After his call up by Vicente Del Bosque for Spain’s friendly against Italy Thiago Alcántara was used by Pep Guardiola in Dallas on Saturday night as a false centre forward, but he explained: “what I want is to play. I’m ready to play wherever and if I have to play as a winger, in the hole or in midfield, I don’t mind. I’ll play where the boss tells me to, Now I have to keep working hard ”.

With the game against Real Madrid set for less than a week away, Thiago insisted: “I don’t see myself as a starter in that game. I have to keep working for that –we have to win the Super Cup whatever it takes”.

Adriano happy with performance

Adriano Correia also spoke to the media after the game in Dallas and explained: “I felt fine tonight and I know I have to keep on working to get up to full steam”. Adriano, who only rejoined the squad last week after his trip to the Copa America with Brazil, also praised the Cowboys Stadium, where he stressed the “great temperature” inside the ground, whilst the thermometers were touching 40º outside.