Appointed new Real Madrid coach, Xabi Alonso was quick to impose his precepts.
This Wednesday, the Real
Madrid will make his entry into this club World Cup with a long-awaited meeting against the Al-Hilal Saudis (kick-off at 9 p.m.). A multiple game match for a white house in search of buyout. With the modest UEFA supercups and intercontinental cuts for only lots of consolation at its record, Real has missed its season. Carlo Ancelotti gave way on the bench to Xabi Alonso, fresh from Bayer Leverkusen, a club he had led to the top of German football in front of Bayern Munich.
More than the raw result of Real, it will be interesting to gauge the first steps of the Merengue under the supervision of their new coach. Between the roundness of Carlo Ancelotti and the very meticulous method of Xabi Alonso, Kylian Mbappé and his teammates will have to wet the neck.
This week, the Cadena Ser made a full point on the precepts of Xabi Alonso. With a strong axis: Spanish will be uncompromising on work without balloon. This implies efforts to loss in defensive work. A point that has greatly sealed Real this season, with insufficient folds from offensive stars like Kylian Mbappé, but also Vinicius Jr.
Mbappé and Vinicius already in the viewfinder of Xabi Alonso
« Whoever does not run and does not provide efforts will not play“, Launched journalist Javier Herráez, close to anonymous sources of the club. “Whatever his name. Anyone who spares a race receives a yellow card. And the second time, a red card. With Xabi Alonso, and you know him, there are no nonsense. If you save yourself unnecessary races … Another thing, even if you are not running like a defender, you will have to press the central defender permanently. »»
“It will not work to stay there waiting for you to give you a boost to mark”continued the journalist of the Cadena Ser. “You will have to run on each ball. Even Mbappé is not safe“. The message is clear. It remains to be seen whether Xabi Alonso manages to transform the game of the captain of the Blues. A real goal machine, Kylian Mbappé would then take on another dimension to train Real towards large victories.
