Xabi Alonso called for patience real Madrid1-1 draw with Al Hilal In his initial game in the club World Cup, implementing the changes he wants to “take time”.
Madrid struggled in the first half at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami before Youth Forward Gonzalo garcia Keep them ahead in the 34th minute.
Ruben Neos Penalty spots were equaled to Al Hilal, and Madrid got a chance to win the game in a pairing time with another penalty, only to save goalkeeper Yasin Bauuno Federico WalverdeSpot kick.
“The second half was much better than before,” Alonso said at his match news conference. “We had a lack of many things in the first half, we did not have a balance. We have talked about it.
“I liked the response. We were able to change our rhythm, have more control, and the opposition plays more in half. This is a process. We have to take positive and improve.”
Alonso, who, replaced the erstwhile Carlo Anseloti after Madrid, who failed to do a major trophy in the previous season, took only his first training on 9 June before flying to the United States for the session tournament.
“I knew it would take time,” he said. “There are things that we have to change. We have to fix them, and we will keep doing this. Everything takes time, we have nine days, and some players have only three training sessions. It is demanding, we are in a competition, we are in a competition, but we want to learn, and what we want to do will take time.”
,[Alonso] Wants to see your play, a different way of defending and a different way to attack, “goalkeeper Thibot cortois Said. “We were with ancelotti for four years, we have some ‘automaticism’ and we have to change them what the new coaches want.
“This does not happen in four days. We are trying, we are watching videos, talking a lot, and it would be better. We will learn a lot from this first game.”
Madrid was ahead without a star Kylian mbappa – The last season has scored 43 goals in all competitions for the game, after coming down with fever this week.
“We don’t know,” Alonso said, when asked if Mbappé would return to Madrid’s next game with Pachuka on Sunday. “We have to see how his recovery is done. He is ill with a virus in the last two days.”
