For Iker Casillas and Xavi it has been a long journey and it will probably draw to a close here. They begin this World Cup where they ended the last one: against Holland. They hope to end it where they ended the last one too: as champions for a second time. Whatever happens, they will do it their way. “We have won too much playing this way to change now,” Xavi said. “We will live and die with this style. It has borne a lot of fruit and hopefully it will again.”
Casillas and Xavi appeared together at the Arena Fonte Nova, captain and vice-captain of the most successful national team in history, while the World Cup opening ceremony was under way in São Paulo. Casillas expressed hope that the team could train, change and get back to their hotel in time to see Brazil versus Croatia.
Together, they won the Under-20 World Cup in 1999. They are 32 and 34 respectively and between them they have earned 286 Spain caps. Together, they have won two European Championships and one World Cup. Now they seek a second
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