New Actual Madrid coach Xabi Alonso didn’t begin his spell on a profitable be aware because of Al-Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bonou, who saved a penalty throughout added time of their 1-1 draw on the Membership World Cup on Wednesday. Federico Valeverde noticed his penalty saved right down to his left, which means the Spanish giants began off the brand new period underneath the previous Bayer Leverkusen supervisor with a less-than-ideal consequence towards the group coached by Simone Inzaghi.
The Saudi group had a significantly better first half, however regardless of having 11 pictures (Actual Madrid solely had 5 within the opening 45 minutes), it was the aspect coached by Xabi Alonso who scored the opening aim with Gonzalo Garcia, who began alongside Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr., as Kylian Mbappe was benched, displaying the Spanish supervisor has no concern of creating modifications and trusting the younger gamers.
Here is what we now have realized within the first 90 minutes of the brand new period underneath Xabi Alonso at Actual Madrid:
The protection has work to do
The Spanish giants did not have their greatest defensive efficiency, particularly within the first half on the left aspect, as a misunderstanding between Fran Garcia and Raul Asencio led to the penalty scored by Ruben Neves earlier than halftime.
There’s nonetheless quite a bit to work to do for the previous Bayer Leverkusen head coach, because the protection of his Actual Madrid appeared too weak and conceded an excessive amount of to Al-Hilal. Regardless of the debuts of each Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold, it is truthful to say neither of them might truly make an influence, as the entire defensive system appeared confused. The group appeared probably not related between the protection and the midfield, however that is one thing we might most likely have anticipated contemplating they solely began to work all collectively after the worldwide break final week, as Xabi Alonso took cost of his new group solely on Could 26, earlier than a lot of the gamers performed with their respective nationwide groups within the first days of June.
It is too early to say what the problems of this group are, however there’s positively a number of work to do for the brand new Actual Madrid supervisor.
Xabi trusts Arda Guler
Let’s now check out the constructive sides of the primary match underneath Xabi Alonso. As talked about, the Spanish supervisor appears to belief quite a bit the younger gamers of the roster, and this season there will probably be many extra expectations on Turkish expertise Arda Guler. After a disappointing first half, Xabi Alonso determined to make one early change at halftime, with Arda Guler changing Raul Asencio. Guler was most likely the perfect participant for Actual Madrid within the second half, with three key passes, three pictures and 82% cross accuracy within the second a part of the match. If there’s one participant that impressed in a constructive method for Actual Madrid, that is positively Guler, who certainly hopes to develop into a key starter this season.
Honoring a legend
If all of the eyes had been on the performances of the brand new Actual Madrid gamers and the opening recreation of the brand new cycle of supervisor Xabi Alonso, probably the most emotional second of the match between the Spanish group and Al-Hilal was positively when Luka Modric made his method on the pitch within the final 10 minutes, as the entire Exhausting Rock Stadium in Miami greeted the Croatian legend who is about to depart Actual Madrid on the finish of the FIFA Membership World Cup, because it was introduced by the identical Modric and Actual Madrid.
Modric, who is anticipated to hitch AC Milan, 4 La Liga titles and 6 Champions League amongst many different titles.
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