Xabi Alonso, crisis at Real Madrid

Real Madrid does not convince and the defeat conceded on Tuesday to Liverpool (1-0) on the occasion of the 4^e day of the League phase of the Champions League once again highlighted the Merengue’s inadequacies since the start of the season.

If Xabi Alonso’s men had left their mark by dominating Barça, this setback for the Reds echoes the slap received in the Madrid derby and confirms the difficulties of Real Madrid as soon as the road rises.

Above all, according to many media, Madrid players are increasingly reserved about their coach. The start of the season was marked by strong tensions between the Spanish technician and some of his executives, first and foremost Federico Valverde and Vinicius.

The locker room doubts Xabi Alonso

But to believe Sportthese tensions are still relevant today. So much so that one of the captains of the Merengue locker room recently said: “ He thinks he’s Pep Guardiola, but he’s just Xabi for now. » Real Madrid may sit at the top of La Liga with five points ahead of Barça and have three victories in four matches in C1, but the Madrid players would not be convinced.

And the former Bayer Leverkusen coach would not have arranged his affairs at Liverpool. So much so that some doubts about his medium-term future on the bench of Real Madrid, his future being thus judged “uncertain” by the Catalan daily. If the Madrid press is more reassuring, the defeat in England has indeed shaken the Madrilenians who are wondering about the ability of Xabi Alonso to reverse the trend.

“ I don’t know if Xabi Alonso’s message is well understood in the locker room, one of his sides hit Josep Pedrerol, the presenter of El Chiringuto. He brings Arnold on ten minutes from time at Anfield, why? So that the whole stadium boos him? The group discussed the reasons for this choice. And Vinicius is not the only one. I have doubts about the ability of Xabi Alonso and the players to work together effectively. »