Following Real Madrid\u2019s nerve-wracking 3-2 win over Primera RFEF side Talavera de la Reina in the Copa del Rey, coach coach Xabi Alonso insisted that, \u201cthe objective was to go through. We did that, so I\u2019m satisfied and happy. We lacked something we\u2019ve been talking about, continuity and being more consistent in our performance during matches. Closing out games because things can happen; being more mature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the late nerves<\/p>\n
\u201cThese things happen in the cup. To us and to other teams. With the score at 1-3, which was important, we conceded a goal and they pressed hard. Talavera came back into it. We controlled the first half well and not scoring that 0-3 left the game open.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on it being a tight game<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a competitive tie. An exciting cup tie. A special competition. Mission accomplished, now let\u2019s see what happens next.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u2018s brace<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was decisive with his two goals. Kylian always has an easy time scoring goals. The third goal was key, and that\u2019s why we kept him on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on dependence on Mbapp\u00e9<\/p>\n
\u201cThe numbers are the numbers. Rodrygo has played an important role. We need other people to be that effective. We\u2019ve had chances throughout the year and we could have scored more goals, without a doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on David Jim\u00e9nez and Jorge Cestero<\/p>\n
\u201cI know them well from the season they\u2019re having at Castilla. They\u2019re playing at a good level. David played a very stable 90 minutes; he doesn\u2019t burn the ball, he crossed well\u2026 and Jorge Cestero is a very nice jaguar project we have at Castilla.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Real Madrid\u2019s nerve-wracking 3-2 win over Primera RFEF side Talavera de la Reina in the Copa del…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":454412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[125443,208286,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-454411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","9":"tag-real-madrid-cf-domestic-cups","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115737738792342151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454411","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=454411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}