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Thomas Tuchel

has changed

Marcos Alonso's

life

.

When the German coach reached the Chelsea bench, the winger was serving his sentence in the stands for a collision with

Frank Lampard

.

During his last four months in office, Alonso did not play a single minute and only entered four calls - all of the Champions League and because the lists are 23. Among the clubs that called London was Atlético de Madrid, which was looking for some arrangement for the bands for the sanction of

Kieran Trippier

.

If not for his salary and for the arrival of Tuchel, Marcos Alonso could have played this tie with the other shirt.

It was a slight that the two of them carried too far.

In a duel against West Brom earlier in the season, Chelsea went into halftime losing 3-0 and Lampard switched to Alonso, realizing - rightly - that he had missed two goals.

According to the British press, the Madrilenian went directly to the team bus and, although he returned before the end of the game, he did not do so with his teammates.

The row with Lampard in the locker room was serious enough for some players to assume that he would never play a game for Chelsea again.

The arrival of Tuchel not only changed the plans of the London club, but the perspective of Marcos Alonso.

Before the friction with Lampard, his position in the eleven was in danger since Chelsea signed

Ben Chilwell

for 50 million euros.

The English side fit better in a defense of four, and only an injury opened minutes for the Madrilenian.

At least until the confrontation with Lampard.

Offensive projection

Tuchel prefers a defense of three centrals with two lanes and that is where Alonso's offensive projection shines.

That was one of the reasons for the interest of

Diego Simeone

or of

Antonio Conte's

Inter

, who already had him at their command at Chelsea.

Alonso has started in five of the seven games the German has led and in the first, after four months in the stands, he scored to beat Burnley.

If he had gone to Atlético, it would have been a return to the origins, as Marcos briefly passed through the rojiblanca quarry before joining Castilla.

Like his namesake

Llorente

, football runs in his genes.

His grandfather,

Marquitos

, was a winger for Real Madrid in the five European Cups, and his father was a forward for Racing, Atlético and Barça in the 80s. According to

The Athletic

, since he returned in 2016, no defender in the league England has scored the most goals (20).

It was precisely in Santander that he made his debut with

Manuel Pellegrini's

Real Madrid

.

Just three minutes before seeking your fortune abroad.

Promise at Bolton, fixed at Sunderland and success at Fiorentina.

From there he arrived at Chelsea, where he was vital to winning the Premier in his first season and where, with the landing of Tuchel, he has taken off again.

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