Xabi Alonso: “Hopefully we don’t have to talk too much about the referees”

Xabi Alonso marked territory before being released on Tuesday in the League under Real Madrid by measuring Osasuna. Serious, elegant and, above all, very excited about its starting as a new helmsman of the whites in the Santiago Bernabéu, the Tolosarra analyzed the state in which its workforce is located, he said that he has all the players at his disposal, he was shown as a perfect club of club and showed his hope that the controversies do not take over the stage as in previous years. I hope we don’t have to talk too much about the referees, “he said.

«We all face it expectant, excited, wanting to start the season. It has been two short, but intense weeks and we want to step on the Bernabéu. We want to start well. The first game is always important, ”said Xabi Alonso about that long setting in which so many hopes has deposited Madrid after an unfortunate year that has caused a change of guard on the Chamartín bench and the entrance of fresh air in a template to which Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Hijsen, Álvaro Carreras and Franco Mstantuono.

The early Argentine talent arrived just four days ago, but Xabi Alonso was delighted with what he has seen from the former River Plate. «The first time I talked to him, his personality surprised me a lot. He was still 17 years old and was a man with great security in himself. He had no vertigo to take the step to come to Real Madrid. That maturity is noticeable, that desire, that quality. He will integrate very quickly into the team, ”said a technician who could give him the alternative already on Tuesday. «You can have minutes tomorrow. It will contribute quality, energy, is committed defensively, has a good impulse. I have seen that he has that claw and that Argentine competitive spirit. It is good in the last pass. It is very good level, ”he said about ’30’.

The duel against Osasuna arrives at Real Madrid with just two weeks of preparation, although Xabi Alonso made it clear that his team is ready to compete with anyone. «We are taking steps. It is difficult to measure it. Surely we still have a few to give. But the main thing and the fundamental ideas are already introduced to the Club World Cup and these two weeks have influenced them. The feeling is good, ”argued the Guipuzcoan, who assured everyone, including Rodrygo, one of the own names of recent weeks. «Rumors in summer are many players. I have seen Rodrygo well, I have everyone and I want them to be one hundred percent. That is what worries me right now and what occupies me, ”he said.

Xabi Alonso celebrates to have two rights of the caliber of Dani Carvajal and Trent Alexander-Arnold, which he hopes he has an impact of his team. «I am clear that it is a very good competition. And I love that we have in each position two players who can play. Sometimes I will have to distribute, but we have all the folded positions. Carva is getting closer to its level. That is very good for the staff level. We have many games, ”explained the Basque in an appearance in which he closed ranks with the club in two aspects, the controversial date of Real Madrid-Osasuna and the location of Villarreal-Barça in Miami.

«Now it is immovable, but our request, especially for the health of the players, would have been pleasant to receive that support. It could not be. We have had only two weeks and there are no excuses. The team can compete tomorrow. The heart and desire push more than the legs, ”he said about the first issue. «I agree with the club’s statement. If the rules are changed, it must be unanimously of all participants. Now it does not fit, ”he defended about the second after Real Madrid lashed out at an alleged adulteration of the competition for that project in which Javier Thebas has put so much effort.

No promises

Xabi Alonso did not want to make any kind of promise to the fans because he prefers that the facts speak for themselves. «I am more to say. Promise before doing it does not usually work in football. We also want to and take that energy to the stadium and deserve it. To put it, it will not happen. We want to start tomorrow to tour that path, ”said Real Madrid coach, who influenced the need for everyone to understand his message about the need to press orchestrated, including Mbappé and Vinicius.

«It is a matter of all the lines being aware. For the strikers it is important that the laps do not stay off, but also that when we attack the defensive line thrust. We want to function as a team. That will help us all distances to be better, when we defend and when we attack. Today it is very important to be aware of them. I think we gave a pass in the World Cup. It is something that we have very present and we have been working, ”Xabi Alonso broke up in an intervention in which he went on tiptoe with respect to the controversial arbitration of Mallorca-Barcelona-” I do not have to be commenting on what happens in other parties, but I did hear what he said razate and he explained it very well, “he just pointed to Mastantuono. «I can see that you have logic that your favorite player is Messi. Being Argentine is not a surprise for me, ”he stopped.