A pattern has been developing over the last couple of seasons during Barcelona games, especially during the rather more intense fixtures. Even more so when the officiating gets a bit a sketchy.
And that is Barcelona coach Xavi racking up bookings like free withdrawals.
For context, Xavi picked up 58 yellow cards in his massive tenure of 780 official games as a Barcelona player, which averages out to around one every 13 games or so. During this time, he only picked up two red cards.
On the contrary, as the coach of Barcelona, Xavi already has 23 in 132 games, which boils down to a booking every 600 minutes or six games or so. He has also managed to match his tally of red cards as a player, with two already as a coach.
Eight of those 23 have come this season itself, including two against Atletico Madrid the last weekend, which turned into a red card and a suspension.
While the standard punishment for this would be two games, La Liga will issue an official punishment for Xavi, which could extend till the Real Madrid clash, which would be the third game.
Either way, Xavi will likely not not be present on the sidelines for the games against Las Palmas and Cadiz after the international break, unless Barcelona’s appeal goes through.
But fear not, coz his assistant, and brother Oscar Hernandez has had a 100% win rate with Barcelona so far. It’s hardly surprising, given Xavi has been suspended for four games already.
Oscar Hernandez’s record
Oscar has managed four games on behalf of Xavi, with the most recent one the 1-0 win against Mallorca at home after Xavi picked up a yellow card against Athletic Club the previous weekend.
He did also coach the second half of the 3-0 win against Atletico, with two goals coming while he was on the touchline.
Can Oscar work his magic once again? (Photo by LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)
Before that, Xavi had also been suspended this season for a red card shown against Getafe on matchday one after the Raphinha sending…
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Author : Udhav Arora
Publish date : 2024-03-19 16:40:05
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