM pressure penalties in the 2008 CL semi-final, 2008 CL final and 2012 CL semi-final. Like a true God.

 

[André]

If he missed some important penalties that doesnt mean he is not good. He is much much better than Messi, especially Xavi.

 

[Irish_Cules]

Very good? You must be joking. Then what about Vidal Ibra Balotelli Ronaldo? They are gods of penalty

Well as Flavia posted he has only missed two penalties in his whole Barca career. I don't have the exact statistics but he has taken a decent number of penalties over the years for Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

 

[Cule4life]

Not annoyed by the penalty but he has to stop taking set pieces. He sucks at them. Dont know if its his ego or something else.

 

[Galning]

Yeah, who doesn't remember the "God of penalty" scoring DEM pressure penalties in the 2008 CL semi-final, 2008 CL final and 2012 CL semi-final. Like a true God.

Yes..yes.

 

[The Observer]

He doesn't suck at set pieces. Some of the most iconic set piece goals in this Barca era came from Xavi set pieces, e. g. Puyol 6-2 Clasico (kissing the Captain's armband), Puyol diving header in Copa del Rey Clasico and Puyol header in World Cup semi-final. Guess what those goals all have in common though. I won't give you a hint.

 

[Cule4life]

He doesn't suck at set pieces. Some of the most iconic set piece goals in this Barca era came from Xavi set pieces, e. g. Puyol 6-2 Clasico (kissing the Captain's armband), Puyol diving header in Copa del Rey Clasico and Puyol header in World Cup semi-final. Guess what those goals all have in common though. I won't give you a hint.

Mate that was long ago. He sucks nowadays. You cant cling to history.