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• Xabi Alonso:

  Growing doesn't mean renouncing your history.

• Xabi Alonso:

  Passion? Of course it's necessary, but it's more important to have footballing foundations, certain

• Xabi Alonso:

  Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you

• Xabi Alonso:

  I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a charac

• Xabi Alonso:

  If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfie

• Xabi Alonso:

  If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win

• Xabi Alonso:

  My game is not to have one great action. My game is to be consistent throughout: to bring the ball

• Xabi Alonso:

  I know what my strengths and weaknesses are on the pitch. My duty is to be risk averse.

• Xabi Alonso:

  At the end, when you play, you want to win.

• Xabi Alonso:

  They value different things in every country. In England, it's very physical. You tackle, you shoot