“Fran, don’t make fun of me!” Television captured Xabi Alonso at the decisive moment of the match against Celticperhaps at a decisive moment also for his career as coach of the the real Madrid. The expulsion of the left-back of the White team after receiving two yellow cards in two minutes for two tackles ended up sinking the evening for his team, who at that point were already 0-1 on the scoreboard and had hardly shown any signs of life. Alonso’s Madrid have accumulated one victory (in Bilbao) in the last five days of La Liga. A colossal crisis into which the coach slips”you can have a bad game at home“and a situation that ensures power”to come back“.
“Of course,” he replied when asked if he had the strength to continue. “All united we know that we can reverse the situation. You can have a bad game at home. We know what self-criticism and demands are in this club, and defeats hurt, but all together, on Wednesday, we have the best opportunity to reverse that,” he said in the press room.
Sunday night was chaotic for White and for Xabi. After a disastrous hour of play, the team goes into a loop in front of the referee, finds itself with two players less on the field and a third, Endrickalso expelled for protesting.
“The referee’s decisions shocked us. The expulsion of Fran, then they slowed down the game and I didn’t warn them, he was very permissive… I didn’t like the performance and then the card for Álvaro was very enthusiastic. “He lost control of us and eliminated us in those phases of the match,” said the coach, very critical of the referee. Alexandre Quintero.
Madrid, which came out five points ahead of Barcelona at the end of the classic on October 26, is now four points behind the culé team, the sole leader of the League. Nine points in just 40 days. Blush for a Madrid project which began the year with 13 wins in the first 14 matches of the course.
“We are all angryobviously, because it was not the result we wanted. From the beginning that Militao’s injury hurt usit was difficult for us to pull ourselves together emotionally. We adapted and the match we wanted didn’t work out. We have to try to turn the page, there are only three points left, there is a lot of championship left and we have the match against City to react,” he assured.
And Militao, “very worrying”
Militao’s injury, “very worrying“According to the club, it is a muscular problem at the level of the ischium which could keep him away from the playing fields for several months. The Brazilian joins an infirmary in which he is already Carvajal, Huijsen and Alaba. “It’s very bad news, we are suffering a lot of injuries and it was difficult for us to react,” Alonso explained.
The reaction, timid, came after the expulsion of Fran García. There the players started to press for a few minutes and Mbappé managed to equalize with a lob that went high, but Celta scored in stoppage time, with Carreras already sent off. “The reaction was when we found ourselves down one, then the team pushed, ran… We are angry and we understand that people are angry too. “It’s everyone’s responsibility.”
“Is position in play on Wednesday against City?” » the media asked Alonso. “We play three points“, he replied forcefully.
The controversy
Beyond the result, the match ended in controversy due to three expulsions from Madrid, two from outfield players and the third from Endrick. As for Carreras, the referee, according to the minutes, sent him off for telling him “you are very bad”.
Once the meeting is over, Carvajal, in street clothesapproached the referee and told him “the level you give and then crying during the press conferences”:
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