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Alonso Hungry For Success
Ed Colenutt, November 11th 2008
Xabi Alonso says tasting victory with his country in Euro 2008 this
summer has made him hungry for more success with Liverpool. The 26-year-old was one of four Reds in the squad as Spain won their first trophy for 34 years.
Now back on Merseyside, the midfield maestro insists that he and fellow Spaniards
Fernando Torres, Alvaro Arbeloa
and Pepe Reina have no intention of taking things easy.
Speaking to the official LFC Magazine Alonso said: "I have taken a lot of confidence from our success with Spain
in the summer. I might not have started the games because the coach had a pre-defined team in his mind and it worked
really well."
"But I was an important substitute and I felt I was able to play my own part in that success. I helped close games
out and made some contributions."
"Winning becomes a habit. I never understand the idea that winning trophies can somehow make players less hungry."
"I want more. I listen to Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher talking and they have won more things than I have won. They say it makes them hungrier for more and I am the same."
"I came home and put away my medal in the drawer alongside the FA Cup and Champions League ones, then started thinking immediately about winning trophies and medals with Liverpool."
Alonso was linked with a move away from Anfield this summer after spending a large chunk of last season injured, and was only a bit part player in the Euros. He has shown a return to form since the start of the season though, something that isn’t lost on the player himself.
He added: "Personally, I am happy with my present form. But I can improve and that's my focus."
"I am a midfielder. I prefer to be thought of not as a defensive midfielder but as a central midfielder. That means I should be trying to get into more scoring positions and influencing the game higher up the pitch when the chance presents itself."
"You can always improve in football. You can never believe that you can't because pretty soon you will find yourself out of the team."
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