Xabi Alonso FULL Press Conference After First Chelsea Match — Chelsea vs Western Sydney Wanderers

[0:00] Jamie, congrats on the wind. Just give us a brief indication of what you thought was positive about the performance and what were the negatives? [0:08] Good evening everyone. I think that it has been a very useful, friendly, that we can learn a lot from today. [0:17] There were moments that we were struggling to find solutions and we need to have the positives that we correct them. [0:25] But there were moments that the game management is something that we can learn from today, when they were pressing so high, [0:31] it was tough to find the solution from inside, to have different understanding of what's happening and to make those changes in the game. [0:41] It's something that will happen often in all the games. [0:45] And the more situations we have that we are struggling and we find the solutions, the better team we will be. [0:51] And for that, I think that this friendly is going to be useful for the future and as well for minutes for everyone. [1:03] No injuries. The young ones, good experience to come in the tour and to have some minutes. [1:09] And the senior ones, they came on with good impact, with good minutes. [1:14] So, an exciting game for the fans as well. [1:19] Did you get any grief? [1:24] I'm very hungry. [1:27] Joao is really, really determined to have a great season. [1:34] He wants to, after a great last year, he scored many goals, but I think that he wants to keep scoring more and more. [1:44] We need to help him. On his own, it's not possible. [1:47] He will have the players around him, they need to have this hunger to score as well. [1:51] It's not just about the striker, but every time that we win and our striker scores, I am happy. [2:00] I want to ask you about Liam Dela. What's your opinion about his future here in your match? [2:09] Oh, every player that is involved is doing well. Liam as well. It was 60 minutes when he had to battle hard against the centre-backs. [2:20] A good few days off. So, he's doing well and preparing for the season. [2:26] Is Liam a player like and confidence? What are you seeing? [2:29] Yeah, I see him in good mood, in good desire to get proper fitness, proper football feeling good and he's doing great. [2:40] Anybody else? Yeah, Peter. [2:45] No, I'm sure that from today till the last day of the transfer there will be a lot of links, a lot of rumours. [3:06] So, to be commenting all of them, it's going to be a hard task. [3:11] But for sure, we need proper balance in terms of qualities, in terms of positions, in terms of balance. [3:20] We want to have a complete squad and we want to make a good team. [3:24] And for that, we have an idea, we have a plan and let's see how we set it up till the start of the Premier League. [3:35] Till then, we will see. [3:37] We're back to Football 360. [3:40] Hi, Jamie. Congrats on the win tonight. [3:42] What did you make of the Western Sydney Wanderers tonight? [3:44] Did anyone of the players impress you at all? [3:47] Well, the whole team impressed me. [3:49] Even, you know, they had a very aggressive in good terms, in terms of high pressing, in terms of commitment or how they want to play. [4:02] So, we were not sure what they were going to do and they had a real goal. [4:07] So, it was tough at the end. [4:09] We beat them, but it has been a very, very close game. [4:12] So, because of that, credit to them as well. [4:18] Go to Jack. [4:19] So, you spoke at the start about game management and solutions where more experience... [4:28] Everyone has to learn, everyone. [4:33] It doesn't matter if you are young, if you are more experienced. [4:35] This is what happens in the game. [4:38] This is a quality as well that you need. [4:41] You can be quick, you can be good dribbling, but you can have this game intelligence to do the things. [4:48] And from everything, we will need to be quick because the competition is in just almost a month. [4:55] And we want to get ready for that. [4:58] But we need to manage that. [5:01] That's so important in football nowadays. [5:03] Danny Welbeck is a player you actually played against. [5:06] I wonder if you had any use of that and him scoring against your Real Madrid team? [5:10] Many rumours at the moment. [5:14] No comment. [5:16] Go to Bobby. [5:18] Hi, Javi. [5:19] That's the answer. [5:20] I have played well today. [5:21] What is the plan? [5:23] Well, firstly, what do you make of it? [5:24] What is the plan for you? [5:26] Many decisions to be taken during this position. [5:30] I think that it's good that we have the chance to see many players that were not here last year, [5:35] that they have come, as well with some injuries, but with Gio Kenda and Omega as well, [5:40] that they played the first two friendly games that we have closed doors in Coban. [5:44] You see from then and after, we will take decisions. [5:47] So we're still early to decide how will be the squad in the first game of the competition. [5:54] But I knew Dastam from last year, from Almaty, and you see that he's a different player. [6:03] He's a goal threat. [6:05] He runs, he attacks very well this inner channel, close to the striker coming from outside. [6:12] So I will tell that. [6:14] For him, coming from Almaty, from his first experience in the club, he's been good. [6:20] He's really strong and really quick. [6:25] You will be really impressed with him. [6:27] He felt something in the hamstring, not a big thing. [6:40] So hopefully we are expecting him to be fit for Saturday. [6:45] But there was no point of taking risks today. [6:50] So that's why Reggie Watson has played these 90 minutes and he's done well. [6:56] OK, we'll end it there. Thank you, everyone. [6:58] Thank you.