Marca wondered: Is Xavi the best player in Spain's history?
This is due to the fact that he is the only Spaniard in the best team squad in the history of the round witch, which was published by the French specialized magazine "France Football".
The journalists' goalkeeping choices fell on the former Soviet national team goalkeeper Lev Yashin, the Brazilian defenders Cafu, the German Franz Beckenbauer and the Italian Paolo Maldini, the midfielders: Xavi, the German Luther Matois, the legendary Argentinian Maradona and Brazilian Pele, the Brazilian attackers Ronaldo, Cristiano Lionel Messi and the Argentine. Ronaldo.
It seems that Chafee's choice in this squad provoked the Madrid newspaper, and prompted it to present Spanish competitors who deserve to be Xavi's place in this squad, including:
Goalkeeper Iker Casillas:
He won a hat-trick with Spain (European Nations 2008, 2012 and 2010 World Cup), played 700 matches with La Roja and Real Madrid, and won with him 5 titles in the League and 3 in the Champions League.
Defender Sergio Ramos:
He has reached 34 years and is one of the best defenders in the world. He won with the Royal 3 titles in the League, 4 titles in the Champions League, won the European Nations and 2010 World Cups, and was the final champion of the 2014 Champions League in Lisbon in 2014, and he scored About 100 goals with the Merengue.
Josep Guardiola:
The mastermind of Barcelona, led by Dutch coach Johan Cruyff, Guardiola won 6 titles in the League and the Federation Cup with Barca.
Guardiola failed to win with his country any major title, except for the gold medal in the football competition in the Barcelona Olympics.
Sergio Busquets:
Xavi and Andres Iniesta's teammate, the trio who contributed greatly to the glory of Barcelona and the Spanish national team.
Xavi Alonso:
He won the 2010 World Cup with Spain, and played with big teams in Europe, Krill Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich, and under the direction of coaches such as Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.
Andres Iniesta:
One of the players most considered "wronged" by football fans, and he deserved to win individual awards, such as the Golden Ball;
He is the one who scored the winning goal against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup Final, and experts classify him as one of the best midfielders in the history of the ball and the best of his generation.
This is in addition to other players such as Barcelona's top scorer Luis Suarez (winner of the Ballon d'Or 1960), strikers Raul Gonzalez, David Vial and winger Paco Gento.