Xabi Alonso discusses the tactics of Jose Mourinho & Pep Guardiola

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11 ай бұрын

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Ahead of the first Premier League match between Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho, Jamie Carragher spoke to Xabi Alonso to get the low down on the two managers.
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@alejandroalmanza2284 14 күн бұрын

guardiola and mourinho created a monster as a manager

@boranayir4004 7 күн бұрын

and Ancelotti

@Lil_Elegant 5 күн бұрын

@@boranayir4004no

@Luke-nh5tu 4 күн бұрын

and del bosque

@bdosreisable 3 күн бұрын

@@Luke-nh5tu ahahah

@user-eo1hm9gi6w 2 күн бұрын

@@bdosreisable And Benítez and Luis Aragonés

@hemadribhusanamat9384 7 ай бұрын

Xabi Alonso said, "Life is beautiful, I played for my childhood club (Real Sociadad), best club in England, best club in Spain & best in Germany"

@mattvanemden7573 6 ай бұрын

All correct except his name is Xabi.

@hemadribhusanamat9384 5 ай бұрын

@@mattvanemden7573 thanks , "rectified"

@lucacardoza2533 5 ай бұрын

@@mattvanemden7573what did he say wrong

@ERICTENHAG56 4 ай бұрын

Nothing compared to ten hag ball

@sille80 2 ай бұрын

@@ERICTENHAG56Ten Hag playing Ole ball 2.0. What happened to United? Thought they liked attacking football?

@mkm7806 11 ай бұрын

Played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich 😮 What a Career 🔥

@factspk373 11 ай бұрын

di maria played for real madrid, united, psg ,juventus

@bentob1ox 11 ай бұрын

@@factspk373 snuck in PSG

@freddyhaidamous5947 11 ай бұрын

Almost won LaLiga with Real Sociedad

@cheeseloop7777 11 ай бұрын

Head coach of Leverkusen

@ashtonalmond9024 11 ай бұрын

2 Euros and 1 world cup

@sivexanga7661 3 ай бұрын

Played for Liverpool,Real Madrid, Bayern Munich & Spain won Champions league,world cup &Euro magnificent career.he's a legend of the game.

@mattmaisela1140 11 ай бұрын

Pep likes to have better control of the match with possession, Mourinho prefers to have better control of the match without possession. Both masters in their own crafts💎

@vincentvries9854 11 ай бұрын

And Xabi adjusted his game style for both, this is a manager's dream player.

@diegolagoa4252 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho won la liga with 121 goals. All time record. He doesnt like to be defensive. He adapts to his squad

@mattmaisela1140 11 ай бұрын

@@diegolagoa4252 you had to single out a season out of how many? That proves my point lad. If you wanna go into stats you’ll find me right here

@MohamedShou 11 ай бұрын

@@mattmaisela1140 lol ok mate but Mourinho won the Champions League with Porto that’s enough 🤷🏾‍♂️.

@diegolagoa4252 11 ай бұрын

@@mattmaisela1140 mourinho never had attacking stars, only at real madrid. And he was topscorer in la liga for 2 seasons 2011 2012 over pep guardiola Barcelona. He never had the quality squad pep had at Barcelona bayern and city

@MFachrizalR 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho has endorsed him as he could be a good or even great managers, because Mourinho saw Xabi as someone who is quite smart on the field and could read the game, plus he was under Guardiola and Mourinho directly so he could learn and absorbed the knowledge directly. Nice timing as usual, Sky Sports Retro.

@davidngqkalone88 11 ай бұрын

Xabi played under peak Benitez, Mourinho, Guardiola, Aragones, Ancelotti , del Bosque, learning from all of them. He is going to be a hell of a manager.

@koisose 7 ай бұрын

gila sih emang leverkusen nomer satu sekarang

@jakebarton4370 7 ай бұрын

@@koisose well deserved too. It’s great to see them with a manager that can get the absolute best of the players. Their recruitment and development has been world class for decades.

@User13xjeik8_aOs 4 ай бұрын

Xabi -Khedira will always be the standard of pivot concept.

@Osmosis909 11 ай бұрын

Park the bus vs Buy the bus.

@Hi5GhostMUFC 11 ай бұрын

Loooool 😂 loved that

@tonykumar9727 11 ай бұрын

Haha good one 👍

@Coconutyorkie 11 ай бұрын

Jajajaja brillante

@spark556 11 ай бұрын

Cry more, Mourinho spent more than Guardiola😂

@TheMoeman94 11 ай бұрын

@@chy.0190 Also with that $1.8bn Mourinho got 120 players, where as Pep spent $1.7bn on 74 players. There are levels to this lol

@gautamchandrasekharan3 3 ай бұрын

Klopp just announced he's leaving. So here I am

@luqmannurhakim2747 2 ай бұрын

Me too

@luu1678 2 ай бұрын

Chelsea will take him Last minute

@raphealadu-gyamfi5885 Ай бұрын

@@luu1678to waste his coaching career has done to others mtweee . Useless club wasting players n coaches

@danaandmusic 9 күн бұрын

Alonso is winning it all in germany now 🎉

@gerghghherb880 8 күн бұрын

Hahahaha Liverpool aren't the "chosen ones" their fans like to think they are

@laminjawo5586 11 ай бұрын

Imagine having both pep and Jose standing there analyzing their tactical point of view. That day will be the best day of my life.

@arturgalactico1678 11 ай бұрын

It happened way before they became famous.

@cooglehoogle844 3 ай бұрын

now it would be like "Oh which part of it is paying the refs?" "You look like a coach to fall off in the 3rd season" Nah that would be hilarious

@mattvanemden7573 11 ай бұрын

The classiest midfielder ive seen. Stevie and him in midfield was incredible. Glad i got the chance to see two of the worlds best midfielders play together.

@rasmusjrgensen1566 11 ай бұрын

With Mascherano behind them, clearing them up to go forward more. Best midfield i've ever seen

@azrulshah4613 11 ай бұрын

@@rasmusjrgensen1566disappointed me with those 3world class midfielders 😔 Liverpool won nothing

@andreicornea7527 11 ай бұрын

Classiest? buddy there are at least 10 classier midfielders than him

@sudsehun76 11 ай бұрын

@@andreicornea7527 name them

@mattvanemden7573 11 ай бұрын

@@andreicornea7527 Not a chance. You must be 12. I said that ‘i’ve seen’. Its subjective. Look that word up in the dictionary, kid.

@TotesEmoshVibes 3 ай бұрын

Who's here scouting for LFC??

@gibbo822 3 ай бұрын

Yes just watching his interview for the job

@susangrant6154 2 ай бұрын

👋

@alf1o1 2 ай бұрын

welcome (back) to Liverpool :)

@kaziarhab 2 ай бұрын

@wassamness 2 ай бұрын

For some am getting a alot of Xabi Alonso videos and as a LFC fan am liking it.

@manishyadav-gr3dj 11 ай бұрын

Pep 2009 barca team is the greatest team in controlling the game Mouriniho 2012 RM team is the greatest counter attacking team

@joneschilufya867 11 ай бұрын

They only counter attached against Barca and dominated all other teams.

@ArrogantTurtle 11 ай бұрын

@@joneschilufya867 it’s true that they dominated pretty much every team that wasn’t Barca as they also liked holding onto the ball, but they would showcase their counter attacking mastery on the plays where they lost the ball and then recovered it

@surpriserakins9067 11 ай бұрын

I think the 10/11 team was better with Messi at his absolute peak.

@AEdavirgin 11 ай бұрын

Ac Milan late 80s and early 90s were greatest team in controlling the game.

@DX_2_words_4_ya 2 ай бұрын

Mourinhos 2 greatest teams have nothing to do with Madrid. His mark 1 Chelsea team and all conquering Inter teams were the best pieces of work.

@joseluis-wd3zd 11 күн бұрын

I love this guy as a player and also as a manager now. His sponge aptitude and learning from the best managers making him a top manager now.

@supacopper4790 11 ай бұрын

Alonso: "Hi Jose. I still remember you told me to purposely get a red card by time wasting"

@silvb4952 11 ай бұрын

That's attention to detail and being several steps ahead of everyone!

@olumidesheriffadams7917 9 ай бұрын

Xabi Alonzo one of the greatest passers of the ball, they don't make 'em like this anymore

@user-pw6gm1tu6q 2 ай бұрын

yes they do busquets is still playing and rodri is the best in the world at the moment just remember xabi alonso didnt get near the first eleven when spain where on top,granted he would have walked into any other team but busquets iniesta xavi david siva fabregas where all fighting for a jersey guys like cazorla and arteta didnt even get a look in

@TR4zest 2 ай бұрын

Alexander Arnold can pass with very similar skill

@user-pw6gm1tu6q 2 ай бұрын

@@TR4zest no he cant thats why hes still a RB its so much easier to pick and play a pass from RB because you have the whole field infront of you,its much harder in CM on the half turn or facing your own goal

@Iscosagnia 2 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@user-pw6gm1tu6qYou said what? Xabi was always a starter for Spain since 2006 World Cup. It was only in Euro 2008 when he didn’t start most of the games because of some changes by Luis Aragones. When he used to start Xavi, Marcos Senna, Sylva and Iniesta. In 2006, Iniesta wasn’t even playing. Busquets started playing for Spain in 2010. Stop disrespecting Alonso. He started playing for Spain when Busquets was playing in the academy.

@john-gregorysierra8875 Ай бұрын

@@user-pw6gm1tu6q Is that a joke? Xabi Alonso was a nailed-down starter for Spain from 2006-2014. The only time he wasn't was in 2008 Euros that was down to the formation they went with (Busquets wasn't even playing then). He still played every game and he won a MOTM in 2008 Euros. In fact, when Spain was experimenting with 4-3-3 formations during the off seasons (2009, 2011, 2013) they picked Xabi Alonso over Busquets most of the time due to his ability to read the game better, better defending, and he has the best passing range in the national side (if not in Spanish history). Xabi Alonso is one of the best DMs for a reason. He has proven that time and time again across many different world class teams.

@Ieza05 2 ай бұрын

And now Xabi is the best this season

@moseslebofa2701 11 ай бұрын

Xabi's Leverkussen had a great return leg of the European league against José's Roma....... It was a beautiful performance by both teams, with Jose playing his usual pragmatic and defensive football. Congrats to Xabi for his great turn around of his Leverkussen team 👍👍👍👍

@evergreentangerine 11 ай бұрын

He'll be Mourinho's opponent this week as Leverkusen's manager., "For sure"

@bagtea 11 ай бұрын

he did well but classic Mourinho parked the bus and didnt let Xabi's team a chance haha

@marcomair8977 11 ай бұрын

@@bagtea I´m Roma Fan I don´t like this tactics either, but we have so much injuries that we needed to defend like crazy. Almost all of our defense is injured (Llorente, Smalling, Kumbulla, Karsdorp) that a midfielder needed to go to the defense. Considering that (and the injury of Wijnaldum) Bove from our youth section needed to play in the midfield.

@angor4748 25 күн бұрын

@@marcomair8977sorry for the inconvenience but I have a question, what is your opinion on sacking the special one?

@MauriceGucci 3 ай бұрын

We will all be so mindblown by all the titles this man will win. He won everything as a player and he will win even more as a manager.

@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew 2 ай бұрын

Good job he's coming to liverpool next season as klopps replacement, perfect timing 👌

@furoelchapo540 11 күн бұрын

@@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew hahahaha 😂

@stuartfraney4969 2 ай бұрын

I like Xabi’s awareness of the tactics of both teams. Being a midfielder this was so useful in reading the game. Hoping he is managing Liverpool next season. 😊

@natigebrezgi 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back home xabi liverpool is waiting ❤

@buffalosowljah373 2 ай бұрын

hoping so yet he hasnt won anyting big yet , but ive seen that NARGLSMANN could be he one takin over king klopp and after klopp has time out he will become the new germany manager ready for the world cup

@diulikadikaday 11 ай бұрын

The man was coached by Guardiola, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Benítez, Del Bosque and Luis Aragones. Plus his dad was a coach (or a player). He played at Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. He has won European cups, a World Cup and two European championships. The man is footballing royalty. He will make an excellent coach.

@Anwar.B 6 ай бұрын

And the Next Real Madrid Coach

@neznaiuu 6 ай бұрын

his position as a player is dmf also

@carlossimancas9867 6 ай бұрын

His dad was Perico Alonso, and he played in Real Sociedad (as his son did years later) and in Barcelona (with Schuster, Quini and Maradona)

@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew 2 ай бұрын

@@Anwar.Bhe's going liverpool first

@user-pw6gm1tu6q 2 ай бұрын

calm down he was never first pick for spain and hes only just starting off in management

@connoisseur1015 3 ай бұрын

As a Liverpool fan I can honestly say Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano was the best midfield we ever had in the premier league era.

@kahocheung935 2 ай бұрын

and Momo Sissoko, Oh woo oh.

@kingandgod 2 ай бұрын

Hendo, Fabinho & Gini >

@capri2673 2 ай бұрын

We didn't win much, though. Hendo, Fabinho and Wijnaldum, in my opinion.

@yt2530 7 күн бұрын

@@kingandgodjust no😂

@aleefmohammed244 11 ай бұрын

I'm surprised Alonso could understand what Carragher was saying.

@groodbeast8135 11 ай бұрын

He played at Liverpool, he is used to Scouse accent

@aleefmohammed244 11 ай бұрын

@@groodbeast8135 i know, i meant it as a joke

@starrystarrybee 11 ай бұрын

Well they shared a locker room for 5 seasons…in Liverpool

@sarahmuse2443 11 ай бұрын

that's his former teammate...

@estebanbenitez9383 11 ай бұрын

I heard the same/similar English accent on both, remarks on Alonso accent coming from Spanish speaker, got very close to the British accent. I mean, despite the difference between the languages Spanish/English, the European accent is the same.

@wilfredv1930 7 ай бұрын

I was a big fan of tactical players like Xabi, I bet he will reach the top tier as coach/manager

@shashidasari5072 3 ай бұрын

This is now . This dude is literally a top tier coach at this moment

@Veaseify 2 ай бұрын

He's still the best passer of a ball in Leverkusen's training sessions. Whether or not they hang on to win the Bundesliga with a great first XI but a very thin squad is open to question but they are a delight to watch and a credit to his coaching ability. He has taken the defensive solidity and counter attacking of Mourinho and combined it with the ball movement and space creation of Guardiola so this was an insightful interview.

@denzel1989 2 ай бұрын

He's the best passer IV ever seen I member his debut for Liverpool he was spraying 60-70 yard passes like it was nothing then scored a free kick he was so good

@gryphongryph 2 ай бұрын

With Torres, the most exciting player I have seen come to Anfield, both started with a bang

@AxeMinion 2 ай бұрын

You can tell Xabi is dancing the line of what he can say, versus what he wants to reveal. He's still sharing enough for it to be informative, but there's plenty he isn't sharing. I won't fan the flames of LFC speculation (while blatantly fanning the flames (upon reflection)) but I can see why he's highly regarded - it's true that certain managers have something about them that generates an aura, and he seems to have that.

@pankajmajithia4429 Ай бұрын

Atlast Someone had ended the Domination of Bayern Munich in Bundesliga 👏👏👏 What a superb Achievement

@muhamadtaufiq8732 11 ай бұрын

What a beautiful man he is

@januarybaby1063 11 ай бұрын

PUT WHEN THIS BROADCAST IN THE INFO PLS

@dancik1705 11 ай бұрын

JOSE MOURIHNO !!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

@theoffering7000 3 ай бұрын

You know this video is old when Xabi talks about Martial being someone with potential. I think that ship has since sailed, docked, and been decommissioned.

@denisars2082 3 ай бұрын

And now he is a legend in making as a manager himself

@nicholaskaseke8498 3 ай бұрын

Came here after klopp resigned to see if alonso can do it for us..his knowledge is impressive . Welcome back to LFC 😂 our next manager

@blacklist241 2 ай бұрын

Man I would love for that to happen

@hw2508 Ай бұрын

An eighteen minute long video on Sky Sports Retro should be enough to decide who to be hired as manager.

@backpackingireland8624 2 ай бұрын

How many Liverpool fans watching this again , hoping 😂🇮🇪

@susangrant6154 2 ай бұрын

👋

@nicotine303 2 ай бұрын

👌

@samborambo8 2 ай бұрын

🙏

@capri2673 2 ай бұрын

Emotion aside, is he really the best candidate. If he'd not played for Liverpool I wouldn't be so sure. Spanish Gerrard.

@backpackingireland8624 2 ай бұрын

@@capri2673 maybe . I’m old enough to remember 91 when Dalgleish left . At least this time Klopp gave us plenty of notice! Look around Football at the moment, not much to choose from. He’s been at all the huge clubs so he has the potential. If not him I dread to think we’ll be back in the wilderness 👌🇮🇪

@Aaron-vb4qb 4 ай бұрын

hope xabi alonso succeeds klopp when his time is done at liverpool 🤞🏽

@ticab364 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho not only stopped barcelona wich at that time one of the best teams of all time , with inter he stopped barça to go to the final in the bernabeu ...and thats priceless for madrid fans...and barça fans will never forget his man

@AlexLPify 11 ай бұрын

You’re right, but you are forgetting something, from there on Mou went to Real Madrid and it became a nightmare for him losing over and over against Pep’s Barcelona.

@ticab364 11 ай бұрын

@@AlexLPify nightmare 🤣 u missed the point of my comment and only for the first yr and half after mourinho arrived Barcelona was better team than real Madrid and yes was hard but only ones having nightmares were Barcelona the man arrived and stopped with their domination ...than mourinho went to not only beat them but breaking the max of points and goals ever in la Liga ...

@kumarayush9950 11 ай бұрын

@@ticab364Barcelona did the same the year after that and made Mourinho leave .. Pep's Barcelona demolished Mourinho's Madrid.. there's a reason why Madrid fans don't talk about that era

@sergegaash 11 ай бұрын

@@kumarayush9950 Real Madrid fans don’t talk about that era? 😂😂 come on man 😂

@kumarayush9950 11 ай бұрын

@@sergegaash yeah they don't .. they won 1 la liga and 0 UCLs in that era not to mention got smoked by Barcelona many times .. why would they?

@hassanmoyosore6141 11 ай бұрын

Genius 💯💯

@shingiraichingwaru8846 11 ай бұрын

I love how spain stands as a country and classico and nowonder they won all to be won both ends of the country true professionals

@rohithr1797 11 ай бұрын

Like Alonso said that barca side was a beast and only a mastermind can destroy that team and it was Mourinho who did it his real madrid side destroyed the league with most number of points and goals scored .

@vincentvries9854 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho will only get his credit for that the day he retires or dies, people are really dismissing and downplaying what he did in Madrid. Barca was dominating world football at that time and Mourinho broke that. I don't think any other coach would have done it, not even Ferguson.

@The_Duude99 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. The man holds the record for most goals ever in a season in laliga, yet people call him a defensive manager...

@kizzabaziliyo7041 11 ай бұрын

@@vincentvries9854 He was dismantle in his first season

@surpriserakins9067 11 ай бұрын

@@kizzabaziliyo7041 he was new to the club and it wasn't his team, whereas Pep had whst many regard as the greatest club team of all time. Give the guy credit.

@demeoo 11 ай бұрын

He won one league title in Spain. That's nothing extraordinary.

@shahzadirani 4 күн бұрын

Alonso played under Jose, Pep, Carlo Ancelotti, and Benitez. He learnt the strengths and weaknesses of each one of their tactics, and they're all legends in their own right. No wonder he's doing so well at Leverkusen.

@dirthgr 10 ай бұрын

two stellar teammates.

@paddy2672 2 ай бұрын

The big question is can he break down low block defenses if he comes to liverpool which is about 80% of our opponents playstyle

@madarmahamedmaah9587 11 ай бұрын

Joseeeeeeeee ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@freshlysportstv 6 күн бұрын

Having experience as coach,I would confidently say it's not about the formation,but the quality of players that makes the formation works...no coach can have secret /Taktiks of another coach.. My experience is for more than 15years coaching Teenagers and Youths.

@AnantaAkash.Podder 11 ай бұрын

One of my Favorites Player is Xabi Alonso❤️❤️❤️

@eliashailu3512 8 ай бұрын

jose incredible

@amdistant5547 11 ай бұрын

Carragher is always sniffing for Guardiola's secrets.

@Codayev 11 ай бұрын

Lmoa

@ducbuicuong Ай бұрын

What a professional his career in player and coach!

@suitbertmaro5792 12 күн бұрын

The dream come true. Congratulations Xabi!

@atikurrahman9304 11 ай бұрын

I hope he continues his journey and ends up at Liverpool as a manger.

@krisnarefaagusta16 11 ай бұрын

Xabi Alonso?

@bluesEvanskro 11 ай бұрын

@@krisnarefaagusta16 no carra obviously

@AM2K2 11 ай бұрын

@@krisnarefaagusta16 No Igor Biscan

@tf2368 11 ай бұрын

No Super Frankie Lampard

@krisnarefaagusta16 11 ай бұрын

@@AM2K2 Let me tell you, Xabi is now a head coach. The first one is Real Sociedad B or Sanse in Spain, and the second one is Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany.

@Michael-gq2sp 2 ай бұрын

Next lfc manager hopefully 🙏

@mindsai7 10 ай бұрын

I love the images of Carragher pretending to comprehend Pep or Jose's sophisticated tactics.

@gamestar70 11 ай бұрын

Alonso-Khedira-Ozil at Real Madrid Alonso-Lahm-Schweinsteiger at Bayern Munich and best of them all Alonso-Busquets-Xavi in Spain National Team. All players above are World Cup Winners

@auwalusman250 11 ай бұрын

Of course

@bakuvian 5 ай бұрын

Alonso-Busquets-Xavi? Where's Iniesta?)

@gamestar70 5 ай бұрын

@@bakuvian I was talking about midfield trio of a 4-3-3. Iniesta mostly started as LW till Neymar was bought by Barcelona. Also see the Starting line-up of spain in 2010 WC Final. Casillas Ramos-Puyol-Pique-Capdevilla Xavi-Busquets-Xabi Alonso Pedro-Villa-Iniesta

@bakuvian 5 ай бұрын

@@gamestar70 Ok, it makes sense now

@ERICTENHAG56 4 ай бұрын

That German and Spanish squad was insane was filled with true players unlike these where France has an whole African team

@AutomaticSnake 7 ай бұрын

Hope future Madrid coach. He is a legend for the Spain NT.

@stevenekspektoran8530 11 ай бұрын

Guardiola style demands a specific type of player. Barca team at that time fit his style perfectly. He created one of the best team ever. This team will be remembered for decades to come. Bayern team did not and combined with lack of funds from the board, he could not do much. Dominate the local competition but mediocre in Champions League. His Bayern team will not be remembered unlike his Barca team. Man City with unlimited funds helps Guardiola to find the right players for his style. The last 2-3 years he perfected the team and got unlucky when lost to Real Madrid. This year is the time to complete his project in Man City, to win the Champions League. Guardiola style is still there but it's not the same like in Barca. Xavi, Iniesta and Busquet are rare players and hard to find players that can play like them.

@trisamieinsilay6259 11 ай бұрын

Barca team back then is of legendary quality in terms of talent and footballing intangibles, regardless of who the manager is. They'll make the manager instead of the manager making them

@demeoo 11 ай бұрын

The players at Bayern were more of a Pep type of players than at City... Kompany, Otamendi, Delph, Fernandinho, Walker, Sterling, Ake and others i might have forgotten, are not traditionally a Pep type of players. He adapted to these players and made them better. Go back and look at that Bayern team and you'll see for yourself.

@kevweavwenagbiku1968 11 ай бұрын

You people keep bringing unlucky every time , do you even see that mancity side winning against Liverpool at that champions league final

@jaapspruitenburg6625 11 ай бұрын

With calling out Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets as rare players, you would almost forget Messi😉

@virupakshawalla5734 10 ай бұрын

His Byern side were playing the best football Europe for a while. He got couple of batterings ut that can happen with high risk football. That dressing room is also difficult. They complained to demanding then complained Ancelloti not demanding enough.

@sallswell4639 6 ай бұрын

Lets not forget the experience he had from the great Rafael Benitez Top manager !

@NitishDeuri 6 ай бұрын

i am arsenal fan, i adore xavi alonso, stevie G, dirt kuyt.i started watching football from xavi alonso, henry era's

@EyMahomiiie 11 күн бұрын

Watching this and thinking how he lead an invincible Bayer to their first league in 120 years, makes absolute sense

@davidwilson5073 2 ай бұрын

what a player

@pankajmajithia4429 Ай бұрын

Not all good players because couch in modern day football but U hv proved that you hv a amazing n Brilliant mind n go long distance in couching

@jedaademola 11 ай бұрын

Alonso will be a great manager.

@chrismullero8244 11 ай бұрын

He already is a very good coach. He took bayer from relegation to 7. place and was just missing the euro league final yesterday. Bayer played with an high tactical level and was dominating as roma yesterday. Mourinho parked the bus successfully and thats ligit but in terms of tactics xabi outplayed mourinho yesterday and its incedible how he made every player better. But you are right. He will need another season to prove it. I might be yet alone with this opinion but i think he can take leverkusen up to be bayern contender if the club manages to keep some of the players for one season. Time will tell but i predict he will manage a team he played in like Real, Liverpool or Bayern one day.

@nelsonoghenekaroomoyibo270 2 ай бұрын

@@chrismullero8244and here we are 8months later and you're absolutely right.

@chrismullero8244 2 ай бұрын

@@nelsonoghenekaroomoyibo270 👊

@yan.weather 11 ай бұрын

Looking forward to Roma VS Leverkusen

@dcomittag 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho ❤

@Northernirelandproperties 2 ай бұрын

Welcome back Xabi

@itsScrappyJoe 10 ай бұрын

Underrated superstar footballer. He's the next superstar manager.

@mob1662 3 ай бұрын

Here to see our next manager 💯YNWA

@thlee3 2 ай бұрын

he’ll finish building his Leverkusen dynasty in the Bundes and then take over when Ancilotti retires in Madrid

@mob1662 2 ай бұрын

@@thlee3 We’ll see 😉

@werqaferaw 11 күн бұрын

watcihng this after the man won the league title⚡🔥🔥

@aminem2080 11 ай бұрын

years ago, alonso speaking & thinking like a future manager

@skiboskis 4 ай бұрын

This video aged like fine wine

@soccerhub2543 11 ай бұрын

Hey Xabi, do not use the word special if you are not going to complete it with "one" which of course means Mourinho 😎😎

@steveaustineh6908 Күн бұрын

Xabi is so so good, damn

@jordanwatsn Күн бұрын

Xabi.. incredible manger and well deserving of the Bundesliga with Leverkusen. I am hopeful Cesc follows similar steps to this man. After all, both are students of Pep and Jose. We will see!

@JJJJ-fi9dg 11 ай бұрын

7 years later, Pep has made John Stones one of the best ever English CBs

@mattvanemden7573 11 ай бұрын

It was quite evident even when he was Everton, if you have a football education, that he would be a world class player. Pep helped him to achieve it; but he had all the tools.

@butterbean86 11 ай бұрын

@@mattvanemden7573 nah he struggled for the first 2 years and was out of the team for long periods. Even this year he was out for long periods after playing most of last season. Now in the past few months with Stones moving into midfield the transformation into one of the best is complete

@mattvanemden7573 11 ай бұрын

@@butterbean86 nah he was quality at Everton and you could see, if you have an idea about football of course, that he would have a huge career ahead of him. He is showing it now. But he was always destined to be world class.

@moltenmagma88 11 ай бұрын

Lol

@butterbean86 11 ай бұрын

@@mattvanemden7573 I agree he always had the raw talent but he would be making stupid mistakes when playing out from the back, getting caught over and over. It had seemed Pep lost faith in him and he was out of the team for 2 years... I think most people wrote him off. I have to say I wasn't convinced of him until last year. And this year after seeing him in midfield without missing a beat... that's impressive. I think that is down to Pep's genius. When it comes to all time CB's I would still prefer Ferdinand, Van Dijk, Kompany but those guys never moved in and out of midfield seamlessly.

@arcverson4963 11 ай бұрын

Xabi: Pep is similar to Jose, but Jose is similar to Pep😂

@josephrelph5235 2 ай бұрын

Xabi is great to listen to has a great football brain.

@ademafc 3 ай бұрын

please put the original date in the title or description. hate not having that context.

@junglebox3960 8 күн бұрын

Already a great coach, and has potential to be one of the best for many years

@dr.no1878 4 ай бұрын

Future Liverpool manager !

@cheahhhh 2 ай бұрын

Im so glad, that Xabi is a red

@irvanmaulana1302 6 ай бұрын

Bro knows ball

@sanjaydinagaren 11 ай бұрын

I don't understand why they don't include the dates of these original videos in the description

@imranpatel9087 11 ай бұрын

Both high maintenance and need tons of money for success. Though Jose like his Porto days doing his best at Roma on tight budget

@Liam-vh8bz 3 ай бұрын

Xabi Alonso doing wonders with Leverkusen, good coach

@levolvik5231 11 ай бұрын

Did he not also play under Ancelotti? Who should be counted in there as best managers as well i think

@franciskwofie6754 11 ай бұрын

He played under Benitez as well.

@shorts_enjoy1147 2 ай бұрын

great coaches + leagend xabi alonso

@randimuhammadanshori6395 11 ай бұрын

14:27 I'm sure it's going to happen since it's Carragher + Alonso, I expected that.

@thebigmarvinski 5 ай бұрын

Interesting listening to this, and then seeing what Xavi is doing at Leverkusen

@user-jl7oc7wt8t 4 ай бұрын

Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta playing for la Roja together ....what a midfield

@nw5117 2 ай бұрын

Welcome back to LFC Xabi!

@djspacehopper8728 2 ай бұрын

Remember when Benitez wanted to replace this man with Gareth Barry 😂

@davidonyenwuba4236 2 ай бұрын

CRAZY!! Started to dislike Benitez from that point

@djspacehopper8728 2 ай бұрын

@@davidonyenwuba4236 same here mate. I also remember a game against Fulham where it was 1-1...we were desperate for a goal and he took Torres off and put a defender on. Ended up losing 3-1. I dont think he lasted much longer after that.

@davidonyenwuba4236 2 ай бұрын

@@djspacehopper8728 I remember that game. Gerrard's facial expression said it all. He was shocked to the bone.

@djspacehopper8728 2 ай бұрын

@@davidonyenwuba4236 oh yeah I forgot about that. Gerrard was fuming wasnt he?

@atiwatope 2 ай бұрын

For real. Think that was beginning of his end

@NoeticMuse 2 ай бұрын

Who's here seeing if he'd be good for liverpool

@aywasamuel3477 10 күн бұрын

And the student became the teacher🐐

@rainwave5 Ай бұрын

The song is a remix of wide awake - ready 👍

@havefun7245 2 ай бұрын

The way he speaks of the mamagers show clearly that he learnt a lot from them including Carlo Anceloti. No wonder he's about to win the Bundesliga with Leverkusen.