Quote from: jems on Today at 08:48:58 AM

Real Madrid's play was poorly organized, especially their midfield, which lacked support for the front line, making it clear that Mbappé was struggling.
Mameng Real Madrid managed to win this week, but I see many shortcomings in the Real Madrid team. They've won three consecutive matches by narrow margins, even against weaker teams. Xabi Alonso still has a lot of work to do, and given Real Madrid's current form, I think many still doubt them.

They are improving and seem to have better organization match by match. Guler seems to play better under management of Xabi Alonso than with Carlo Ancelotti and Vinicius can get benefit from Guler support too. Mbappe shown his attitude change with more readiness to do proactively defense at Real Madrid front line. Real Madrid still don't have too good and smooth combination among their players in pressing but it will be improved with time, I believe so.

Quote from: Republikcoin.com on Today at 08:25:04 AM

Real Madrid is not yet at their best, as a team that has won more trophies in the past, so Madrid still needs to make more improvements slowly with each match this season. Because if their performance and form continue to improve, it's clearly very possible for Madrid to return to the trophy race this season, with such an exciting challenge. Therefore, Alonso will have to experiment with various tactics to see how his team develops, as they will certainly face quite formidable opponents as the season progresses.

It's unrealistic to ask a best Real Madrid as a mandatory task of Xabi Alonso as he only joined the club in this summer and has only several official matches with his players. He is a smart and capable coach and with some good signals in early matches, I believe that Xabi Alonso will be able to improve Real Madrid with time.

How Guler played well in the match with Mallorca can be another signal that Xabi Alonso will enlighten career of some young players in Real Madrid similarly to how he did it with players in Bayer Leverkusen.