Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso hit out at his Atl\u00e9tico Madrid counterpart Diego Simeone after a 2-1 win in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final in which Simeone clashed with Vin\u00edcius. Alonso said, \u201cI try to be respectful to the players on the opposing team and I don\u2019t usually address them. When I saw what he said to him, I liked it less. That\u2019s not an example of good sportsmanship. Not everything goes, you have to have respect for your opponent. Everything that happens on the pitch has a limit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on whether the result is fair<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very competitive match. Fede\u2019s early goal gave us the advantage and made us change a little bit. We didn\u2019t suffer too much in the first half. There were moments for everything because it was a semi-final, but this team knows how to compete. It was a very intense, very competitive match. At 1-2, we had to change, we stabilised and suffered. This is the path to Sunday\u2019s title and we\u2019re in the final.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on his feelings<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, happy. The goal was to reach the final against a very good opponent. We didn\u2019t forget the first leg of the league match. Things we needed: energy, duels, disputes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll travel tomorrow and we\u2019ll see if he\u2019s fit to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the substitutions<\/p>\n
\u201cToni was struggling with his knee, he couldn\u2019t go on, and Ra\u00fal was suffering, and we needed fresh legs in defence. Fran and Ferland came on well, and with the double pivot we made more passes. We\u2019ll see how it goes on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on the importance of this goal for Valverde<\/p>\n
\u201cFede had a great game. For the goal, the assist, what he conveyed, linking up with his teammates, intense in defence. He has that competitive gene. Goals aren\u2019t the most important thing for him, but they give him energy. It was a classic Fede goal, with an impressive strike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on whether this game will help against Barcelona<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be different. Mbapp\u00e9 is travelling tomorrow. And the match will be different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on a lot of long balls from Courtois<\/p>\n
\u201cIn some situations, we did lack a bit of composure to link up and get there better, but we had talked about not always starting with short passes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso on Mbapp\u00e9\u2018s condition<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s much better, he\u2019s been training and he\u2019s feeling good. His chances of playing are the same as everyone else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso hit out at his Atl\u00e9tico Madrid counterpart Diego Simeone after a 2-1 win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,95176,82],"class_list":["post-397354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}