In the last Barça-Espanyol of Xavi, Messi’s ‘hat-trick’

Xavi Hernandez will debut as a coach against him Spanish the next 20-N. 6 years have passed since his last derby at the Camp Nou. That time (December 7, 2014) Xavi He was on the pitch as a player, as a starter and as a captain. The Barça he endorsed a hand (5-1) to Spanish, who had advanced on the scoreboard with so much Sergio garcia. Later, Messi turned the game around with a hat-trick. Too Pedro and Pique they scored against the team that coached Sergio. That was a Barça in training, in the first year of Luis Enrique, with the trident Messi, Suarez and Neymar, just one month before the crisis of Anoeta. In the league, To have The steps he was the substitute for Claudio Bravo. In fact, from the line-up against Espanyol that he took out Luis Enrique months later in the Champions League final against the Juventus only two players fell: Bravo and Xavi. Of the players who are still in the squad today, in addition to Pique, Alba and Sergio Busquets they were also starters in the citizen derby. On the right side was … Dani Alves.

Today, at 38 years old, the Barça does not rule out repechage for a side position where, by H or by B, no one finishes giving the size. But without Sergiño Dest (21 years old), who chose to come to Barça being able to sign for him Bayern, they do not give him the opportunity to improve with the new coach and he goes back to the past with an old great glory like Alves, turn off and let’s go.

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