Alonso on Madrid's Courtois performance in 1-0 Champions league defeat at Liverpool

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Alonso on Madrid's Courtois performance in 1-0 Champions league defeat at Liverpool   04/11/2025  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00We'll begin the press conference, one question per media organization.

00:07We're going to start now the press conference, because remember that we do one question per intervention,

00:11and you have to identify with your name and the company that you represent.

00:17Hello, good evening.

00:19There will be lots of footballing explanations,

00:25and you have to watch the game again to understand what happened on the pitch.

00:29One of the most important things that we've seen is the lack of intensity

00:34or the lack of intensity, even though Liverpool has been on the pitch.

00:38Do you still have that feeling?

00:41No, I don't have that feeling.

00:43I think we competed well in that first half.

00:48I think it was a great opportunity in that first half.

00:52We played at a high rhythm.

00:53I think what we were lacking today was perhaps to hurt them in the final third and to be a real threat.

01:02And then the second part was just small details.

01:05At half time, we said we needed to be in the game to have an opportunity.

01:10And we conceded lots of fouls.

01:14Thibault, Courtois, wasn't able to save that header from the set piece.

01:19But it was a bit difficult for us today.

01:21I'm not going to complain about my team.

01:23We gave it a good goal.

01:25It's the first game we've had in this group phase against Liverpool.

01:30And then we'll start to think about what's coming in the future.

01:34Javi, can you just ask about Trent and obviously the reaction that he got when he came in?

01:41Have you spoken to him?

01:43How is he?

01:44And how did that impact the team as well when you're obviously pushing and trying for that equaliser?

01:48The fact that it kind of enhanced the kind of hostility towards the team at that point?

01:53Well, it was being a very intense game.

01:55A typical atmosphere around feeling a Champions League game against a top-top classic game in European football.

02:00And we needed his quality.

02:02We needed his, you know, his threat from the wing.

02:06It could be expected.

02:08Profesional, mature.

02:09He was ready for that.

02:10So, no problem.

02:11Here.

02:13Mario.

02:15No, Mister.

02:18Aquí Mario de la Riva para el ASS.

02:20Después de un inicio de temporada en el que le veíamos viendo,

02:23en el que le hemos visto hacer muchos cambios de un once a otro,

02:27hoy ha sacado el mismo once del Clásico.

02:29No sé si, con la salida quizá de Valverde, que sigue jugando en el lateral derecho,

02:32¿este puede ser un once de tipo en cuanto a nombre y estructura?

02:36¿Vale?

02:37Son decisiones que vamos tomando y jugadores que están en buen momento,

02:43jugadores que están funcionando bien, pero necesitamos a todos.

02:46O sea que, ahora estamos en noviembre, ahora vamos a tener una fase exigente

02:52y, bueno, hoy era la decisión para hoy.

02:54Estaban funcionando, funcionaban en el Clásico.

02:56Hoy ha habido cosas que han funcionado bien, otras que tenemos que mejorar,

02:59pero necesitamos a todos y hoy nos vamos con mal sabor de boca por la derrota,

03:07pero hay que salir, hay que analizarlo.

03:09Pero hay que salir, hay que analizarlo.

03:10Y analizar lo que hicimos hoy y pensar en el partido mañana en el Rayo.

03:14Hola, Chavi, ¿qué tal?

03:17Yo el del Rayo de Marta.

03:18No sé si tienes la sensación de que estáis inmersos en una montaña rusa de sensaciones,

03:23con picos muy altos, como en el Clásico, pero picos también tan bajos como en el Clásico,

03:27y que tienen los ups y downs, como cuando fue un poco con equipos que son muy fuertes

03:33debido a marchados intensos y que fueron ganando todos los duelos.

03:37No, no, no creo que venimos con picos, ¿no?

03:40Sí que el Metropolitano no hace por partido, pero hay que ser consistentes con el rendimiento,

03:50con la idea, con la exigencia, vivir a un partido exigente,

03:53detalles que sobre todo tenemos que aprender a no conceder tanto,

03:57a no regalar esas faltas que han sido un poco innecesarias,

03:59que ahí se puede ir el partido como así sido, otras cosas que podemos mejorarlas, sin duda.

04:05No queremos vivir en picos, porque eso es una exigencia.

04:15Y queremos ser estables, queremos ser deficientes, fuimos de nosotros,

04:30Brahim came on towards the end

04:32Trent came on towards the end

04:34I don't know if you think

04:36in the final third of the game

04:37did you know

04:39did you feel that you had the team

04:42that you needed up front

04:43and what was missing

04:44I think we were lacking that threat

04:47in the final third

04:48I think to break that final defensive line

04:52create clear chances

04:54was difficult for us

04:55and on our one-on-ones

04:58we weren't able to cause problems

05:01we changed Valverde

05:03because he had some discomfort

05:05but with Trent we wanted to have that threat

05:08down the right

05:08we always looked to change

05:11the dynamic a little bit

05:13to look for other associations

05:16within the players connections

05:17we had quality on the bench

05:19to be able to affect the game

05:21we were lacking that little bit today

05:23and they were just small details

05:25that fell in their favor

05:27you said that it had been an even game

05:30more or less

05:30the first half

05:33was equal

05:34it seems that

05:36Courtois

05:37has stopped

05:38a really

05:39an even tougher result

05:42for Real Madrid

05:42and perhaps there were no chances

05:44for Real Madrid

05:45in that first half

05:45what do you think about that?

05:46for me the most worrying aspect

05:49I would say

05:49is that we need to learn from this

05:51is when in those moments

05:53when they are pressuring you

05:55which can happen

05:56we when we're at home

05:59with our fans

06:00we managed to do this as well

06:01it's about not conceding

06:03those free kicks

06:05those corners

06:05Thibaut was fantastic

06:07Suboslay managed to win the ball

06:10and get through

06:11and Courtois saved us in that moment

06:12but it was a very intense game

06:14you mentioned

06:17could you talk to me a little bit

06:18about the center of the pitch

06:19how would you analyze

06:23the way that you were able

06:27to bring the ball out

06:28I think sometimes

06:31we came out down the left

06:32with Alvaro

06:33we wanted to have a connection

06:35and perhaps with a player

06:38to be free

06:39and I think Jude

06:42when he received the ball

06:43he was very well marked today

06:45and the idea was to find

06:47a connection with Kylian

06:48I think we started

06:50the first half

06:51we grew into the game

06:53in the first half

06:54and then we managed to play

06:55in their half

06:56but we didn't really

06:59and we lacked that threat

07:00in their area

07:01I think this season

07:04you've used five players

07:06on the right wing

07:08Mastantuno, Brahim

07:10Camavinga, Bellingham

07:12who played for a period

07:14during the Classical

07:15Camavinga played a bit more

07:16in the Classical

07:17than he did today

07:19is that the position

07:21where you are less convinced

07:23in terms of who you want

07:25to put there

07:25I'm sure

07:26I don't know

07:30whether you've understood

07:31that you've used

07:31five players in that position

07:32how do you analyze

07:33that right hand side

07:34we have players

07:36who can play

07:36in different positions

07:37as you've said

07:38Eduardo can play

07:39in different places

07:40Arda can also play

07:42in that position

07:44Fede Valerde can play

07:46it depends on the game

07:47the moment the player is in

07:50the team that we're facing

07:52and we look at our options

07:54sometimes you have

07:58a player with a different

07:59type of profile

08:00there's not an out-on-out

08:01winger

08:01we have a big squad

08:03and we have to evaluate

08:04what we have

08:05for each game

08:06I don't know if

08:10the thing that annoys you

08:13so much

08:14is the way you came out

08:16in that second half

08:17and you received

08:19three chances

08:21from your opponent

08:22is that the most annoying thing

08:23straight after halftime

08:24I think that's the aspect

08:26and that's the area

08:28we've conceded

08:29more chances

08:30I think they are moments

08:32that can be avoided

08:33because we were

08:35close to them

08:37they managed to get in

08:39our half a lot more

08:40and then afterwards

08:43they have players

08:46that can shoot

08:47well from outside the box

08:49but I think we've

08:51committed far too many fouls

08:52this evening

08:53you

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