Xavi Hernández

[footyfan]

Where exactly did you find those through ball numbers, couldn't find them.

Also what do they determine is a through ball? Because according to whoscored Xavi had 0 against Malaga, which clearly wasn't the case.

http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/65

Go to the passing tab and hover over the numbers for each player. Throughball is denoted as TB.

As far as I remember, Xavi just had the one through pass to Villa, but that wasn't counted because it was offside.

 

[DavidVillano1]

http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/65

Go to the passing tab and hover over the numbers for each player. Throughball is denoted as TB.

As far as I remember, Xavi just had the one through pass to Villa, but that wasn't counted because it was offside.

Found it mate, cheers anyway. Can't remember, maybe the outrageous pass I was thinking off was given as offside, makes sense.

Assume they don't count a chipped ball as a through pass then?

I was looking at the key passes earlier.

 

[footyfan]

Found it mate, cheers anyway. Can't remember, maybe the outrageous pass I was thinking off was given as offside, makes sense.

Assume they don't count a chipped ball as a through pass then?

I was looking at the key passes earlier.

Here's their glossary:

http://www.whoscored.com/Glossary

tbh I think it's a bit of a grey area. I would think that there wouldn't be a distinction between a chipped pass and a ground pass in terms of a throughball if it beats the defensive line.

I was watching a video on youtube about their methodology. They have 10-15 people watching the same match and each one of them would be recording particular stats. So I'm guessing through pass would be a subjective claim (no doubt guided by the glossary) just as it would be if you and I were counting.

Anyway, the thing to keep in mind is that statistics don't lie. They're just recording actions that happen in real life into numbers so you can aggregate them over a large enough sample and draw conclusions. How one interprets them is another issue altogether.

 

[AvocadoCake]

This, tbh. Doesn't Ozil have more career assists than Xavi and Iniesta combined?

Nah, that's a myth. I saw a picture claiming it, did some research and it's not even close.



Anyway, via transfermarkt:

2012-13 (LA Liga, CL, CdR, Supercopa, CWC): 13
2011-12: 16
2010-11: 16
2009-10: 20
2008-09: 30

 

[CatalinR10]

Xavi only misplaced 150 of the 2886 passes he attempted in the Spanish league this season. #fcblive [via @whoscored]

 

[Flavia]

Xavi is going to get married!!!
On July 13th, to the lucky Núria Cunillera. Who would have thought

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

That escalated quickly

Congrats to both of them!

 

[Ender]

Quick! Make a baby!

 

[loozy]

Quick! Make a baby!

She's probably already pregnant, at the rate he's going

 

[BarcaGirl]

Finally! Congrats to both of them.

 

[Dan1983]

Congrats to Xavi, bout time he got married

 

[ViscaBarca914]

Im so happy

 

[Galning]

It all started going downhill when Xavi started dating.
On a serious note, congratulations Mr.X!

 

[CatalinR10]

So that's why he started declining . She needs to pay for this

 

[Jadentheman]

If this leads to retirement faster then I am all for it