Xabi Alonso He attended the media from the Press Room of Lincoln Financial Field of Philadelphia in the previous meeting he will face Salzburg y Real Madrid. White, first, need a point to qualify for the round of 16, although they are clear that they must win to be first.
«It is not a good idea to think of not going to win the game. It is not a good message to anyone. Even the feeling, which are very important the sensations that we have now, to want to raise something that is not going to win, it is not in anyone's head. I have seen the painting, I am not blind, but we are going to win, ”said Xabi Alonso about his team's accounts.
The Tolosarra also took out the scalpel to give his opinion about the level of the South American teams. «We are coming to European football to see the level of competitiveness outside. Adapting to conditions, who does better or who arrives at better time, helps. These are conditions that we do not have during the year. But apart from that, you see teams that you do not have on the radar and that are very good, that prepare well and give a good level. River Plate He is playing very well, Brazilians obviously too. Just as at the beginning we That is good for football in general, ”he said.
The Club World Cup has come something soon to Xabi Alonso, who barely had a week to prepare the tournament. «I have taken it into account. Planning rather than a preseason is a championship like that of a selection. We are focusing it like this and is seen in the distribution of the minutes. It is very different from a preseasonin which you can alternate and distribute load. Here is a competition and it is more 'selection format' than clubs, so this Club World Cup is a bit special. Yesterday, for example, after nine days training, we release a little, because players need to take air. Today they have been able to train well ».
Xabi Alonso has Rodrygo and exalted Brahim. «I see Rodrygo well, I see him wanting. The other day was a technical decision. It is still important and we will need. He is a special player, I think he will have a good role in the Club World Cup. And Brahim is a boy who understands things very well. He is a competitive player, who has that great quality to change matches. When you have to play 20 or 30 minutes agitates, it generates a reaction and that is a great quality. Also of the beginning, of course. But having those players who know that they will have good impact is very important, ”said the white coach.
Mbappé It does not arrive at the match against Salzburg, but it will be one more for Xabi Alonso when the qualifiers arrive. He has already stepped on the grass after overcoming the gastroenteritis picture that acute. «I was glad to see him in the field, but it was the first day he put on his boots and ran a little. It has been fine, but not enough recovered. It still has a point of weakness to play Tomorrow with the competitive level we are going to need. We have talked after training and prefers to recover well for when we pass, and if we go to the eighths, be available. It is still in the recovery process, it is not perfect for tomorrow.
