Marcos Alonso

[Beigl 1,387]

He had his moments here, but he needs to go. He simply doesn´t cut it as a WB. He clearly lacks the pace and general athleticism for this role. 

[robsblubot 3,504]

He had a strong game against Madrid. He works better pinned up front in a high press because he's not the one chasing back.

All he needs a time machine so someone could tell him he aint a RB/RWB, but a striker! would have made 3x as much too.

[lucio 5,418]

Looks like he’s off. Low key one of the best strikers of a ball in recent Chelsea history. He was pretty bad apart from that but was a pleasure seeing some of those goals and shots 

[manpe 10,861]

15 minutes ago, lucio said:

Looks like he’s off. Low key one of the best strikers of a ball in recent Chelsea history. He was pretty bad apart from that but was a pleasure seeing some of those goals and shots 

Overall has been a very good servant. Was essential during the Conte era. If you rolled back the years I wouldn't mind keeping him, but he's over 30 now and slower, so probably time to move on to a slower league. His direct free-kicks were also always dangerous from that right-hand side, always seemed to hit the target or get close to it.

Edited August 5, 2022 by manpe

[NikkiCFC 7,950]

Ashley Cole left 8 years ago. After him we didn't have better player than Marcos Alonso on the left side. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

Actually one of the best technical players on the squad, good luck to him!

[King Kante 1,476]

Never understood why people hated him so much; yeah he had limitations but equally he had some top traits. For me he looks like he is off, if so I will wish him luck and thank him for his service. 

[Tomo 21,733]

5 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Never understood why people hated him so much; yeah he had limitations but equally he had some top traits. For me he looks like he is off, if so I will wish him luck and thank him for his service. 

The calls for Emerson to replace him were truly odd.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

He was a very frustrating player and I am glad to see the back of him. He scored a few nice goals but way too few to make up for his disruption of our play with his terrible positioning and lack of pace 

[Clockwork 1,794]

15 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Never understood why people hated him so much; yeah he had limitations but equally he had some top traits. For me he looks like he is off, if so I will wish him luck and thank him for his service. 

Because he is extremely limited the rare goals do not make up for his limitation. There is a reason Conte tried to replace him immediately, his first year was his best in a Chelsea uniform.

 

[Alabama 1,992]

Alonso gone...

 

[DDA 9,690]

Thank fuck. Nice one for the odd goal here and there but thank god this dinosaur of a player has gone. 

Slow, lethargic, headless and arrogant. 

Bye bye. 👋 

[James 5,198]

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,845]

Thanks for those 

[Mário César 975]

 

some good moments.... some bad,, some horrible matches but he was important in some sucess in our last years

your contributions in conte title will never be forgotten

thank you 

[nyikolajevics 2,576]

His father passed away Today..  

 

Crazy how similar he is to his old man.

[Vesper 28,802]

7 hours ago, nyikolajevics said:

His father passed away Today..  

 

Crazy how similar he is to his old man.

 

Spanish Football

Alonso family join select club where three generations have played for national team

 

https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2018/03/17/5aacdeaf468aebe6738b4626.html

 

 

The Alonso family have entered a rare club where grandfather, father and son have all been picked for their national team, following Julen Lopetegui's decision to call up Marcos Alonso this week for Spain.

On March 17th, 1955, Marcos Alonso Imaz made his debut for La Roja who lost 2-1 against France that day and now his grandson has been included in the squad to face Germany and Argentina later this month.

In between, Marcos Alonso Pena, the father of the Chelsea full-back played his first of 22 games for Spain in 1981 when they won at Wembley .

Despite performing at a high level with Fiorentina and Chelsea, it was beginning to look as though the latest player from the Alonso family would not make it to international level but finally he got the call from Lopetegui.

He kept battling but with little expectation and even planned to travel to Dubai during the international break before hearing the news that he was included.

Similar cases are few and far between in world football.

The Slovac, Vladimir Weiss, who played for Espanyol, turned out for the national team as did his father and grandfather. In Northern Ireland, three generations of the Feeney family have played for their country as is the case with the Emam's of Egypt, the Salvinu's of Malta, the Forlan's of Uruguay and Javier Hernandez's family in Mexico.

 

Marcos Alonso Imaz (16 April 1933 – 6 March 2012), nicknamed Marquitos, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his participation in Real Madrid's five European Cup conquests, mainly in the 1950s.

Honours
Real Madrid

La Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62
Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62
Latin Cup: 1957
European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60
Intercontinental Cup: 1960

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