“There are many statements from Barcelona and I am not going to go into them”

Preview of Traditional in Valdebebas. The primary for Xabi Alonso since he grew to become coach of Actual Madrid. In Valdebebas – and all through the capital – there may be discuss of Lamine Yamal’s newest ‘runder’, nevertheless it has no place within the head of the Tolosa coach.

“The essential factor is the inexperienced. What worries me most is how we’re going to play the sport,” defends Xabi when requested within the press room about Lamine Yamal’s incendiary phrases uttered in Piqué’s Kings League program.

Xabi ignores that and the sport they’re attempting to play in Barcelona: “I am not going to go in there. There are lots of statements from the individuals of Barcelona and I am unable to go into evaluating all of them,” he mentioned.

For the Actual Madrid coach, El Clásico “is a crucial sufficient match and you’ve got many components to play it nicely and revel in it” to consider what Lamine says.

The sporting debate doesn’t even heart across the younger Barça star. Will Carreras be decisive resulting from his duel with Lamine? “Everybody who comes out needs to be,” Alonso assures with a critical expression.

What he doesn’t flip his again on is the significance of this Sunday’s recreation. “A Clásico is particular. It’s the first of this mission and we want the stadium to have the vitality of massive video games,” he says, interesting to the followers.

“I am advantageous,” he says when requested about his frame of mind. “Conscious of the sport we now have and the significance it has, however the dynamic doesn’t change an excessive amount of,” he provides.

“We solely have tomorrow and El Clásico in our heads”

What he would not wish to give to the duel towards Barça is extra weight than obligatory. “We solely have tomorrow and El Clásico in our heads,” he admits. That, nevertheless, doesn’t make him really feel that the results of the match will decide the route of his Madrid.

“They’re essential video games, however I wish to worth the method. In these twelve video games there was progress. There may be nonetheless room for enchancment. We’re virtually in November and no trophy or medal has but been awarded,” he analyzed.

Coach Xabi’s first Clásico comes with the aim of stopping a negative streak of four games in a row lost against Barça. He is not worried about this more recent history: “There may be similar situations, but the moment is different for both them and us. This is a different project.”

Marcus Sorg – Flick’s second who will take the reins this Sunday due to the German’s suspension – said that Barça will not change its plan, so a forward defensive line is expected as is usual in this team. Does Madrid focus on that? Xabi answers:

“Due to the qualities of our players, situations can arise. But beforehand we have to do more things, not just wait for what happens behind their lines. There are many details that can make the difference in these games.”

Without giving clues about his eleven – for which he can recover players like Huijsen, Trent or Carvajal -, Xabi left a string of sentences talking about Madrid’s “good moment”, the construction of “a very solid base” and the objective of taking “the next step”.

He understands that this Madrid already plays “good football” and insists that the team has to know “the moments of pressure” in order to “be more consistent in performance.”

And then there is Kylian Mbappé, of course, the most decisive footballer in European football so far this season. Whom Xabi sees “just as well” with the opportunity to win his first Clásico since signing for Real Madrid.