Alonso: It Was a Great Game with a Complete Performance from Everyone

Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso expressed his immense satisfaction with the performance of all his players in the convincing 3-0 friendly victory over AC Milan.

“It was a great game, a complete performance from all the players. We know we're adapting to many circumstances during the tour, but this was a complete performance in a wonderful stadium with an excellent pitch. Will I implement a three-at-the-back formation? The most important things are the team performance, energy, and principles. Today, everything went well. The players performed well and were in sync, creating some great opportunities. This is a positive, but we must continue to grow. It will be exciting to keep this going. Many players got limited minutes? That was the idea for this weekend: to combine today's match with tomorrow's against Johor Darul Ta'zim so everyone could get significant playing time. We have a plan to follow, and we decided on tomorrow's starting lineup yesterday,” Alonso stated after today's win.