FORMER BARCELONA PLAYER SAYS MADRID PLAYED LIKE A SMALL TEAM

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Barcelona legend, Xavi Hernandez, says his former rival club in Spain, Real Madrid, played “like a small team” in the El Classico against his former club.

The Spanish giant, Madrid defeated Barcelona by 2-1 in a keenly contested match as it was crucial to the La Liga title.


Madrid head coach, Zinedine Zidane, opted for a cautious approach as they came from behind to beat their arch-rivals at Camp Nou. The victory is one that helped reignite the La Liga title race and has made the title race one that will end in the final minutes of the season. With two games left this season, Madrid are in third place with 84 points, Atletico and Barcelona are a point ahead but the Catalan giant are atop due to goals’ difference.

However, Xavi believes that style – along with the tactics of Atletico Madrid – would not be accepted at Barca. He told beIN SPORTS:

“Real Madrid played like a small team in the Clasico at Camp Nou.

“A big team like Barcelona should not be playing like Atletico Madrid. Big teams like Barcelona and Madrid should always stick to their own style. You cannot start playing like Atletico. Read more “FORMER BARCELONA PLAYER SAYS MADRID PLAYED LIKE A SMALL TEAM”

Tony Pullis will not stop Saido Berahino to leave West Bromwich Albion

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Saido Berahino has finished this Premier League season on a high note as he scored twice against Chelsea in the penultimate match of the campaign. The 21 year old has had a spectacular season as the youngster managed to score 14 league goals and he was able to claim the 7th spot of the top goal-scorers, he has the same amount of goals scored as Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.

There is no doubt whatsoever that Saido Berahino has been one of the standout players of the season and he has entered the watch-list of a number of clubs including: Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

The manager of West Bromwich Albion announced that if an offer is received by the club and if the player himself is interested in leaving then nobody will stop him.

On some occasions, when a top club wants to sign a promising young talent it can be difficult as the team where the youngster is performing does not want to let him go and this is what occurred for a few years with Cesc Fabregas.

Back when Cesc Fabregas was performing with Arsenal, he was being searched by Barcelona and the Spanish club was willing to spend upwards to €30 million in order to sign him but Arsene Wenger did not want to sell the midfielder and this continued going on for a number of transfer windows until eventually Fabregas was signed by Barcelona in August of 2011.

However in this case, Tony Pullis is actually willing to allow Saido Berahino to leave for a decent offer and nobody in the club will interfere with the transfer. Read more “Tony Pullis will not stop Saido Berahino to leave West Bromwich Albion”