Álvaro Benito: "Someone fired me, not Real Madrid. And that's what people don't understand"

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In March it will be three years since his departure from Real Madrid, but

(Salamanca, 1976) does not hold any kind of grudge for what happened.

The former Youth coach maintains his prestige as a commentator intact and prefers to continue analyzing football from a different perspective, away from low passions.

Last Friday, Carlo Ancelotti spoke about the evolution of football and society. He argued that, generally speaking, there is now less respect for authority. Do you share his words? I think the way of disciplining and leading has changed. When I played in the lower categories, no one was whipping the coach, while today he is something like a friend. I was also a friend to my players, yes, being demanding and squeezing them from closeness. Now it seems that the kids are completely into their roll, but I think it is also encouraged by how technology evolves. Now anyone can be entertained playing hours at home, without interacting with others. There is no street.According to Florentino Pérez, young people between 14 and 24 years old are abandoning football, because it bores them in front of other entertainment ...When I was 10 years old, I spent the day riding my bicycle, playing soccer or doing goat around. There wasn't much more history. Now I see my nephew, which is the case that is closest to me, and he spends the day watching TikTok and according to my friends with children of that age, the same thing happens to his. It is true that maybe they do not have that hook on the ball or it is not so massive, but I do not know. I believe that in this we have to wait until 15 years pass to know if today's kids will be active consumers and regulars of football. A few years ago a banner from some Schalke fans became famous that said: that we pay one euro per minute. And this is not phone sex. " Is football possible without people in the stands? No, it is not. I have been in empty stadiums and it was another sport.It has nothing to do with it. It is played worse because you are not alert. The public holds you accountable and takes you to another level of competitiveness. Regarding what you say, I agree that at least a good number of tickets should be accessible for almost all pockets. That is the way to engage young people, so that they live that environment every two weeks and thus be able to retain them. Of course, I am speaking from the most absolute ignorance of the accounts of some clubs, which need the box office to continue surviving. A few months ago, regarding the Super League, Marcelo Bielsa said: "What gives health to the competition is the possibility development of the weak, not excess growth of the strong. However, the logic that prevails in football is that the powerful get richer and richer. "Do you share the opinion of the Argentine coach? The philosophy and slogans are very good, but carrying them out is always more complicated. In an ideal world it would be what Marcelo exposes, although so many economic interests take us away from the goal. In politics this social objective should also be followed and that the most fortunate can help those who are not. There are many nuances in the Super League issue, because it is very nice for the competition to see Madrid play against Elche, for example, or Lugo, to tell you another, if one day he achieves promotion. However, the logical evolution in this consumer society makes me think that, sooner or later, change will be inevitable. A few years ago it seemed an aberration that the Champions were played by four clubs from the same country and today we see it as the most normal thing in the world.I understand that there are people pulling for both sides of the rope, but I also think that as consumer society evolves, it is inevitable. Friday the transfer of Philippe Coutinho to Aston Villa, thirteenth place in the Premier, which will be made charge of the Brazilian's file, of more than 16 million gross euros a year ... In England there are figures that are impossible to reach. This phenomenon generally causes the value of the normal player to inflate. Because there are really very few footballers who deserve to receive this type of salary. He has used the verb inflate, which seems key to interpreting the current reality of football. Has the LaLiga bubble burst? We do not fully know the folds of Financial Fair Play, but what has happened in some teams grinds us from the outside,that seemed bottomless pits, with money to sign and pay incredible salaries to anyone. We have lived through the Barça case and it exploded when their unsustainable salaries came to light. Despite everything, in LaLiga the so-called financial control has come in handy so that the clubs do not lose the pot, because some eventual presidents all they wanted was the greatest possible success during their tenure, without thinking about the medium or long deadline, and whoever comes after, to get by. Atlético, the current champions, receives 130 million euros a year from televisions, but this amount is less than that of nine Premier League clubs, including Leeds United, which rose in the summer of 2020 ... In England they have many years exporting the product, but LaLiga has been doing it well for the last decade and has also grown a lot,cutting the difference between the middle area of ​​the table with respect to Real Madrid, Barça or Atlético and this is healthy for the competition. We must maintain this effort to equalize forces and export our product as best as possible, because it will be to the benefit of incorporating better players. Now it is more difficult, because we go through that transition between having the best and having lost them. Obviously, that is less seductive. In 2003, when you left football, Raúl González played 47 games for Madrid and 10 for Spain. I was 26 years old. Last season, Luka Modric, about to turn 36, played 48 games for Madrid and 19 for Croatia. To what extent can the gum continue to stretch? In my time, playing 60 games a year seemed wild, but football has evolved a lot. Today,professionals train better and take better care of themselves, both in eating and during breaks. The truth is that thinking about loading the calendar even more seems a bit unthinkable. I don't know how they are going to do it with a World Cup every two years, because I also think that I would lose some of the mystique of the tournament. At this maximum degree of professionalization, footballers take care of everything, but turn their backs on the media. Any politician has no qualms about giving an interview, as long as they stick to their social networks. How do you see this phenomenon? I suppose they should take it more naturally, because only when a footballer finishes his career does he realize that that bubble in which he lived, that castle full of barriers, was unreal. Social networks do a lot of damage to those who do not have a well furnished head or do not know how to relativize.I can tell you that in recent months I no longer have an opinion or say anything, because many have a very bad head. When it comes to football, people are completely unhinged, I suppose that in their analysis task they will not be able to stay away from certain more or less malicious accusations ... I have more problems with the Madridistas than with the rest, because they expect me to be a fanatic. And I'm not going to go through there. People who know me know what I have sweated, bled and cried with the Real Madrid shirt and I continue to live with passion. What others think does not matter to me in the least, but I assure you that what I never saw coming is that someone could call me an anti-Madridista [laughs]. Some people are very sick in the head. With the perspective of these three years,Do you feel that you could have done things differently? It is not a question of regret. There are many things that people do not know and that there is no point in telling. They tell me if I left the club badly, but not at all. When I combined my work as a commentator and youth coach I always felt free. And that day I just did my job, which was a criticism of the defeat in the classic against Barça. Afterwards, people might think that I was going to feel some kind of resentment, but it is not even like that, because I was fired by someone, not Real Madrid. That is what people do not understand, that my emotional bond is with Real Madrid. Besides, I don't know who made the decision, they didn't tell me, I have no idea. I can only have eternal gratitude for this club, which has marked my entire life.He always speaks and boasts of the values ​​that were instilled in him in the Sports City. How can these values ​​be explained today to kids who quickly fill their heads with birds at such a young age? I think it was not something exclusive to Madrid, but rather that the club endorsed values ​​that should be those of any athlete. They always forced me to give one hundred percent. That was absolutely non-negotiable. In addition, there was a lot of internal competitiveness, so that as the funnel narrowed, only those who were prepared on a mental, physical and football level would fit. There was a lot of discipline and that is something that is now totally changing. In my four years as a coach it was almost the opposite. The slogan was not to stress the boys, not to punish them too much when they were not doing well.And I believe that you do not have to go to one extreme or the other. Wednesday starts the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, a monarchy that, according to NGOs, intends to wash its image internationally through this type of event. Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.On Wednesday the Spanish Super Cup starts in Saudi Arabia, a monarchy that, according to NGOs, intends to wash its image internationally through this type of event. Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.On Wednesday the Spanish Super Cup starts in Saudi Arabia, a monarchy that, according to NGOs, intends to wash its image internationally through this type of event. Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.According to the NGOs, it intends to wash its image internationally through these types of events. Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.According to the NGOs, it intends to wash its image internationally through these types of events. Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.Is this bet of the Federation worth it? What I can tell you in a resounding way is that the previous format did not work, because when it coincided with years of the European Championship or the World Cup, the big stars were still in pre-season and could not play. Now the tournament is more attractive. On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.On the question of choosing one country or another, obviously we are not going to go blind and it is a purely economic issue. And if that money is really well used by the Federation to help grassroots and modest football, well, look, great, what do you want me to tell you. Nor am I more papist than the Pope.

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