Xabi Alonso discusses the tactics of Jose Mourinho & Pep Guardiola
2023 ж. 7 Мам.
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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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guardiola and mourinho created a monster as a manager
and Ancelotti
@@boranayir4004no
and del bosque
@@Luke-nh5tu ahahah
@@bdosreisable And Benítez and Luis Aragonés
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"
All correct except his name is Xabi.
@@mattvanemden7573 thanks , "rectified"
@@mattvanemden7573what did he say wrong
Nothing compared to ten hag ball
@@ERICTENHAG56Ten Hag playing Ole ball 2.0. What happened to United? Thought they liked attacking football?
Played for Liverpool,Real Madrid, Bayern Munich & Spain won Champions league,world cup &Euro magnificent career.he's a legend of the game.
Played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich 😮 What a Career 🔥
di maria played for real madrid, united, psg ,juventus
@@factspk373 snuck in PSG
Almost won LaLiga with Real Sociedad
Head coach of Leverkusen
2 Euros and 1 world cup
Park the bus vs Buy the bus.
Loooool 😂 loved that
Haha good one 👍
Jajajaja brillante
Cry more, Mourinho spent more than Guardiola😂
@@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
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💎
And Xabi adjusted his game style for both, this is a manager's dream player.
Mourinho won la liga with 121 goals. All time record. He doesnt like to be defensive. He adapts to his squad
@@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
@@mattmaisela1140 lol ok mate but Mourinho won the Champions League with Porto that’s enough 🤷🏾♂️.
@@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
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.
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.
gila sih emang leverkusen nomer satu sekarang
@@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.
Xabi -Khedira will always be the standard of pivot concept.
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.
With Mascherano behind them, clearing them up to go forward more. Best midfield i've ever seen
@@rasmusjrgensen1566disappointed me with those 3world class midfielders 😔 Liverpool won nothing
Classiest? buddy there are at least 10 classier midfielders than him
@@andreicornea7527 name them
@@andreicornea7527 Not a chance. You must be 12. I said that ‘i’ve seen’. Its subjective. Look that word up in the dictionary, kid.
Imagine having both pep and Jose standing there analyzing their tactical point of view. That day will be the best day of my life.
It happened way before they became famous.
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
Alonso: "Hi Jose. I still remember you told me to purposely get a red card by time wasting"
That's attention to detail and being several steps ahead of everyone!
Pep 2009 barca team is the greatest team in controlling the game Mouriniho 2012 RM team is the greatest counter attacking team
They only counter attached against Barca and dominated all other teams.
@@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
I think the 10/11 team was better with Messi at his absolute peak.
Ac Milan late 80s and early 90s were greatest team in controlling the game.
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.
Klopp just announced he's leaving. So here I am
Me too
Chelsea will take him Last minute
@@luu1678to waste his coaching career has done to others mtweee . Useless club wasting players n coaches
Alonso is winning it all in germany now 🎉
Hahahaha Liverpool aren't the "chosen ones" their fans like to think they are
Xabi Alonzo one of the greatest passers of the ball, they don't make 'em like this anymore
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
Alexander Arnold can pass with very similar skill
@@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
@@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.
@@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.
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.
He'll be Mourinho's opponent this week as Leverkusen's manager., "For sure"
he did well but classic Mourinho parked the bus and didnt let Xabi's team a chance haha
@@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.
@@marcomair8977sorry for the inconvenience but I have a question, what is your opinion on sacking the special one?
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 👍👍👍👍
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.
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.
Good job he's coming to liverpool next season as klopps replacement, perfect timing 👌
@@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew hahahaha 😂
And now Xabi is the best this season
I was a big fan of tactical players like Xabi, I bet he will reach the top tier as coach/manager
This is now . This dude is literally a top tier coach at this moment
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. 😊
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.
And the Next Real Madrid Coach
his position as a player is dmf also
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)
@@Anwar.Bhe's going liverpool first
calm down he was never first pick for spain and hes only just starting off in management
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.
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
With Torres, the most exciting player I have seen come to Anfield, both started with a bang
Who's here scouting for LFC??
Yes just watching his interview for the job
👋
welcome (back) to Liverpool :)
Me
For some am getting a alot of Xabi Alonso videos and as a LFC fan am liking it.
Welcome back home xabi liverpool is waiting ❤
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
I'm surprised Alonso could understand what Carragher was saying.
He played at Liverpool, he is used to Scouse accent
@@groodbeast8135 i know, i meant it as a joke
Well they shared a locker room for 5 seasons…in Liverpool
that's his former teammate...
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.
Atlast Someone had ended the Domination of Bayern Munich in Bundesliga 👏👏👏 What a superb Achievement
As a Liverpool fan I can honestly say Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano was the best midfield we ever had in the premier league era.
and Momo Sissoko, Oh woo oh.
Hendo, Fabinho & Gini >
We didn't win much, though. Hendo, Fabinho and Wijnaldum, in my opinion.
@@kingandgodjust no😂
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.
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
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.
@@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 ...
@@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
@@kumarayush9950 Real Madrid fans don’t talk about that era? 😂😂 come on man 😂
@@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?
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
JOSE MOURIHNO !!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
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
Man I would love for that to happen
An eighteen minute long video on Sky Sports Retro should be enough to decide who to be hired as manager.
And now he is a legend in making as a manager himself
I love the images of Carragher pretending to comprehend Pep or Jose's sophisticated tactics.
What a beautiful man he is
hope xabi alonso succeeds klopp when his time is done at liverpool 🤞🏽
two stellar teammates.
The big question is can he break down low block defenses if he comes to liverpool which is about 80% of our opponents playstyle
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 .
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.
Exactly. The man holds the record for most goals ever in a season in laliga, yet people call him a defensive manager...
@@vincentvries9854 He was dismantle in his first season
@@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.
He won one league title in Spain. That's nothing extraordinary.
PUT WHEN THIS BROADCAST IN THE INFO PLS
Genius 💯💯
One of my Favorites Player is Xabi Alonso❤️❤️❤️
What a professional his career in player and coach!
The dream come true. Congratulations Xabi!
How many Liverpool fans watching this again , hoping 😂🇮🇪
👋
👌
🙏
Emotion aside, is he really the best candidate. If he'd not played for Liverpool I wouldn't be so sure. Spanish Gerrard.
@@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 👌🇮🇪
Lets not forget the experience he had from the great Rafael Benitez Top manager !
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.
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
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.
You people keep bringing unlucky every time , do you even see that mancity side winning against Liverpool at that champions league final
With calling out Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets as rare players, you would almost forget Messi😉
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.
years ago, alonso speaking & thinking like a future manager
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
Of course
Alonso-Busquets-Xavi? Where's Iniesta?)
@@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
@@gamestar70 Ok, it makes sense now
That German and Spanish squad was insane was filled with true players unlike these where France has an whole African team
i am arsenal fan, i adore xavi alonso, stevie G, dirt kuyt.i started watching football from xavi alonso, henry era's
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
jose incredible
Next lfc manager hopefully 🙏
Hope future Madrid coach. He is a legend for the Spain NT.
what a player
Joseeeeeeeee ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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.
Looking forward to Roma VS Leverkusen
Mourinho ❤
please put the original date in the title or description. hate not having that context.
Xabi: Pep is similar to Jose, but Jose is similar to Pep😂
I hope he continues his journey and ends up at Liverpool as a manger.
Xabi Alonso?
@@krisnarefaagusta16 no carra obviously
@@krisnarefaagusta16 No Igor Biscan
No Super Frankie Lampard
@@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.
7 years later, Pep has made John Stones one of the best ever English CBs
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.
@@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
@@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.
Lol
@@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.
Welcome back Xabi
Watching this and thinking how he lead an invincible Bayer to their first league in 120 years, makes absolute sense
Xabi is great to listen to has a great football brain.
Underrated superstar footballer. He's the next superstar manager.
Carragher is always sniffing for Guardiola's secrets.
Lmoa
Here to see our next manager 💯YNWA
he’ll finish building his Leverkusen dynasty in the Bundes and then take over when Ancilotti retires in Madrid
@@thlee3 We’ll see 😉
Alonso will be a great manager.
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.
@@chrismullero8244and here we are 8months later and you're absolutely right.
@@nelsonoghenekaroomoyibo270 👊
watcihng this after the man won the league title⚡🔥🔥
Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta playing for la Roja together ....what a midfield
This video aged like fine wine
Already a great coach, and has potential to be one of the best for many years
Interesting listening to this, and then seeing what Xavi is doing at Leverkusen
Both high maintenance and need tons of money for success. Though Jose like his Porto days doing his best at Roma on tight budget
Did he not also play under Ancelotti? Who should be counted in there as best managers as well i think
He played under Benitez as well.
Xabi is so so good, damn
Turned from a world class player to manager it looks like let’s hope it continues for him and we get to see him in the premier league with Liverpool
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!
I don't understand why they don't include the dates of these original videos in the description
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.
14:27 I'm sure it's going to happen since it's Carragher + Alonso, I expected that.
Im so glad, that Xabi is a red
Bro knows ball
Bro was learn from the Best. Hope you will be hreat manager in the future
great coaches + leagend xabi alonso
Xabi Alonso doing wonders with Leverkusen, good coach
The song is a remix of wide awake - ready 👍
Future Liverpool manager !
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.
Wow, brilliant manager coming from golden era of football. Once has won everything and I’m convinced he will win again but as a manager.
Life is crazy. Looking at him now, currently managing an unbeaten Leverkusen side this season
Hey Xabi, do not use the word special if you are not going to complete it with "one" which of course means Mourinho 😎😎
I just don’t see him leaving bayer for another German club right away. I’m praying Liverpool get him but who knows with FSG
Along with his amazing technical prowess and charisma, Xabi Alonso is also an extremely handsome man. What an unfair world we live in
Please ask Xavi Alonso about Del Bosque's and Ancelotti's tactics also.
Him and stevie are 2 different types of midfielders but both top 5 all time in those positions. Xabi was a maestro like pirlo. Stevie was the engine.
Welcome back to LFC Xabi!