To his old club! Elche youngster: The experience of receiving youth training at Real Madrid helped me a lot

November 22 Elche midfielder Alex Fabbas was interviewed and talked about his past memories in Real Madrid’s youth training and his upcoming match against his old club.

On the best moment of my career and the impact of Elche coach Sarabia

I consider this to be the "best moment" of my career, which is inseparable from the stability and clear role I found in Elche. I've put in a lot of hard work to get to this stage.

Coach Sarabia gave me tremendous confidence and freedom to be myself. His tactical style is more laid-back and designed to engage his opponents, which fits my profile perfectly. He came to my hometown specifically to sign me to play for Andorra. I'm very competitive, I can have a bit of a temper, and I don't like losing.

About my personal style and statistics

Although I am currently one of the players in the league who has been fouled the most and won the most duels, and I am also among the best in dribbling and progressive passing, which is inseparable from a lot of help from the team. But the lack of goals and assists is really what hurts me the most. If I change the way I play now, I might lose something essential.

Recalling the years when I came to Real Madrid’s youth training camp Valdebebas at the age of 13

I came from a small town with only 7,000 residents and suddenly saw ten football fields. That was a huge change. It was like a survival game, you walked into the office, they decided whether you stayed or not, and you saw teammates walking out crying. As brutal as it was, the experience shaped me.

During his time working with Zidane at Castilla,

he was more of a "manager" than a detail-oriented coach, but his mere presence was awe-inspiring.

About the away game against Xavi Alonso’s Real Madrid

I have very good memories of those years. As for the game plan, if I said anything, I think Coach Sarabia would be angry. We have to play our part, but we have to be more careful than we do against other teams. If you let the likes of Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius run, they can do huge damage. But we were the better side against Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad.

For the future

I personally hope to continue to play in La Liga, and collectively I hope the team can achieve its relegation goal as soon as possible.