Transcript: Alvaro Arbeloa Looks At Himself After Real Madrid's Shock Loss Vs Albacete

The week continued to beryllium reliable for Real Madrid arsenic Álvaro Arbeloa mislaid his first crippled successful charge, which was unexpected. Los Blancos mislaid 3-2 to La Liga 2 broadside Albacete, meaning they are retired of this season's Copa del Rey.

Arbeloa said astir nan determination to time off players down successful Madrid and was successful nary uncertainty that it was a bully call. He looked astatine himself for nan logic nan squad mislaid nan game.

The interim caput coach praised Vinicius Jr. and was besides asked really President Florentino Perez will respond to nan loss.

Alvaro Arbeloa said to nan media aft nan daze 3-2 Copa del Rey nonaccomplishment to Albacete. (per Real Madrid).

"At this club, a tie is already bad, a tragedy. Imagine a conclusion for illustration this. It's painful, and I'm judge each nan fans are hurting, particularly erstwhile it's against a lower-division team. We already cognize nan trouble immoderate squad presents, and we saw that against Talavera. From here, we person to improve. If anyone is responsible for this defeat, it's me, since I'm nan 1 who made nan decisions regarding nan lineup, really we wanted to play, nan substitutions… I tin only convey nan players for nan invited they gave maine and nan effort they made today. I'll effort to thief them retrieve mentally and physically, obviously. We request to amended and spell for Saturday's match."

Q: The players said:

Arbeloa: "I’ve seen players who wanted to win, who gave their all, and who tried to do what I asked of them. I told them I can’t responsibility them astatine each for really they received maine yesterday and nan cognition they’ve shown today. I understand nan Real Madrid fans and nan precocious expectations they spot connected us, expectations that travel pinch this badge and its history. We each spell to furniture hurting, but tomorrow we person to get up, get backmost to work, and hole for Saturday’s lucifer astatine nan Bernabéu, successful beforehand of them. We still beryllium them a lot. We person 2 titles up of america and a batch to conflict for."

"Any Real Madridplayer is very demanding of themselves, otherwise they wouldn't beryllium connected this team. No 1 successful nan locker room was happy, and they were nan first to want to return responsibility. Tomorrow astatine 11:00 AM we'll beryllium at Valdebebas, ready to activity and excited for Saturday's match. This nine is very demanding, but awesome teams show their existent colors successful these moments, successful difficult situations, and that's erstwhile we request to beryllium astir agreed and cognize what we want and erstwhile we want it. For my part, I'll effort to thief them successful immoderate measurement I can, knowing that we don't person a batch of time. Let's activity difficult to play a awesome lucifer connected Saturday."

Q: What person you asked of nan players?

Arbeloa: “Many things. When a caller coach arrives, he has caller ideas and a different measurement of working, of preparing for matches, of focusing connected objectives. They request to understand this context, and that's why I return afloat work because what happens connected nan section is nan coach's responsibility. It's nan work of my position. When nan squad plays poorly, it's because I haven't done better, and I will ever return work for that.”

Q: Areas for improvement:

Arbeloa: “We’re going to look galore matches against teams that take sides heavy successful their ain half. We request to beryllium faster, making our opponents tally not only from broadside to broadside pinch nan shot but besides down us. We besides request to move positions much and person clearer ideas. It wasn’t easy successful a azygous day, but we must person nan velocity to break down immoderate defense for illustration nan 1 we faced coming and successful immoderate different match. We request to retrieve from each nan injuries nan squad has had and get everyone healthy, regain their joy, and get them backmost to highest beingness condition.”

Q: On Vini Jr.

Arbeloa: “It’s been affirmative that, aft wherever he came from and nan awesome efforts he made past week, he wanted to beryllium present and play each minute. He’s been consenting to thief nan team, to transportation them connected his shoulders, to create chances and ne'er hide. That’s nan Vini Jr. I want to see: personification who takes risks, who assumes responsibility, and who is simply a game-changer. He’ll person brighter days and little agleam ones, but I’ve seen him committed and that he’s a captain. I’m convinced he’s going to springiness america immoderate awesome nights, and if Real Madrid wants to triumph titles, we request him astatine his best.”

Q: Do you deliberation this necktie could time off a people connected you?

Alonso: "I've mislaid galore times successful my life. Tough defeats and difficult moments, but I don't deliberation defeats time off a mark. If thing defines this club, it's victories, titles, and afloat trophy cabinets. I'm not present to pad my CV, but to thief nan nine go nan champion successful nan world and capable its trophy cabinet."

Q: How do you explicate nan elimination to Florentino Pérez?

Alonso: “I don’t person to explicate thing to nan president because he knows acold much astir this than I do, fixed his experience. He’s been president for 25 years and a Real Madrid instrumentality for galore more. He knows nan history of this club. We’re a winning nine and we’re only looking ahead. We’re already reasoning astir La Liga and nan Champions League, which are our main objectives. We person to put this down us.”

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