Quote from: Franctoshi on Today at 08:52:35 PM

That's my expectations on him too, Xabi must have spent a season or two at Madrid before anyone would start to question or judge his credibility and ability to be coaching Real Madrid, Alonso is still an upcoming coach in the managerial job and can't even be compared with Ancelotti's experience with managing a football club. I believe with time, Alonso will replicate his achievements in Bayer Leverkusen at Madrid but not something that will happen immediately as many were so desperate to have seen him win PSG and the club world cup.

Anyone who is saying Xabi Alonso is not a good coach due to the performance in the semifinal against PSG is not appreciating the effort that Xabi has already put into Real Madrid in the Club World Cup. He really tried for them, and he still has enough time to do better.

We all should wait and see what he will do in the upcoming season first, before saying anything about him or comparing him with Ancelotti.

Quote from: BALIK on Today at 08:46:56 PM

We have seen Madrid's shaky defense since the previous season. Alonso's main responsibility this season is to strengthen the defense. If Madrid can strengthen their defense , their internal problems will be reduced to a large extent. So Alonso should now focus completely on strengthening Madrid's defense.

That is the main problem that Real Madrid are currently facing, which is the defense. I have hope in Xabi that he will finalize everything before the upcoming season, and he has the talent to do it.

If not for the break in their defense, their game against PSG wouldn’t have been such a poor performance. To be honest, after they lost form in their defense, it spoiled everything, and they ended up losing the game..