Xavi He experienced his 50th league game against Valencia as coach of FC Barcelona. And he did it with a new victory, which allowed him to succeed Pep Guardiola and position himself as the second best coach in Barça history in his first fifty league games, surpassed only by Luis Enrique.
Despite an uneventful start last year when he took over on the bench after the sacking of ronald koemanthe numbers of Xavi in their first fifty league games they were impressive. 37 wins, seven draws and six losses, four of them last year and two this season.
Only Luis Enrique can boast better numbers than Xavi in his first 50 league games as Barça coach. The Asturian have racked up 40 wins, four draws and six losses, translating to 124 points, six more than Barça achieved in Xavi (118) in his first 50 duels. Behind them, along with 117, is Guardiola and Valverde.
The numbers of Xavi They deserve even more considering that he took over the team in the middle of the season and in a very difficult situation, which is why he did not win four of his first eight games as Barcelona coach. It debuted with a victory in a derby match spanishbut he was soon defeated by Legs and bound against Osasuna, Seville and pomegranate. After an amazing winning streak, including an exhibition at the Bernabéu in his first Clásico as coach (0-4), the irregularity condemned Barça to Xavi in the latter part of the championship, with home defeats against Cádiz and Ray or the contractions of the last two days, now nothing is at stake.
Despite this, the extraordinary run of the current season, with only two defeats and two draws in 24 games, has not only led to Xavi to touch the League title at the beginning of March, but to achieve a ‘comeback’ in the particular league of technicians to achieve a more than deserved second place in the historical ranking after the first 50 games in the league.
Does not appear in this classification uncle vilanovawho could only spend one season on the bench with good numbers (32 wins, four draws and two losses), nor ronald koeman, who was dismissed after 48 games on the Barça bench and did not reach fifty. The Dutchman’s record in the first 48 games (28 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses) places him far from first in the historical list of coaches of boat.
If they win the game against Almería, Barça de Xavi is equal to the best start in the League after 23 games. That record escaped, but against Valencia they did not disappoint and Xavi he became the second best coach in the history of Barça after 50 games
Source: La Verdad
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