One was born in Salamanca on January 17, 1983, Clipboardand the other in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa) on November 25, Alonso. And after a lifetime as soccer players in which they agreed in the Liverpoolhe Real Madrid and the Spanish team are about to start a symbolic stage as coach of Castilla and first team of the white team respectively that is, the less exciting for both. They are the 'A team of Real Madrid.
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And it is still curious that two people who have not grown in the same region and that until their professional stage have not coincided in a costume, since then, practically hand in hand in their entire career. To the Liverpoolthat team that in the early 2000s was filled with Spanish players, the first one that arrived was Xabi Alonsowho did it in 2004 just before winning that famous Champions Before Milan in Istanbul.
Then, when the Basque was the core leader with Steven Gerrardarrive Álvaro Arbeloa (2007) by the hand of a man who, deep down, is the 'guilty' of almost everything: Rafa Benítez. There, both forged a good friendship as usual in the case of compatriots players in a foreign country.
THE 'MOBZANCE' TO MADRID
And not happy with coinciding with a historical team like the Liverpoolwhen Real Madrid He knocked on the door, he also did that of the other and in that 'second great real' of Florentino Pérez, Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa They were part of the quota of players that the white president signed that summer next to Kaka, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid-Valencia. 37th League Day. First Division (BBVA Liga) 2015-2016. Arbeloa is maintained by her teammates in her farewell as a Real Madrid footballer.
Since then, Clipboard y Xabi Alonso They coincided in Real Madrid until the departure of Tolosarra, in 2014, winning two King Cups, a League, a Spanish Super Cup and a Champions League. And at that stage, in addition, they became two of the strong men of José Mourinhoa coach who undoubtedly marked their career.
And its history with the selection
But they not only coincided at the club level, but they also did it at the selection level and, in addition, in the most glorious stage of the red in which they managed to chain Eurocup (2008), World (2010) y Eurocup (2012). It is true that in that team the role of Xabi It was more main than that of Arbeloa but together they became part of a group of players in which they knew each other perfectly.
Spanish players Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Xabi Alonso and Albiol, embrace after the triumph of Spain in the semifinal match that the National Team played against Germany
And although they are not very given to show their private life, so much so much Clipboard as Alonso They are two very similar profiles. Both flee from the prototype of a millionaire soccer player and demonstrate to have concerns beyond sport such as literature or fashion.
Thus, things are about to start an exciting year for the two who, for the sake of Madridism, are expected to be successful in terms of titles because otherwise there will be no friendship that is worth it.
