If there was ever a game to showcase Xavi’s way of playing to its fullest, than where better than in an El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu?
Real Madrid were pummelled in the entire game when it wouldn’t have been unfair to have seen the Blaugranes score eight.
The identity has been seen in Barca’s play well before Sunday night’s showpiece of course, but this was the night when it all really came together.
Whether or not Barça go on to European glory or make the league’s top four to qualify for the Champions League next season, as each week goes by, more and more of the old Barça way is being seen.