{"id":422816,"date":"2026-01-21T04:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/422816\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:03:08","slug":"alvaro-arbeloa-vinis-hug-wasnt-for-me-it-was-for-all-of-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/422816\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa: \u201cVini\u2019s hug wasn\u2019t for me, it was for all of Real Madrid\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Real Madrid coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa addressed the media following his team\u2019s statement 6-1 win over AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night as he said, \u201cI\u2019m very happy for my players because we need a committed team, and I\u2019m very happy for Vin\u00edcius because he deserves the fans\u2019 affection and I think that hug he gave me was for all of Real Madrid. We need Vinicius to be happy so we can win all the titles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa on whether Real Madrid are f in the Champions League<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe\u2019ll always be favourites in this competition. There are many very good teams, but this is Real Madrid\u2019s competition and we know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arbelo on reconciliating with the Bernab\u00e9u<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis is a victory for the players and the credit and medals go to them and to the Bernab\u00e9u crowd. This week I\u2019ve had more press conferences than training sessions, but the players are very good and they\u2019ve welcomed me very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa on Jude Bellingham\u2019s celebration<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe need the Bernab\u00e9u to be on our side and we know that the demands are high, so I\u2019m very happy that the players had a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa on the forwards\u2019 defending<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI want to see a united team, and I don\u2019t want the forwards to get tired defending because we need them to defend. We are going to fight for every title, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThank you for asking, honestly. I\u2019m happy and excited, but I\u2019m happy for the players. When we have a night like this, people are happy. One of the reasons I became a coach is to help players because of the demands I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe had an exceptional tournament. If Morocco reached the final, it was because of his level and his teammates, and we want to give him a big hug.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa addressed the media following his team\u2019s statement 6-1 win over AS Monaco in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,61019,95176,82],"class_list":["post-422816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-real-madrid-cf-champions-league","tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422816","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=422816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}