“Fran, don’t fuck with me!” Television caught Xabi Alonso in the decisive moment of the match against Celtaperhaps at a decisive moment also for his career as coach of 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 night of his team, which at that moment was already 0-1 on the scoreboard and had barely shown any signs of life. Alonso’s Madrid has accumulated one victory (in Bilbao) in the last five days of the League. A colossal crisis that the coach slips into “you can have a bad game at home“and a situation that ensures power”revert“.
“Of course,” he responded to the question about whether 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 this,” he reflected in the press room.
Sunday night was chaotic for the whites and for Xabi. After a disastrous hour of play, the team went into a loop against the referee, ending up with two less players on the pitch and a third, Endrickalso expelled for protesting.
“The referee’s decisions have upset us. Fran’s expulsion, 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 eager. “He lost control of us and took us out in those phases of the game,” said the coach, who was very critical of the referee. Alejandro Quintero.
Madrid, which came out five points ahead of Barcelona after 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. Blushing for a Madrid project that had started the year with 13 wins in the first 14 games of the course.
“We are all angryobviously, because it was not the result we wanted. From the beginning that Militao’s injury has hurt usit has been difficult for us to compose ourselves emotionally. We have been adjusting and the game we wanted has not turned out. We have to try to turn the page, there are only three points, there is a lot of League left and we have the City game to react to,” he assured.
What about Militao, “very worrying”
Militao’s injury, “very worrying“According to the club, it is a muscle problem in the ischium that could leave him away from the playing fields for several months. The Brazilian joins an infirmary in which they are already Carvajal, Huijsen and Alaba. “It is very bad news, we are suffering a lot with injuries and it has been difficult for us to react,” explained Alonso.
The reaction, timid, came after the expulsion of Fran García. There the players began to press for a few minutes and Mbappé was able to tie with a lob that went high, but Celta scored in stoppage time, with Carreras already sent off. “The reaction was when we were left with one less, then the team pushed, ran… We are angry and we understand that people are too. “It’s everyone’s responsibility.”
“Is the position at stake on Wednesday against City?” the media asked Alonso. “We play three points“he replied forcefully.
The controversy
Beyond the result, the match ended with controversy due to Madrid’s three expulsions, two of outfield players and the third of Endrick. As for Carreras, the referee, according to the minutes, sent him off for telling him “you’re very bad.”
Once the meeting is over, Carvajal, in street clotheshas approached the referee and told him “the level you give and then crying at the press conferences”: