Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham sat down with the club’s own reporters and discussed Xabi Alonso’s coaching philosophy.
“Xabi is a very nice person, he has a great way of talking to the players. For me, the thing that attracts me about him is his energy towards football. He is very active. He is moving, he gets involved so he can see and feel the game better. When you see a coach like that, you feel drawn to his energy,” explained Bellingham.
The English midfielder then shared a few thoughts about the system Alonso is trying to implement.
“With this new style we want to play between the lines, we want to have control, but Xabi says we shouldn’t lose the ability to attack the goal when we have the opportunity to speed up the game—we want to take advantage of that. We want to have control during the game,” he added.
Real Madrid completed a very good performance against Red Bull Salzsburg and will definitely try to do more of the same when they take on Juventus in the Round of 16 next Tuesday.