Tomorrow at 7 p.m., Real Madrid will challenge Athletic Bilbao. The objective will be to get back to winning ways in La Liga after 3 draws against Rayo Vallecano, Elche and Girona. Xabi Alonso will also play a lot according to information fromEl Chiringuito. Indeed, journalist Eduardo Inda explained on set: “I think that if in Bilbao, nothing happens. If next Wednesday at nine o’clock in the evening Real Madrid lose against Athletic, there is a good chance that Xabi Alonso will stop being a coach. And why not Álvaro Arbeloa? For his part, The Athleticwho spoke to sources within the club and staff, acknowledge that the team is having difficulties and “plays very badly” and that the next matches will be very important in terms of results and image.
For the moment, there is still trust between Florentino Pérez and Xabi Alonso. But it is not eternal. On the other side of the Pyrenees, it is claimed that the leaders did not really appreciate the 2-2 draw against Girona during the weekend. Members of the club spoke of a “disaster” near The Athletic. In an increasingly complicated position, Xabi Alonso wants to redress the situation with his troops. A mission that will be difficult given that his group is divided. A few days ago, we explained to you on our site that several players are not fans of the new coach and his methods. Among them, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Fede Valverde and Endrick.
The group is divided
There Cadena COPE goes in the same direction and specifies that the “anti-Xabi” group includes all the players mentioned above as well as Brahim Diaz and Ferland Mendy. The name Jude Bellingham is also mentioned by some. On the other hand, not all players are against Xabi Alonso, who has support. Indeed, The Athletic assures that several Madrid elements believe that the problem does not come from the coach, who is not to blame. One of them confided anonymously: “It’s not a coaching problem, that’s obvious.” The evil comes from elsewhere according to this player. A club member interviewed by The Athletic does the same analysis. “The problem is not Xabi. Mbappé, Vinicius Junior and Bellingham are incompatible; we can’t have a balanced team with these three. »
He added that the coach’s message does not reach the players. For his part, El Chiringuito clarified: “upon their return from the Club World Cup, a player spoke to the entity to say that he perceived the Real Madrid coach as very inexperienced. This feeling, to this day, continues. Xabi Alonso can’t be a very bad coach because he won a Bundesliga. He embodies the DNA of Real Madrid better than anyone.” The Xabi Alonso case therefore crystallizes a lot of tensions within the Madrid group, which is totally. There are the pros, of which Kylian Mbappé is one, and the cons, led by Vinicius Jr who conditioned his extension on the future of the coach. It is in this atmosphere that the club will have to move forward during this already very important month of December.
