Stay, Xabi!

Oh the man is a midfield maestro,
and all the passes he makes are delightful,
everyone wants to know
Alonso, Alonso, Alonso...
And so they sang, echoed by 55,000 voices, every single one screaming the passmaster's name... Three times, Alonso himself had to turn around and waved to the crowd modestly, in appreciation of the massive support lavished upon him even before he began warming up.