Another communicative masterclass of Xabi Alonso… And there are seven. The Spanish coach attended the media in the previous eighth party against the Juventus in it Hard Rock Stadium. He talked about everything and did not leave anyone indifferent. There were 22 questions that helped to break down several points of the new idea of Xabi Play:Position of its particular Steven Gerrard, the state of Mbappé, the situation of Rodrygo, the Canteranos, drones in the training, the return of Carvajal and Militao …
Pretty Tournament Phase
“In every World Cup, once the group stage passes, the whole or nothing begins. Tomorrow we play against a great and will require us a lot. Football, mentality and concentration. We have worked and everything is ready”
First complicated stone on the road
“No. It is a very different game, because it is decisive and this competition is very great. But no. It is simply a very important game”
Mbappé
“It's fine. We are talking about day by day. It is better. Tomorrow we will talk and make a decision”
Davide Ancelotti words
“Davide and I have a very good relationship. We share stage in Madrid and Bayern. I don't know where I am at this time. Carlo's trajectory is much broader. I take over with honor and pride. We are starting a new project after a great stage of Carlo and all its staff”
Canteranos
“Our first idea is to win games and then how to win the games and with the resources we have. With those of the first team or with those of Castilla. The quarry have always given a great level and have to have the opportunity. Gonzalo is doing well and they have to have their space, but Madrid is very demanding,”
Soul state of Rodrygo
“After the game I try to approach almost everyone. I have the experience that in these tournaments are more important and those who enter. Everyone has to be prepared. He is training well and then it is my decision to play.”
Carvajal
“For tomorrow, Carvajal as a military come into a call. After two long recoveries. It will be good to feel them close. It will be important for the team and those sensations are good. Those connections are important. At the competitive level … they will need more minutes. Carvajal will be very important in next season and militaus too,” “
Pressure priority and attitude of the footballer
“Of the first things I said, they were the distances between us. The more we are together, the easier it will be to have control. The attitude is indispensable, but having an organization must also be linked. And when they both get together, it will be the best for the team.”
Drones in training
“We try to record the training from another perspective. To see the distances … This drone makes it easier. It is something we did in Leverkusen and I don't think we are precursors but we do use it,”
Possible duel against Sergio Ramos
“First we have to win and hopefully I can answer you. With Ramos we have had a lot of friendship and keep paying to the high level. I am very happy. I hope we see ourselves in the quarterfinals,”
Mbappé play options
“Many. I don't know how many. But you have many options to play”
Another game at 3pm
“Against Al Hilal we had a few days and the adaptation was not entirely good. We are not accustomed to 15h and heat, moisture. If it clouds it will be appreciated, but it is what it touches. Hydrate!”
First weeks as Madrid coach
“Thank you for the question. It's the third week … and I'm happy, wanting. Many things remind me of concentrations as a player, but now in another role. Organize, prepare, decide. But there are many things that do not change, because in the end it is to manage people, players. Build ties. And that, as we are spending a lot Relationships!
decision making
“They are things that we can feel how they work. But this competition is different from what we are going to see this season. This is a very express format and the context is different. You must go to a knife in each game. The players are knowing me, like the staff; and I do them. This day to day what is doing is laying the foundations for when we start in August”
Juventus
“It is a very intense team, with clear ideas and great collecting and individual quality. Players of a lot of level that have been able to come this year. It will be a hard rival … and the match against City is not our difference. They are others. And we will be prepared for it,”
Criticism al World Cup, Raphinha, Guardiola
“Well, it's not my feeling. But we don't think much about the medium or long term. We don't have time to talk about this; just to talk about the World Cup. We have Juventus in our heads and that's all. We give value to this tournament, because it is taking a run, tomorrow is a great game, the PSG-Bayern, the fluminense eliminated the inter … The format is attracting the people of football and we are very concentrated”
Valverde's role and his resemblance to Steven Gerrard
“I can see in many places, as I could happen with Steven. But because of what we need and how we play, starting from a double six … it can arrive, because it has acceleration, ability to cross lines easily. We are when there, now, but we will see forward. Its greatest quality is not to receive back and turn, but to play with more field forward. Because it has that ability to accelerate”
Differences with the Leverkusen template
“I end in Leverkusen after three years with the same template in which, with little, we understood ourselves well. Now, with much perhaps we do not understand each other so much. We need more time to adopt those mechanisms. But with this time, everything will be more dynamic, better, because the quality is there. We are in that process. There is much to improve and we know that the context is demanding, but we want to continue building on that basis”
Train role
“You can play in different systems and positions. Before Pachuca you play with ten and everything is relative. And against Al Hilal, the first part was not the best. But Trent is starting, adapting, in an express process in order to find her best place. We are happy with him”
South American teams in the World Cup
“” I liked Brazilians and Argentines. I couldn't see Boca so much, but I saw River. Competed very well against Inter. The Brazilians … you feel and feel what this World Cup is palpated. They have an emotion and an illusion that gives them a plus “
Dubla vines-mbappé
“We want to exploit the collective idea, that we all work as a team. That we know what to do with without the ball. And in that individual quality … the attackers must make a difference. It will cost me to teach Mbappé how to haggle, but how to insist … there we can emphasize the coaches. And in that we focus on”
Mbappé
“Kylian, for their impact and influence, is already a leader. I need everyone to be committed to the collective idea, to enjoy and without a ball. And this is Kylian's work, Aurélien, Dani Ceballos … It is a requirement of all the players”
