Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso addressed the media after the 2-1 Champions League win over Olympique Marseille. He evaluated the performance by saying that, \u201cwe\u2019re growing, the players feel that we can carry out what we talk about, we have very good phases in the matches, perhaps we lack a bit of continuity, but we\u2019re on the right track and in three months\u2019 time we\u2019ll be much better\u201d.<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on Vin\u00edcius being benched<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re at a very demanding point in the calendar, we need everyone\u2026 We need Vini, Rodrygo, Franco\u2026 It\u2019s important that everyone feels important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the number of chances<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot happened, it was a typical Champions League match in which everything happened. I really liked the first half hour, the pressure, we were very confident about what to do, recovering a lot\u2026 we just needed to back up our good play with goals. Despite conceding, the team continued to play well. The second half wasn\u2019t as frenetic in terms of pace. With one less player, I didn\u2019t feel like we wanted to hold on, we went forward just the same. We showed maturity, we hardly suffered at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on his conversations with Vini<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there are private conversations, they stay at Valdebebas. There will be moments for everyone. No one is going to play every game. No one can feel offended for not playing a game. Vini has come on well. The substitutions had a good impact on the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on why he\u2019s so energetic on the sideline<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m active, I like how I feel. I live every match as if it were my last.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the second substitution<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were only two windows left. I didn\u2019t want to waste the window.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on Trent\u2019s injury<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll wait a bit, maybe it\u2019s not as bad as it could seem\u2026 We have to be creative when looking for solutions. Asencio came on well. Camavinga and Jude are back, they\u2019ll be able to play on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on playing with three centre-backs<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are options and we have flexible players. It opens up a scenario where we have to think, see what solution might be good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the youngsters<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I said at the Club World Cup, that we had to invest in Arda, makes more sense now. Arda was making more touches than he should have, and that\u2019s why the mistake came. It\u2019s no problem. He\u2019s worth it and he\u2019s on the right track. And I say the same about Mastantuono. I think he\u2019s going to do well; he\u2019s had chances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso addressed the media after the 2-1 Champions League win over Olympique Marseille. He…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":232920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[125442,125443,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-232919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-real-madrid-cf-champions-league","9":"tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115217663606613731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}