
Xabi Alonso: "As a coach, you need to adapt to the skillset your players have, while also keeping your own ideas and principles.
In the Spanish NT for example, we couldn't play counter-attacking football, we had guys like Iniesta, Silva and Villa upfront, all great players, but if they're 50 meters away from the box, they're not very dangerous. So the plan should be to get them as close to the box as possible. Positional play, creating advantages, finding ways inside, finding spaces.
At Real Madrid however, with players like Bale, Cristiano, Benzema, Di Maria, even at 50 meters away from the box, they're very dangerous, because there are spaces they can take advantage of.
I'm more of a positional guy, I want a high press and recovering the ball immediately, but above all else, my priority is control. The more my team controls the game, the more comfortablee I am."
Jól beszél Xabi apánk, várjuk nagyon. Kíváncsi leszek.
"Down for Rodrygo... Éder Militao. Carvajal. It's Carvajal's cross... RODRYGOOO, oooh it's extraordinary!!! They prayed for miracles and miracles arrived! REAL MADRID, THE TEAM OF DREAMS. Where has that come from? How did that happen?!"