The announcement of the change of Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid only seems to be a matter of time. One thing is clear: a powder barrel is waiting in Madrid.
In all likelihood, the first title season in four years, for the first time four defeats in four Clásicos against the big rival from Barcelona – and to abundance, a running -rotten stamp ensemble in the front row: Real Madrid has all sorts of problems that were relentlessly revealed this season.
In Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen’s outgoing double coach from the pre-season, you want to have found the salvation. But a lot of work is waiting for Alonso.
There will be a lot of work on Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid
Alonso seems to be aware of the upcoming problems. It is not for nothing that he should be divided, according to Spanish reports, when it comes to an early entry at the start of the club World Cup among the royal. Real’s first competitive game will take place on June 18 against the Saudi club Al-Hilal, also the winner of the Asian Champions League. Only a few days earlier, many of the players return from their missions to the national team.
“In Madrid you don’t forgive a misstep”
“Alonso knows that you don’t forgive him in Madrid, and he prefers to wait instead of making an early debut,” writes the Spanish sport. Despite all the concerns, it will happen that Marca reported: Alonso should take over in Madrid at the start of the club World Cup.
Alonso immediately goes into a dilemma. The further the further at the club World Cup, the shorter the preparation will fail afterwards.
The final will only take place on July 13th. Short -term success could stand in the way of optimal adaptation to Alonso’s ideas and its game system – and thus long -term success. Because the BASKE has all kinds of work in Valbebas, where real training complex stands. Either he has to adapt the team to his system or his system to the team.
How does Alonso want to reprogram this pile of chickens?
The weaknesses in the game of the royal were more than clearly shown this season. Barcelona really humiliated her in several Clásicos. Real knew how to help himself in the insane 3: 4 defeat on Sunday against targeted and flawlessly orchestrated high pressing. At the front, Kylian Mbappé shone as a triple goal scorer, but, like Vinícius Jr., missed running and committed to working against the ball.
Without a ball, the star ensemble, which is still guided by Carlo Ancelotti, is like a chicken pile. After the Clasico on Sunday, the AS complained “Many moments of laziness in the game without a ball”.
“Without a ball, without ideas, without attitudes and without commitment, the white on the field wandered around, without a plan to hold on,” criticized the Marca .
This will be Alonso’s biggest challenge
Everything should change under Alonso, but can he solve the problems immediately? To do this, it would first have to be seen where the core of the problem is. Is Ancelotti’s plan too bad? Or are it the more focused stars such as Mbappé and Viní Jr. who make a holistic, effective strategy across team parts impossible?
Dealing with Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Jr.
“For me, the cornerstone of the project is the integration of the two in the storm,” analyzed the sports journalist Jesús Gallego in conversation with the Spanish radio station Cadena Ser and fears: “If you cannot form a team in which the two top strikers (Mbappé & Viní Jr. A season similar to this. “
Alonso needs reinforcements
In addition, Alonso needs reinforcements for the squad, especially on the full -back positions. What is still missing is a playmaker who orchestrates Alonso’s game in the field.
The tactical and scouting expert Bruno Alemany is definitely certain: “It will be a much more tactical team than with Ancelotti.”
The question is whether it will also be a much more successful team than in this season. Two of Alonso’s desired players, Florian Wirtz and Martín Zubimendi, tend to other clubs – Wirtz zu Bayern, Zubimendi in Arsenal.
It will not be an easy summer for Alonso and Real, but it will be a decisive factor for the future of the royal. Because titles and success are usually a matter of course at Madrid, Alonso will also be measured.