Xabi Alonso had a good overview of the work that awaits him at the head of Real Madrid. The young Spanish tactician, for his first steps at the head of the team, experienced a world cup of clubs rich in twists and turns. Arrived with precise ideas tactically, Xabi Alonso tried to set up his system, but he has encountered players not always compatible with his ideas. During the only tenure of Kylian Mbappé (who was hit by a large virus during the start of the competition), the former Bayer Leverkusen coach was able to observe how unbalanced his team with the Vinicius-Mbappé duo.
Faced with PSG, Real Madrid sank with a very wide defeat (0-4) and questions. To rest since then, Xabi Alonso had time to look at a subject regularly mentioned in the Spanish and international press. How to make Vinicius JR and Mbappé coexist without creating an imbalance in his team? Are the two players able to put themselves at the service of the team without balloon? With Ballon, the two players, who naturally like to leave the left, be compatible? This daily newspaper Marca Unveils in its edition of the day that Xabi Alonso spent his summer on the issue by carefully studying the matches of the past season.
Xabi Alonso studied the question
Mbappé and Vinicius found the net in the same match as 8 times on the 47 matches they have played together. Since March 9, they have not scored in the same match. Even the connection between the two is not yet fluid since Vinicius only delivered 5 assists on the more than 40 goals of Mbappé (19 assists in total for the Brazilian). For the Frenchman, he only delivered … two offerings in Vinicius. A subject well deepened by Xabi Alonso who slipped to his staff that the success of Real Madrid could only by his ability to find how to coexist the two men. What Carlo Ancelotti did not manage to do.
If in public, during his presentation in front of the press, Xabi Alonso explained that he was lucky to have the two players in his team, he remains aware that the task is difficult. The Spanish daily explains that the 43 -year -old coach thought about how to make the stars understand that they had to put themselves at the service of the collective and especially that they “Can be mutually responsible”. This is the whole challenge of Xabi Alonso. He will have a few weeks to put his work in place but the Real Madrid season will clearly depend on the success of this mission.
