If we may be so bold, it would probably be fair to say that Xabi Alonso is reaching Pirlo levels of brilliance these days. The effortless cool, the beautiful passing game and the beard, it's all fits so neatly into place.
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Earlier this week we had a bit of a love in over his incredible statistics since joining Bayern. However, if Xabi had been able to recreate his famous halfway line heroics against Hannover today, we're not sure we would have been able to contain the admiration.
