Real Madrid’s season is an undeniable defeat: not winning the La Liga, not winning the King’s Cup nor being crowned the Champions League.
The collective built to dominate Europe has closed the season without winning any title, and Carlo Ancelotti will leave to cede the position for Xabi Alonso, who is expected to bring a new face to Los Blancos.
However, one thing is almost certain: It is difficult for Alonso to enjoy the pink prospect at the Bernabeu, especially when everything comes to the script.
First, Alonso will start leading Real Madrid right from the Club World Cup in June instead of waiting for the period of 2025/26 season as originally intended. The new Club World Cup will start with Real Madrid from June 18 – falling at an extremely chaotic time.
Many players will have just finished the FIFA Days series in the World Cup and Nations League qualifiers, only a few days off, almost no time to practice with the club. Of course, Alonso could not convey his football philosophy in such a short time.
In addition, the Spanish strategist is not sure to immediately use the rookies such as defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, the contract expected to be released in July.
Second, Alonso will inherit a serious crisis Real Madrid squad. At the end of the season, Los Blancos was not only disappointed but also experienced bitter failures. It all started the defeat of Arsenal in the Champions League, where the team could not come back. The Bernabeu reacts with booing, and the spirit of the team so far has not recovered.
In the King’s Cup final, Real Madrid showed bravery, but a mistake of Thibaut Courtois and Jules Kounte’s goal in extra time deprived the last trophy in the season. Similarly, the recent El Clasico in La Liga, where Real Madrid took a 2-0 lead but was still defeated by Barca 4-3 in Montjuic.
A team that is famous for its ability to fight to the end is constantly coming upstream this season. Barca did it twice (in La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup), Celta Vigo also came back 2-0 in the King’s Cup, and even at the Bernabeu, they almost dropped the 3-0 victory over Celta itself. A very clear message: Real Madrid lost its reliability.
The third is the personnel situation with the ruin defense when Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Eder Militao are injured. Although Rudiger, Alaba and Mendy can return to the Club World Cup in time, their physical condition is still a question mark. Militao is almost certainly unable to attend, and Carvajal is treating long -term injury. Besides, it is unclear Alexander-Arnold, a blockbuster contract on the right corridor, in time to play in the first matches, or to wait until July 1 to officially play.
The last challenge with Alonso is the public product problem, in which Rodrygo became the focus. The combination of Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo is what Ancelotti has never found a solution, and Rodrygo is the one who suffered the most.
The overload, the lack of clarity in the role of conflicts in the arrangement of the squad has made the Brazilian striker fall into a state of limb in the future, leading to the risk of leaving right this summer.
In general, the challenge for Alonso is almost maximum because he will take the right to direct a team to seek to regain his dominance in both Spain and Europe. Everyone understands how harsh the environment at Real Madrid is, different from the peace at Leverkusen or any other club. There will not be much time and waiting for Alonso, and he is sure to understand this better than anyone else.
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