Heavy Defeat Against Atlético Madrid Hurt Me Deeply – Xabi Alonso

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has said that losing 5-2 against Atlético Madrid hurt him deeply. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, however, the result was very much deserved after a bad game, and everyone will now be awaiting his side’s reaction to the heavy defeat.

Alonso added that his players just did not compete enough to win the game, and lots of improvements are needed ahead of the next match.

His words, “It was a bad game. We didn’t play well collectively, with or without the ball. We weren’t at the level we need to be at.

We know we’re in a ‘construction phase,’ we have to take conclusions from what happened and they’ll help us in the future, but there are no excuses. We were lacking a gear. This defeat hurts.

We weren’t fluid with the ball. We weren’t able to win the ball in their half. We couldn’t impose ourselves in the duels … We won’t forget this tough defeat, it hurts us, it hurts the fans, but this is a process. Today we didn’t find the level we’d like, we have to be critical and try to improve.

We didn’t compete enough. You need to compete more at this level, against these opponents … We feel responsible, and now we’ll see what we have to correct.

There are tough days, that’s sport, that’s football. What’s important is how we react.”

WOW.

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