Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso spoke to the media after their 2-0 win over Espanyol to remain at the top of the La Liga table on Saturday afternoon. He was asked about two long-range goals — one each from Kylian Mbappe and Eder Militao — and he claimed it to be necessary in some situations. He said: “Well, against low …
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Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso spoke to the media after their 2-1 win over Mallorca on Saturday night. He was asked about Alvaro Carreras’ brilliant performance, to which he said: “I was already following him and was very happy to see him arrive. It wasn’t possible at the World Cup, but it’s now. He knows the club, and you expect …
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Fernando Alonso has claimed that it is not “within our reach to fight with the McLarens” for pole at the Dutch Grand Prix, despite finishing second fastest in Friday practice. The Spaniard was just 0.087s behind pacesetter Lando Norris in Free Practice 2 at Zandvoort having also claimed the fourth fastest time in the day’s earlier one-hour session. The performance …
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As notable as the moment when Pete Alonso’s 253rd career home run disappeared behind the right field wall Tuesday night were the 10 or so minutes that followed: a spontaneous outpouring of love from Citi Field to its new franchise home run leader. These are the things less easy to quantify than stats: what a player means to a team. …
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The Mets were barking up the wrong tree. ESPN personality and former WFAN host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo went off about the celebration following Pete Alonso breaking Darryl Strawberry’s franchise home run record Tuesday with No. 253. “I cannot believe the big deal people are making about Pete Alonso being the franchise record-holder now for home runs,” Russo said on …
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NEW YORK — Pete Alonso is nothing if not transparent, a player whose every emotion is genuine and visible. And so, as he rounded third base and headed into Mets history Tuesday night, his smile was irrepressible. With a two-run third-inning homer in New York’s 13-5 win over Atlanta, Alonso broke Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record for home runs. Strawberry had …
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MILWAUKEE — Pete Alonso hit his 252nd career home run Saturday night, tying the New York Mets record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years. Alonso, 30, connected against Milwaukee Brewers starter Tobias Myers to lead off the second inning for his 26th homer this season, giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. The 413-foot shot to left-center came on a …
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NEW YORK — For as pleasant as the contributions of the Mets’ younger hitters have been the past two days at Citi Field, this offense will not — cannot — return to prime form until Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso do the same. Wednesday, perhaps, marked the beginning of that trend. Lindor snapped a career-worst 0-for-31 streak with a two-hit …
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