Xabi Alonso could have resolved his appearance prior to facing the Manchester City with a single sentence: “The team is united”. And to something else. But since the man from San Sebastian is a polite guy, even at the most critical moment of his still brief stay on the Real Madrid bench, he responded without flinching to a dozen long questions, most of them asked with the (true) premise that your head is hanging by a thread.
In the midst of the storm, Xabi Alonso was a fronton, elegantly clearing up thorny issues. He only grimaced when they encouraged him to to think if he would repeat that substitution of VinÃcius in the classicidentified as 'ground zero' for many of their problems, that moment in which so many things broke in the locker room: “I don't know what that question is about.”.
On the contrary, when They asked him directly if he believes he has the support of the entire staff.Alonso was as direct and brief as is humanly possible: “Yes,” the coach responded, thus reinforcing the objective with which he had appeared before the microphones of the Valdebebas press room, to sell the image of a locker room and coaching staff united and focused on getting back on track against Manchester City.
“This is a team, we all go hand in hand. You have to be prepared to face these situations, calmly, responsibly and willingly. The team is united and convinced that we can win tomorrow. We have to play with a good rhythm, a good intensity“, added the coach before leading the training session prior to tomorrow's great game at the Bernabéu.
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“We are all together. “If we want to win, we all have to fight, coach and team, in the same direction.”he was helped by Aurélien Tchouaméni, one of his praetorians, the player chosen by the club to attend to the media alongside the coach. An ideal profile to reduce the tension that fulfilled its role.
The Frenchman, representing the dressing room, assumed responsibility for the defeat against Celta. “If we lost, it was our problem on the field, intensity or ball losses. It is not the coach's fault, it is ours on the field,” said the midfielder, warning that if Madrid does not play with “maximum intensity” it is exposed to defeats.
“Intensity” was perhaps the most repeated word in both press conferences. “In football, everything can change quickly, for better or worse”Alonso reflected, on the eve of a match that may be the last at Real Madrid for him. And although he acts like a fronton, he knows it perfectly.
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