Why Great Players Don’t Always Make Great Coaches

Barcelona has a long, rich history of appointing ex-legends as managers, with wildly varying levels of success. However, current boss Xavi has fired the Catalonians back to the top of their perch, which is a place where many FC Barcelona fans believe they belong. Although they haven’t entirely captured the imagination of the European football audience in the same way they did when Xavi was a player at the Nou Camp, he’s had an excellent start to his career in the dugout.

After finding his feet in 2021, Xavi implemented a style of football that has worked incredibly well over the last 12 months. First, he displayed the new and improved Barcelona during a mammoth pre-season friendly when Barcelona locked horns with Real Madrid in Las Vegas. Additionally, Xavi has also embraced the modern trends in sports, including the integration of innovative technologies and emerging markets, that are recently booming amid the growth of crypto esports betting options.

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World Cup: Can Barcelona’s Quintet Lead Spain’s New Generation to Glory in Qatar?

Just over a decade ago, Spanish football was in the midst of its greatest-ever era. Firstly under Luis Aragonés and then under Vicente Del Bosque, Las Rojas romped to back-to-back European Championships, with a first and only World Cup success sandwiched in the middle. And that success was built off the back of one club, FC Barcelona.

Back in 2008, Luis Aragonés led a new-look Spanish side to Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Out went the old guard such as Real Madrid legend Raul and in came a wealth of younger technical players, including the likes of Cesc Fabregas and David Silva. But the jewel in the Spanish crown was of course the Catalonian duo of Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

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Will Xavi Lead Barcelona to a Title This Season?

How successful will be Xavi's side this Season? Will they be able to remain at the top of La Liga when the Season draws to an end?

FC Barcelona had a rather confusing season so far this season. They strangely find themselves at the top of the La Liga summit during the winter break. It's been some time since they have become the winter Champions. But at the same time, they find themselves out of Europe's Most Prestigious Competition - UEFA Champions League; and that too in a rather disastrous fashion. And they also lost the First Clasico in a similar way against the Current Champions.

Despite all these most of the bookies have Barcelona as their top target to win La Liga this season. But in reality how good is Barcelona's odds of gaining silverware, that too the most prestigious one in Spain this season?

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