Real Madrid will raise the curtain on a new era under Xabi Alonso in the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday evening, while they compete against Osasuna in his first game for the fans. After an example of what we can see in the club World Cup this summer, football España joins CNN and Amanda Davies at World Sport to discuss their new start.
Los Blancos spent € 167.5 million on the transfer market this summer, without considerable turnover, their biggest publication since the COVID-19 Pandemie in 2019. In his Alvaro Carreras, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen and Franco Mastantuono, but now is Alon, but now.
Alonso switched between 4-3-3 and 3-5-2 formations during the World Cup Club and football España editor Ruairidh Barlow explained that the Basque manager will bring a more flexible approach to the Bernabeu. Like any Real Madrid manager, however, the period of grace will be limited, even if he implements a new identity in the Spanish capital.
Of course, a part of Alonso's problem that he is now confronted with a renewed Barcelona under Hansi film, and despite their registration drama, seem so well completed as they have done since the pandemic themselves. Last season was the first time that both parties had made a clean sweeping of four Clasicos in one season.
Showing a face against Barcelona will undoubtedly be above the top of the agenda for Alonso, but he has a unique experience. Under Jose Mourinho, Alonso was an important part of the huge attempt to overthrow Pep Guardiola in Barcelona. While he was going to work under the Catalan manager and decreases enough from him, he will be well aware of the battlefield in which he walks.