The secret that Xabi Alonso hid from Del Bosque before the World Cup semi-finals: “He gave me six points”

Xabi Alonso has started a new stage in his life as coach of the Chelsea. The coach, one of those who was world champion with Spain in 2010, analyzed the current situation of the Spanish team, the moment of Messithe final against Argentina and what he experienced at the time. Including a scare before the semifinals against Germany. He did it in an interview on ‘El Partidazo de Cope’.

”I’m not nervous, I’m expectant, excited about the match that it is,” he explained about the final. He doesn’t see a clear favorite: “Rationally, your head can tell you Spain, but emotionally it’s very divided. “Argentina has demonstrated the ability to rise from adverse situations.”

A very special match: “Any World Cup final is iconic. It is the greatest match a footballer can play. Enjoy it, lifting the cup is a unique sensation.” An Alonso who continues to be moved by what he experienced at the time: “Your head permanently goes to those iconic images of the cup.”

The man from Tolosa recalled what happened to him on the same day as the World Cup semi-final against Germany: “Well, atypical things that happen. Just before Vicente del Bosque’s talk, I was taking a shower and the shower screen, because with a blow, it shattered. The glass screen broke, it gave me a very deep cut on my thigh. I was bleeding and I said it couldn’t be that this happened to me just before a semi-final. I called Dr. Cota, who was my Salvador. He put a tourniquet on my thigh. I promised him, don’t tell the coach anything, and if I can’t, I’m not going to tell him anything yet. And he, who I am still very grateful to, maintained that confidentiality and then he stitched me up in the locker room and I told him I’m going to go out and warm up.