Re: ⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽
This is a pretty embarrassing result for the club who have many trophy champions league. Many observers began to doubt if Xabi can increase Madrid's performance this season. There were some mistakes that prevented the team did not working properly in the first half. Conceded 3 goals in 1st half, labeled Madrid as a fragile team in defense. Many homework that Xabi do to fix it immediately. Xabi must align between attacker and defender, and make the team work like PSG did.
Now, PSG has established a new force in Europe. They were transformed into the team to watch out for. Betting markets are more inclined to PSG to get FIFA Club World Cup trophy.
The main problem for Real before this match was their defense, and in fact, this problem remained in this game as well. Militao and Carvajal did return, but they only came on in the middle of the second half, and Carvajal entered the game near the end. Alexander-Arnold, who was supposed to strengthen the defense, suffered a minor injury and did not play at all. Valverde had to be moved into defense again, so all the defensive problems Real had before this match stayed the same.
That is why it is no surprise that PSG managed to score four goals. And there are still doubts about Alonso, and whether he is really better than Ancelotti. I have said before, that it would be hard for Real to find a more experienced coach than Ancelotti. But they decided to try Alonso.