{"id":20324,"date":"2026-01-14T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/hansi-flick-analyzes-xabi-alonsos-departure-from-real-madrid\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:21:50","slug":"hansi-flick-analyzes-xabi-alonsos-departure-from-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/hansi-flick-analyzes-xabi-alonsos-departure-from-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick analyzes Xabi Alonso&#8217;s departure from Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">Hansi Flick spoke to the media on Wednesday ahead of the Copa del Rey match against Racing Santander. The manager assessed the situation in the Blaugrana&#8217;s dressing room after last Sunday&#8217;s Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a victory in Jeddah in preparation for a place in the last 16, but also referred to the arrival of Cancelo and the sacking of Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will be full of motivation. They are a young, brave, well-playing team&#8230;The stadium will be excited to welcome us. This is a cup game and we have to be ready from the start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Ramin Yamal reveals teammate during live stream<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Racing is a young and brave team who will play well&#8230;The stadium will be full of excitement to welcome us. This is a cup. Must be ready from the beginning<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cancelo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I said it already in Arabia. We have to make decisions, but in the defensive axis we have Kvarsi, Eric, Gerard, Ronald&#8230; and we are doing well. Gerrard can also play elsewhere, and we also have Eric. He gives us quality and in attack he gives us a lot in the last third, where we break the opposition. He is a very good option.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>goalkeeper<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Joan will play, but that&#8217;s tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>I think Joan will play, but it will be tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Xabi Alonso<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is football, it&#8217;s not something I&#8217;m worried about. I have a very good relationship with Xavi. We&#8217;ve known each other since our days at Leverkusen and we&#8217;ve kept in touch. He&#8217;s a great coach. This is football. I wish him the best. We have to move forward and think about what and how to improve. But he&#8217;s a great coach and I&#8217;m sure he has a great future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>I have a very good relationship with Xavi, we&#8217;ve known each other since our days in Leverkusen and kept in touch. he is a great coach<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>personal tranquility<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never know what will happen. It&#8217;s about winning and that&#8217;s what football is about, especially at a big club like this. But the feeling that we are working together is like a family. The president said that in Saudi Arabia. We talked about family, our children, sisters, parents came&#8230; what we have built is special. I feel as a family and I felt it in Arabia too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>As a coach, you never know what will happen to you.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>coach<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are talking about football, but we cannot change this situation. The club and the team have to trust you. I don&#8217;t want to talk about Real Madrid. The manager&#8217;s job is very difficult and we have a lot of responsibility&#8230; but that is also part of our job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He could potentially play a few minutes. That&#8217;s what we have in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Cancelo could play a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ter stegen<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will decide when we meet tomorrow. I have nothing more to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Consecutive wins against Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes you have to enjoy the situation, but things change quickly. The people of Barcelona are great. It&#8217;s great to live here. We understand our responsibility and we&#8217;re working hard. We won our first title, but that&#8217;s in the past. Racing will want to beat us and they did very well against Villarreal in third place. We have to play at our best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>As a coach you have to enjoy the situation, it can change<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s last moments<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy with Jo\u00e3o Garc\u00eda&#8217;s goal. He was there to save what was coming. It was a very good final, we played a good game and we saw the quality of Real Madrid, which wasn&#8217;t easy when they were one player down. I&#8217;m happy that they didn&#8217;t score the third goal. A very good goal. The keeper saved us several times and we won 3-2. I&#8217;m very happy with what I saw in Arabia. The team is connected and I&#8217;m very happy with the atmosphere of the game. &#8220;The dressing room is very good, but we have to keep working. \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Happy with Jo\u00e3o Garcia&#8217;s goal, he is there to save whatever happens<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">hansi flick<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ronald Araujo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to decide whether he has time or not. We have one more day to decide. Some players are tired. We have 24 hours to think about it. He has practiced well and will be able to play a few minutes without any problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll be able to analyze when we play against them. 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