Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He tangata rōpū ia, engari e whakaae ana a Xabi Alonso kei te titiro ia ki te wikitoria whaiaro i a ia e whakarite ana a Bayern Munich mo te wāhanga e whai ake nei o to ratou tono mo te Champions League. Ko te wikitoria i tenei wa me Bayern, e aro atu ana ki Porto i te hauwhā whakamutunga ka tiimata i te po o te Wenerei i te Dragao, ka waiho a Alonso hei kaitakaro tuarua ki te wikitoria i te tohu whutupaoro Pakeha me nga karapu e toru i mau i a ia i a Liverpool me Real Madrid. 'Kei reira tetahi kaitākaro kua riro e toru Champions League ki karapu rerekē e toru: [Clarence] Seedorf. Ae ra kei roto i toku hinengaro. Kua tata te mutunga o taku mahi,' i whakaae a Alonso ki The Telegraph. Ko Xabi Alonso te rārangi mō Bayern Munich i te pō o te Rāapa ki Porto i te Papa Dragao. Ko te whakataetae Champions League tuatahi o te hauwhā whakamutunga te taahiraa e whai ake nei i roto i tana wawata ki te wikitoria i te taitara me nga karapu e toru. 'Kāore he maha nga tau i mahue i ahau engari koinei tētahi o ngā whāinga. He whāinga takitahi, ā, he tino pai ki te wikitōria i te tuatoru o ngā kapa ki tētahi karapu tuatoru, nā te mea he mea motuhake te Champions League,' ka mea a Alonso. I wikitoria a Alonso i te Champions League i tana wa tuatahi i Liverpool i te wa i eke ai ia ki te whakatauranga whakatau i te tau 2005. A, i te tau kua hipa, ko ia tētahi wāhanga o te kapa o Carlo Ancelotti ki te tango i te taitara, ahakoa ko ana kāri kowhai puta noa i te whakataetae i te tikanga i akina ia ki te noho hei kaitohutohu, kaua hei kaitākaro mo te wikitoria whakamutunga ki a Atletico Madrid. E whakangungu ana a Alonso i raro i te tirohanga mataara a te kaiwhakahaere a Pep Guardiola e hiahia ana ki te whakapiki i ana wikitoria i Barcelona. I riro a Seedorf i te taitara e wha nga wa i roto i tana mahi rongonui - i te tau 1995 me Ajax, 1998 me Real Madrid me te rua ki AC Milan, i te 2003 me te 2007. I te 33 me te karapu kaha rite Bayern i runga i te kirimana e rua-tau i raro i Pep Guardiola, ka taea e Alonso te ngana ki te taurite i te whakatutukitanga o Seedorf. Engari me wikitoria e tana kapa tuatahi a Porto, ko rātou anake te kapa kāore i hinga i te whakataetae i tēnei tau. A me mahi e ratou mo te waewae tuatahi i te iti rawa ki te ope o nga whetu tae atu ki a Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery me Bastian Schweinsteiger,...
I toa a Xabi Alonso i te UEFA Champions League me Liverpool me Real Madrid. I eke ia ki te whāinga nui mō te Reds i tōna tau tuatahi ki te karapu. I noho te Paniora ki te taha toa o Real Madrid i te tau kua hipa. Ka tū ia mō Bayern Munich, e tūtaki ana ki Porto i te hauwhā o te whiringa toa. I wikitoria a Clarence Seedorf me Ajax, Real Madrid me te rua ki AC Milan.