- 1. Football 2.0: How the world’s best play the modern game by Grant Wahl
- (General)
- ... their team roles and the skills required, and together watching video clips of them in action to illustrate their answers. His line-up is Manuel Neuer, Vincent Kompany, Xabi Alonso, Christian Pulisic ...
- Created on 07 November 2018
- 2. Ring Of Fire: Liverpool FC into the 21st century – the players’ stories
- (Clubs)
- ... firm to Hughes’ previous books, the author corralling a selection of those involved in Liverpool’s progress through the millennium, among them Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen, Gérard Houllier, Xabi Alonso, ...
- Created on 30 March 2017
- 3. The Man In The Middle: The autobiography of the World Cup final referee by Howard Webb
- (General)
- ... you will, but he insists that his mere yellow card for Nigel de Jong’s notorious flying kick on Xabi Alonso was the result of an impaired view of the incident, nothing more. It’s interesting to read that ...
- Created on 25 January 2017
- 4. How European magazines saw the 2014 World Cup
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... r the worst: Casillas, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Diego Costa... As the free-kick spray has been popular, is there another idea you would like to see used for matches? The goal-l ...
- Created on 10 July 2014
- 5. Champions League Dreams
- (Managers)
- ... season. The baffling sale of Xabi Alonso is dealt with, though hardly satisfactorily, with Benítez claiming he was backed into a corner by financial necessity and UEFA's newly imposed overseas play ...
- Created on 12 February 2013
- 6. Golden balls
- (Miscellaneous)
- ... sta and Xavi Hernández. Several votes intended for Xavi were credited in error to Xabi Alonso. Mystery surrounded the non-return of ballots by some federations, including Argentina's. In another inno ...
- Created on 21 December 2011
- 7. World Cup 2010 TV diary – Group stages
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... mp down the middle rebounds a couple of times before being put away by Gelson Fernandes. “There’s more than one way to skin a cat,” says McCarthy almost smacking his lips. Xabi Alonso hits the bar and o ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 8. World Cup 2010 TV diary – Knockout stages
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... et their own penalty when Antolín Alcaraz brings down Villa but escapes with a yellow despite being the last defender. Xabi Alonso scores but must retake after encroachment which was no worse than for ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 9. Kicking the habit
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... aggressive tackling should have seen him sent off during the first game against Denmark, and his attack on Xabi Alonso – plus his pitiful excuse that he “didn’t see the opponent coming in from the side ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 10. Passing the buck
- (Clubs)
- ... Xabi Alonso and Peter Crouch; Andrea Dossena, for God’s sake. Which brings us to Rafa. Initial reactions to his leaving have been mixed. Thanks for the good times maybe, but what happened to the rest? ...
- Created on 21 July 2010
- 11. South Africa 0 Spain 2
- (Match of the month)
- ... become such an irritation that even Xabi Alonso was moved to speak out against them, combined to produce not the whining cacophony of earlier games, but a great hum of anticipation. Behind the goal away ...
- Created on 21 August 2009
- 12. The price of success
- (Newswatch)
- ... Rick Parry. Many observers were surprised at the Liverpool manager’s dogged pursuit of the then Villa captain given that he was prepared to offload Xabi Alonso to do so. Then again, when you’re given as ...
- Created on 21 May 2009
- 13. Tales of the unexpected – Spain united for final
- (Euro 2008)
- ... “faction” in the group, or the Basque one (aka Xabi Alonso) – as if this automatically meant that there was tension again in the camp. But Puyol is too busy listening to the Ramones to worry about reading ...
- Created on 21 August 2008
- 14. Spain – Euro 2008
- (Euro 2008 team guide)
- ... Cesc Fábregas is marginally more tedious to listen to in English than in Spanish, which might have something to do with the fact that neither is his native language; Xabi Alonso comes over in all three ...
- Created on 04 June 2008
- 15. May 2007
- (Diary)
- ... but Michael Brown could be in trouble for headbutting Xabi Alonso. Everton are almost certain of a UEFA Cup spot after a 3‑0 win at home to Portsmouth. Bristol City go up from League One after a 3‑1 win ...
- Created on 14 July 2007
- 16. September 2006
- (Diary)
- ... on the night shift when they really wanted to be on the afternoon shift on Saturday,” says Chris Coleman of his weakened line‑up. Xabi Alonso scores from his own half in Liverpool’s 2‑0 Premiership win ...
- Created on 14 November 2006
- 17. Letters, WSC 235
- (Readers' letters)
- ... the re-recorded goal. “You know, I think it was Xabi Alonso coming in behind,” he said, with acting ability that would fail to get him a part in a primary school play – having no doubt messed it up first ...
- Created on 14 September 2006
- 18. July 2005
- (Diary)
- ... close to losing their best player.” Xabi Alonso declined to comment. Ronaldinho may be offered £300,000 a week to stay with Barcelona after reports that Chelsea are prepared to meet his contract buy-out ...
- Created on 14 September 2005
- 19. May 2005
- (Diary)
- ... in the second half. Steven Gerrard and Vladimir Smicer score before Xabi Alonso converts his own penalty rebound for the third. In extra time Jerzy Dudek recovers from one save to pull off a point-blank ...
- Created on 14 July 2005
- 20. Six appeal
- (Clubs)
- ... contribution surprised more people, but Smicer has more quality and heart than his critics allow – if not a body robust enough to show us more. This was his parting gift. Xabi Alonso, a new arrival, showed ...
- Created on 14 July 2005
