Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso makes debut at Club World Cup: What performance tells us about Los Blancos and boss

New Real Madrid Coach Xabi Alonso Did not start his enchantment in a winning tone thanks to Al-Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bonou, who saved a penalty during added time in their 1-1 draw at the club World Cup on Wednesday. Federico Valeverde saw his penalty saved to the left, which means that the Spanish giants started the new era under the first Bayer Leverkusen Manager with a less than ideal result against the team coached by Simone Inzaghi.

The Saudi team had a much better first half, but despite 11 shots (Real Madrid only had five in the first 45 minutes), it was coached by Xabi Alonso who scored the opening goal with Gonzalo GarciaHe started next to Rodrygo And Vinicius Jr., the Kylian Mbappe Was benched, which shows that the Spanish manager is not afraid to make changes and trust the young players.

This is what we learned in the first 90 minutes of the new era under Xabi Alonso in Real Madrid:

The defense has to do work

The Spanish giants did not have their best defensive performance, especially in the first half on the left, as a misunderstanding in between Fran Garcia And Raul Assenci Led to the fine that was scored by Ruben Neves before half -time.

There is still a lot to work for the former head coach of Bayer Leverkusen, because the defense of his Real Madrid seemed too weak and too much admitted to Al-Hilal. Despite the debut of both Dean Huijsen And Trent Alexander-ArnoldIt is fair to say that none of them could actually have an impact, because the entire defense system seemed confused. The team did not seem to be really connected between the defense and midfield, but that is something that we could probably have expected, since they all only started working together after the international break last week, because Xabi Alonso only took the lead on his new team on 26 May before most players played with their respective national teams in the first days of June.

It is too early to say what the problems of this team are, but there is absolutely much work to do for the new Real Madrid manager.

Xabi trusts Arda Guler

Now let’s look at the positive sides of the first game under Xabi Alonso. As mentioned, the Spanish manager seems to rely much on the young players of the selection, and this season there will be many more expectations about Turkish talent Arda Guler. After a disappointing first half, Xabi Alonso decided to make an early change during the break, where Arda Guler Raul replaced Asencio. Guler was probably the best player for Real Madrid in the second half, with three important passes, three shots and 82% pass -nouvulity in the second part of the game. If there is one player who impressed Real Madrid in a positive way, that is certainly Guler, who certainly hopes to be an important starter this season.

A legend

If all eyes were focused on the performances of the new Real Madrid players and the opening game of the new cycle of manager Xabi Alonso, the most emotional moment of the match between the Spanish team and al-Hilal was certainly then Luka Modric came on the field on the field in the last 10 minutes, while the very hard rock stage in Miami greeted the Croatian legend that would leave Real Cup Real Madrid at the end of the FIFA Club World Cup, as it was announced by the same Modric And Real Madrid.

Modric, who is expected to participate AC MilanFour La Liga titles and six Champions League alongside many other titles.

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