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Alonso's teams play attractive, tactically astute, and adventurous football, but he also retains certain core elements. He wants his team to dominate the ball, which is no surprise to anybody who watched him as a player. However, he's also shown an ability to make use of players who thrive on the counterattack, like Jeremy Frong, the Dutch right-back who has been one of the standout players at Leverkusen under Alonso. He's also got the best out of Victor Bonface, one of that rare breed of true number nines in European football.