US EditionXabi Alonso: 'I learned a lot about football from Rafa Benitez - He helped me get to where I am'
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The Champions League evening brings spectacles in Paris and Liverpool. Xabi Alonso has skipped training. Jan Oblak's Atletico need a win against the Belgians.
When Xabi Alonso was about to enter Liverpool’s locker room in 2004, one of the chiefs of the booth, Jamie Carragher, thought, “Who does he think he is?” Coach Rafa Benítez, when communicating to the staff the arrival of the midfielder, told the players that the Basque had already told him where they could improve from the tactical point of view, as Carragher revealed a year ago. To the central and captain that seemed an unacceptable daring. “I …
Xabi Alonso: 'I learned a lot about football from Rafa Benitez - He helped me get to where I am'
His presence in Liverpoolunder his orders Rafa Benitez remembered the Xabi Alonso at the press conference held today ahead of the match against Real Madrid. The coach of the queen referred to the coach of Panathinaikos and what he gained from him, underlining that he owes a lot to him in his career as a football player and as a coach now. “I was very influenced by the period at Liverpool, it was not just an indifferent step in my career. I spent…
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