Pedro Sánchez and Xabi Alonso on 'El Chiringuito'

Xabi Alonso is starting to look like Pedro Sánchez: "There's still a long way to go. You [journalists] paint it one way, but we have to be very calm because it's a very long road." A manual of resilience.

Alonso has even adopted Sánchez's philosophy, who, when asked about turnips, answers with cabbages. Corruption? The PP's is worse. Sexism? Hasn't he heard of Vox? The Real Madrid coach is asked about the results and replies: "The results are what they are, neutral. Their interpretation is another matter." Exactly. Two consecutive defeats at home or going from being five points ahead of Barça to four points behind is neutral. Just as it will also be neutral and depend on our interpretation of the fact that two former PSOE organizing secretaries have been to prison and that a former member of the Prime Minister's cabinet has accumulated a number of sexual harassment complaints from Moncloa Palace employees and nothing has happened so far. Anyway, those people you're talking about have already been expelled from the party. And although we spent many hours in the same car, from a personal point of view he was a complete stranger to me.

Xabi Alonso's problem is that in football there isn't as much patience as in politics, where people are capable of waiting for generations to see a glimmer of light in the darkness. And Sánchez's problem is that, in politics, you can't blame the referee or VAR. Or maybe you can. Because since the Supreme Court's conviction of the Attorney General ("Penalty in favor of Real Madrid!") PSOE members have been seen demonstrating against the lawfare.