redirect the situation and reach the locker room or find yourself in a dead end

More and more, Xabi Alonso is hanging by a thread at Real Madrid. The Tolosa coach’s support at the head of the white team is not at all firm after the team’s latest results, and could even crack in the event of another earthquake in Wednesday’s match. Champions in front of him Manchester City.

The defeat against Celta hurt them a lot. He Bernabéu He saw the team without dynamism, without ideas and almost without attitude. It is perhaps this last factor which still divides the supporters, who still do not unanimously support the coach and turn largely towards the players.

However, this does not exempt Xabi Alonso from immediately remedying the situation. Each time the noise around his figure is greater and, if the decibels continue to rise in the coming days, it is possible that the three-year project will remain only a shooting star for a few months.

On the edge of the abyss

The defeat against Celtic provoked a crisis cabinet in Bernabéu the same evening of the events. The white leaders met downstairs and discussed the team’s situation and their next steps.

Of course, the name of Xabi Alonso was in the conversation. There are more and more critical voices who think that a change of direction on the bench would be most appropriate, but for the moment he remains in office.

At least until we know what happens in the match Champions against City. Without a doubt, a new defeat would leave very complicated prospects for the coach, and the few commitments he has left between now and the end of the year are also transcendental.

Alonso, the only culprit?

Although the finger is always pointed at the coach when things go wrong, there is a current of opinion that directly targets players as the main culprits for the poor functioning of Real Madrid.

In many matches we saw a team that was listless, lacking dynamism and even listless. This happened for a good part of the match against the Celtic. Half-hearted players, disconnected and with a certain irreverence on the pitch.

It became clear that The relationship between the locker room and Xabi Alonso is not the best. Or at least, the harmony is not total with a good part of the workforce. And when the coach and players don’t connect, the problem always ends up exploding.

The Tolosarra has no choice but to also reorient this vote and seek immediate reconciliation if it wants the players to save it. This isn’t a one-sided thing, so it won’t be easy by any means, but if you don’t get it right, you’ll find yourself in a dead end with only one option.

Real Madrid offered some good passages of football in the Club World Cup, at the dawn of the Xabi Alonso era, so there are reasons for this. Leftovers like the match against Athletics club They also offer a glimmer of hope, but consistency is required.

The countless wounds represent, it is true, a great obstacle on the path. Alonso has been doing his best for a long time, especially in defense, to compose the compositions and the match against City This will be a sample of that again.

A failure and substitutes

Ending the dismissal of Xabi Alonso so prematurely would simply mean accepting the failure of this new project. A path traced for at least three years which could remain in a few months of an ephemeral relationship, something unbecoming for a club legend like the former midfielder.

There are those who look back a few months and compare what the real Madrid and what was seen with Ancelotti on the bench, and does not find too many changes. Perhaps the Italian’s personality and way of leading the group better fit a team full of stars.

Obviously, with Xabi Alonso on the edge at the top, we have to look to the future and some names have already slipped through the cracks. It didn’t take long for Zinedine Zidane and its possible return for a third stage.

This also sounded Álvaro Arbeloa, who currently manages Real Madrid Castilla in First RFEF. Also Jürgen Klopp, although his position as director of world football at Red Bull This doesn’t suggest he can change his scenery immediately.

For now, Xabi Alonso is focused on saving match point next Wednesday against City. Defeat those of Guardiola That would give him a lot of breathing room, even if to get out of the quagmire he needs several performances worthy of his team. The future remains uncertain.