The effect Xabi He has already reached the players individually. Five games have been enough for those who seemed last year, now they are again in their best version. The same thing he did Flick When he arrived at Barça. Everyone fly, everyone plays well.
The best example is found in Fran García, which against Dortmund was a mixture of Davies and Roberto Carlos. Unstoppable for the left lane, he signed his best game as a Madridista and even crowned it with a goal. And as Fran, we find Güler, Bellingham, Tchouaméni … all players, without exception, begin to improve their performance. Even Trent was Alexander-Arnold again and reminded the side that shone in Anfield. The pending subject is Rodrygo, but it would not be surprising if Xabi rescue the Brazilian if he does not leave Madrid this summer. Everything that the new coach plays.
I should not tarnish the Madrid party, very complete, the madness of the final minutes, with two goals in the discount, a red a House… and a saving stop of Courtois that avoided the extension.
Gonzalo flies towards the Golden Boot
If someone opted for Gonzalo as top scorer of the Club World Cup is about to force each other, although the boy's name is likely to appear in the pools. The Madrid canterano is now the maximum filmmaker of the tournament and is two games to achieve a dream that probably not even contemplated. The merit is from Xabi, who has given him five starting games when he seemed to go to the World Cup. And he has responded by getting more goals than anyone. The photo with the gold boot, closer …
Güler does what he wants
The first goal of Madrid against Dortmund takes Gonzalo's signature, but Güler was commissioned by a spectacular center from the left who only see a few chosen. But if it was beautiful in the center in 1-0, it was better from 3-1 to Mbappé. Another wonder. Xabi Alonso said before the game that was time to invest in Arda and the Turk is taking advantage of the opportunities becoming the lighthouse of Madrid with the ball.
What a game comes!
Thanks to Fluminense, the Club World Cup is not the Champions League. The Brazilian team is the only one that has sneaked among the giants of Europe and the pass to the final against Chelsea will be played. On the other side of the painting, Madrid and PSG, a duel that has dodged the European Cup these last two years for very little.
The game will be played in New York, on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m., and it will be a test for Xabi Alonso, which has made Madrid again a fearsome team in record time. Will Mbappé play start? Will there be a meeting between Florentino and Al Khelaifi? He does not lack the party, starting with two capitalized coaches such as Luis Enrique and XA.
Another recital with systems
Xabi Alonso demonstrated his ability to read games and play with several systems against Borussia. It started with a defense of four, with Tchouaméni in the center of the field, and after the first cooling break retouched pieces so that the white team defended with three centrals, but with Huijsen, Rüdiger and Trent. And Madrid continued to function as a clock. It is striking the speed with which players are assimilating all the tactical innovations that Xabi is introducing, which is taking advantage of the World Cup to assemble a team. Total success of Madrid to give the team from the first moment and discard the option of Solari.
“Kylian, behind the ball!”
Xabi Alonso is not cut with Mbappé. He does not hesitate to leave him on the bench because he is not yet a hundred percent and either in shouting him to put himself well in the field when starting the pressure. “Kylian, behind the ball!” He shouted as soon as he saw him out of place. Because Xabi Alonso has very clear ideas and wants an army when defending. As Madrid wants to play, if one fails in pressure, the whole plan goes to the fret. So if you have to shout at the team's star, you shout.
Mbappé, by the way, did not show a total recovery in the minutes he played but left a goal of the spectacular Chilean media. Nice dedication to Jota in the celebration.
A spectacular stadium
Real Madrid-Borussia was played at the Met Life in New Jersey, the scene of the World Cup final and which will be played next summer. A spectacular stadium that finally wore a great entrance with the presence of the white team, which is practically the only team that has had a pull in the United States.
