Xabi Alonso: Romeo Lavia Has Mental Block Over 90 Minutes
Short overview
Xabi Alonso says Romeo Lavia has a mental block about playing full matches. Despite fatigue, Alonso insisted Lavia complete 90 minutes, and the player finished exhausted but happy.
Xabi Alonso has spoken about Romeo Lavia's struggle to complete full matches, describing it as a mental block.
“Romeo Lavia has this mental block when it comes to playing 90 minutes, he was tired but I said let him play, let him play…”
Alonso revealed that the decision was made to let Lavia play the entire match, despite his fatigue.
“We let him do the 90 and he finishes exhausted, I think that he is really happy.”
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