It is a defeat that will leave traces. Opposed to Paris Saint-Germain, Wednesday evening, in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid was humiliated 4-0. A river, but logical score, which highlighted the shortcomings of this Madrid team and the work that remains to be done in Xabi Alonso.
It must be said that the contrast was striking between this Parisian training, which put a big intensity with a pressing at all times, and the Merengues totally outdated and unable to play as a team. Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior were the symbols of this failure. The two men are also at the heart of criticism on the other side of the Pyrenees.
Appointed on the sidelines of the World Cup at the head of the White House, Xabi Alonso will have to find the solution to have French and the Brazilian play together, while finding the right balance. A stain that promises to be complicated, believes Benoit Trémoulinas.
“The two do not want to defend”
“” PSG was helped by Real. Xavi Alonso did not have the kidneys to put Mbappé or Vinicius on the sides, and to leave Gonzalo in the axis. And inevitably, when there is a false pressing of these two players … it's a gift for the outlet for PSG. I am really surprised that Xabi Alonso did not change quickly. Tactically, Real did not do the job. It is always said that the attackers are the first defenders, it shows at PSG, but in Real Madrid it is a pressing by trotting », Handed over Winamax the former side of the Girondins de Bordeaux.
And to add: “CHow will Xabi Alonso do to play with Mbappé and Vinicius? I have the impression that he will have to make a choice, because the two do not want to defend. The two look at each other: 'you are not running, nor either'. He will have to decide because there, he wanted to put both, and it didn't work. In addition, what terrified was for poor Gonzalo, who made an incredible start to tournament … We sacrifice him, and we put him right, when normally he should have been in the axis and the other two on the sides. So how is he going to play with these two players, it's a real debate. For the moment, it does not succeed. Xabi Alonso knows what he has to do.
