David Alaba settled in quickly at Real Madrid. This shows the fact that the ÖFB star already enjoys a special privilege.
Last Wednesday, the 29-year-old was officially presented as a player for the “royal team”. At the Madrilenians, the only summer newcomer to date will follow in the footsteps of Sergio Ramos as head of defense, also taking over the shirt number 4 of the Spaniard who emigrated to Paris St.-Germain.
The native of Vienna also inherited another privilege from the 36-year-old defensive robber: the privilege of taking all free kicks.
Better than Ronaldo?
As reported by the Spanish “Marca”, Alaba, who has repeatedly been allowed to kick free kicks with his strong left foot at Bayern Munich, is said to have worked out the position of the regular shooter when the balls are at rest. Alaba already convinced the team around coach Carlo Ancelotti of his free-kick skills in the first few days of training.
Before Ramos was chosen as the real standard shooter, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo had this role. When Ramos was repeatedly injured in the past season, Karim Benzema was allowed to try.
According to the paper, Alaba sank ten of 124 free kicks directly shot into the mesh. This should make the 29-year-old’s quota even better than Ronaldo’s, who converted 33 of his 444 direct attempts.
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