'It's not acceptable to be second' - Benitez gives Alonso Real Madrid warning - video Dailymotion

Former Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez reveals how current head coach Xabi Alonso will be valued at the club

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00:00After going back to the Real Sociedad B, he did a great job in the Everkusen.

00:09There was a series of things that would have been good to try to replicate all of that.

00:15That's normal, with what I see a lot of potential.

00:18And now we have to see, not only what he does,

00:21but what he does Barcelona or Atlético Madrid,

00:23or in the Champions,

00:24to see if he's worth it for his work

00:27and not for what he doesn't want to do, because others can do better.

00:31The problem with these teams, like Madrid,

00:33is that you don't have to be the second.

00:35You can do a great job and finish the second, and people don't value it.