January 7th 2014 article can be found on goal.com

The Spain star slammed the former Real Madrid and Inter boss' style of play, while also criticising the style of Roberto Di Matteo’s Champions League-winning Chelsea side
Barcelona midfielder Xavi has launched another attack on Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, hitting out at ‘The Special One’s’ footballing philiosophy.

The Spain international, who was regularly critical of the Portuguese while he was in charge of Clasico rivals Real Madrid, insists Pep Guardiola and Johan Cruyff are examples of coaches who want their sides to play football in the right way.

“Pep Guardiola is an important person for me - Jose Mourinho is a coach who focuses only on results,” Xavi told Panenka magazine.

“He says he is ‘The Special One’ because he won this and that in so many countries but I do not like the way his teams play.

“Who remembers the Inter side who were champions of Europe? For me, he has not left a legacy, unlike Cruyff has in the Netherlands.”

Xavi was also critical of former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo, who guided the Blues past Barca in the Champions League semi-finals on their way to winning the competition in 2012.

“Di Matteo was the same [as Mourinho]," the playmaker argued. "He won the Champions League, but from my point of view that team didn’t play at all.

“I am happy playing for Barca because of our philosophy.”

Xavi has been a vocal critic of Mourinho tactics, while he also hit out at the Portuguese coach for his treatment of international team-mate Iker Casillas during his final months at the helm of Madrid.

It's a difference between a referee's mistake and cheating by paying the referee UEFAlona, everyone in the world agreed...

"Barcelona fans claiming he played parking the bus in the second leg of the semi have to remember how they played in the first match."
Of course they remember!
How to forget travelling from Barcelona to Milan by bus ?

You're funny kid, you don't even speak about the same match, go home you drunk kid!

Nothing against Barcelona but, you are one of the latest club which should create videos of how you have been robbed of penalties.

@tiki: in fairness, dude, it's hard to claim that Chelsea were being so defensive against Barca in 2009, when they had 4 clear penalties denied. How do you get that many penalty shouts by being 'negative'?

Answer: you don't, because they weren't. Instead, they were robbed. :p

4 PK ? I dont agree.

• Malouda foul : outside the box.
• Piqué hand : Clear penalty.
• Drogba : Never a penalty. He is a big diver with all the respect i have fot the player, his reputation is established.
• Balack at injury time : maybe a pk but hard to give at this moment.
  And Barça were refused 1 PK, English people are number one in claiming things after the game ending, we dont have this in France and Spain.
  I remember Nanis red card, United fans talked about it for 2 weeks, guys its funny how just English teams are always robbed, why you dont see when its the opposite ?

^ Biaised commentator at the left.
And nobody talking about our PK never given against Chelsea.

Imo its 2-1 for pk not given, we are far from 4-0 clamed by biaised crybabies....

Anyway, its not Barcelonas problem, if there is any claim, go complain to Overbo, our team did what they could that year and won CL thats it.

"English people are number one in claiming things after the game ends, we don't have this in Frabce and Spain."

Mate, I was watching the game in disbelief, I couldn't believe my eyes. I swear I had nothing against Barcelona back then, I loved them before that match. That match changed my whole view on Barcelona and they lost my respect. how would anyone even claim things during the game? If the referee didn't even want to listen to the players or the manager? they would at least question that, but no nothing happened, It was all planned out.

Didier Drogba "It's a DISGRACE" ! :)

The UEFA simply didn't want a Chelsea vs Manchester United final (Two times in a row)

\'\' Mate, I was watching the game in disbelief, I couldn\'t believe my eyes. I swear I had nothing against Barcelona back then, I loved them before that match. That match changed my whole view on Barcelona and they lost my respect. how would anyone even claim things during the game? If the referee didn\'t even want to listen to the players or the manager? \'\'

This is one of the dumbest comments you posted Alex, Barça players or coaches or staff, fans or administrations has nothing to do in this story, if someone is to be blamed its the REF. And guys im done with this subject, 2009 we won our final fair and square against the best English team of the moment.
So you lost respect of Barça because the ref refused to give a PK ? Show me the link between Barça players and the ref.
Or Maybe you think there is a conspiracy against English teams, with Barça players, Alliens and Blatter ?

That was in first leg, no crybaby remembers it for a simple reason, when its for his team there is no disgrace....
At least We show class at the defeat, and things like this in Guardiola time, there is plenty but nobody talked of it, because our Fooyball didnt needed an extra help or PK to win.
Im 100 pr cent sure you didnt remember it. What if we had this PK at home ? Damn i hate crying after games but you push the discussion in that way.

1. Malouda foul: ummm... CLEARLY inside the box.
   2: Pique: penalty, obviously.
   3: Drogba: Ummm, having your shirt clearly pulled and someone's leg drawn across your own is called being fouled, not diving. Penalty.
2. Ballack: hard to give at this moment? What does that even mean? It was crucial. They all were, and they all should have been given.

Chelsea were robbed, mate. Should have been an all-English final for the second year in a row.

"English people are number one in claiming things after the game ending, we dont have this in France and Spain."

Maybe because French and Spanish teams don't get fukked over, year after year, tournament after tournament, like the English, hmmm? Or do you imagine, even for an instant, that your teams have been screwed like this as many times? Seriously?

It's pretty telling that the only videos you can find claiming Barca have been unfairly treated barely over a minute long, or that absolute joke of a video about the game against Inter. The only thing that video had even a remote case for was the offside goal. Other than that? Utter BS.

"Or Maybe you think there is a conspiracy against English teams,"

Um, to be perfectly honest, with Platini and Blatter? I'd believe that in a heartbeat. But I believe it was more to do with Platini wanting Barcelone to win, for marketing reasons.

Look, I know it wounds the pride and the dignity of the team you love, but Barcelona have this reputation for a reason. It's not just because you were the best for a few years. It's because there are hours of footage of Barcelona players diving and cheating, and every time you try and deny it?

You only damage your own dignity in the process.

Barcelona play beautiful football, but, there's also the dark side. Pretending that dark side doesn't exist is an insult to the world of football, and you know what else?

At least when other teams get shafted, they can point to terrible ref calls and diving. You say that this 'complaining' doesn't take place in Spain? Well, I call bullsh*t, because the interview which started the thread is a PERFECT example of a Barcelona player whining and complaining about how the other teams didn't play the way that HE wanted them to.

Just like the majority of Barca fans say about when they lost to Chelsea in 2012, or Inter in 2010, or when they lost to Mourinho's Madrid, etc etc. It's always the same old excuse about 'negative football'.

THERE's your complaining culture, in Spain, mate. When the other team doesn't play the way you want them to? Suddenly it's 'not really football', isn't it?

Again, at least English teams have an actual case to make.

If you think there was 4 clear PK, there is no need to debate with you....
RIP objectivity...

Yes, that's because I'm right, and the entire footballing world outside of the Camp Nou knows it. There is no debate to have.

"RIP objectivity..."

Sure, because when damn near everyone other than a Barca fan can see it, that must mean that the rest of the world are the ones who are being biased.

Clearly. :p

We didn't win the Champions league in a 3 occasions when we deserved it the most, but we won it whether the UEFA or Barcelona like it or not in our worst season.

Jose Mourinho is the best. Xavi you can cry and bark as much as you like *NO ONE CARE*

Still wining trophies and its the most important, keep talking guys and hope Tottenham qualify one day to see your reaction.

One of my favourite Football moments :)
enjoy...

Funny you should mention that, but I do recall Tottenham's only striker being sent off after 11 minutes at the Bernabeu, in another ridiculous call, only as far back as 2011, in the CL quarter final. ;)

Some say that Marcelo is still in orbit, waiting to land back on Earth....

Ohhh, you want to play that 'favorite moments' game? Okay. ;)

This is fun, isn't it?

Or, we could stop making d*ck moves, and stick to the topic?

And Mourinho is welcome any day to Spain. I understand why he left, he was ruining his winning stats.

I guess you'd rather stick with the d*ck moves. C'est la vie.

@ Lodatz i cant play with you, your team has 0 trophy for a long time.
I can talk just with Chelsea fans, United fans and maybe Arsenal in England.

That was deserved for Chelsea, we got unlucky but we face defeat with class, maybe you should do the same.

Best and Funny comments from the original thread: *Must read* lol

He has a point ... but as a coach you have to work with the talent you have and develop a system and style made for the talent you have already . Not many teams have the luxury of names like Messi , Xavi , Iniesta in one place for so many years . And don't be a sore looser , Chelsea beat you with 10 men.
What has Pep done ? Inherited a champion team and now with Bayern same thing , they are champions already .
So what do you do if you want to be a champion , you call the "special one ", or Ibra.

Mourinho didn't leave Legacy? Okay, maybe it's true. But ... I think Mourinho DID leave something very painful in all Barcelona players... because they insist on attacking him again and again and again even after he left Real Madrid XD I don't think Mourinho's really talked about Barca much since leaving.

Shows who is more worried about the other and their 'legacy'.

Xavi
84 goals
90 assist

Iniesta
52 goals
57 assist

Bosquet
10 goals
11 assist

TOTAL: goals 146 assist 158

Frank Lampard
Goals 203 Assist 162

And then Xavi attacks Chelsea and says the better way to play. *Actually meanwhile Lampard's goals and assists are increasing* so it's more than 203 goals and 146 assists.

What legacy???? Spain won the world cup scoring the record lowest goals ever by a winner. Does Spain have a bad legacy??? Inter won fair and square. Milito's goal may have been marginally offside but Pique's offside goal in the second leg and Busquet's constant cheating are OK in your eyes? The image of Busquet's peaking through his hand is what is left in my mind. Be careful on what you say about legacy Xavi. Ask Lance Armstrong. Good thing Dr. Fuentes was exonerated by your countries corrupt legal system. Maybe we'd be discussing your teams legacy.

This is why I don't see how people like Xavi. This dude is a gossip queen and kisses up to his team NO MATTER the subject. "I don't like Mourinho, Barca is amazing." "Real Madrid cheated, Barca is the best." Like SHUT UP, you talk more smack and bullcrap than a high school girl. Xavi is overrated and deserves no respect.

But that's football...some play with counter attack and some do not. It is whichever works for them. You talk about style ? You were so focused on your 'style' that when you lose you don't suk it up and be men about it. Rather, you cry about it and make accusations about other teams playing 'unattractive' football. Oh, and Bayern didn't beat Barca with style... they beat them by using hard work and grit, they pressured them so much that Barca couldn't put more than 3 passes together. The same way Brazil smashed Spain. Exactly the same way.

You lost, you lost, now be quiet about it, stop talking about it and move forward. Teams do what they have to do to win. You use your style and others use theirs. It's as simple as that.

what the hell did RDM do wrong. he did more than anyone could ever have expected of him considering chelsea were looking like they were on their way out of the CL and he was just care-taking until the end of the season. why dont u go and pass the ball to messi and hope for the best. thats your legacy xavi.

"Nobody remembers Inter. Nobody. Nobody. Not even me. Really. I never think about 2010. Neither does Busquets. I don't like to think about it or speak about it. And Mourinho? I never think of him. He's not important enough in football to talk about. I will only mention him 25 times instead of 45 times this year. Why doesn't anyone believe me???"

@tiki: You face defeat with class? Really?

That's why everytime you lose you whine and complain about how the other team didn't play properly? Like Xavi does in this very interview?

Please.

That's why you're resorting to cheap attacks about a club simply because the person you're debating with supports them.

Because.... you're so classy, and everything.