Real Madrid arrived at this Club World Cup with the bruised body. Without time to recover from the wounds that had generated a season in which he had lost something more than the League or the Champions. He had been an orphan of identity, always at the mercy of an individuality. The only way to change the situation was to sign a coach who imposed his law from day one and that is what is passed with Xabi Alonso. The white team clearly exceeded the RB Salzburg as group leader (0-3) and will be measured in the round of ours of Juventus (Tuesday, 9:00 p.m.).
He did it thanks to an intense and improved version, where the pressure arose as a fundamental element. To this we must unite the revive of the voracity of a vinicius that resurfaced based on talent. He scored a goal and another Valverde served to leave a lethargy that is not allowed in a team of this level. Gonzalo completed the win with a definition that shows his excellent confidence level.
Vinicius leaves indolence
The Real Madrid of Xabi Alonso takes shape. Rüdiger returned to a rear that was three plants in practice, with Tchouaméni embedded between the German and Huijsen. Güler maintained the pivot post, on his end of the end to the center. Same position for Rodrygo, although in his case, the bench (would leave in the second part), which looks like the springboard towards a possible exit. He offered good features the white start complex, with ball control and high pressure, finding holes, especially through the corridors generated by Bellingham.
It had been a long time since Real Madrid did not develop such effective pressure, with two and up to three well -positioned men to cut pass line and recover after loss in periods of less than five seconds. A way of playing identical to which the Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso developed, capable of putting together a pentagon among all the lines he exercised as a cage for the rivals. The Salzburg RB could only look at how the ball went side by side, from a declared inferiority.
Gonzalo was offered on all sides, showing himself as a versatile battering ram that, if it is about football merits, it would have to be ahead of an Endrick that will travel this weekend to the US to join the White Expedition. Vinicius had a hand in hand before a Zawieschitzky who looked with concern how his teammates accumulated kilometers on his legs. So much rained in favor of Real Madrid that the goal ended up in a great Bellingham pass that found the best wine, capable of recovering its best version inside.
Gonzalo perpetuates his mood
It was the beginning of a safe victory and an insured growth. At the edge of the break, those of Xabi Alonso found the second with the same that showed the confirmation of the new ideas that have reached Real Madrid by the hand of the Basque. Again Vinicius again made an incursion into the area and in a magnificent decision, he stepped on the ball to give Valverde the 0-2. Somewhat that left the fate of the white team completely oriented in the eighths of a tournament in which he is growing waiting for the equipment of his level.
Real Madrid granted opportunities at the start of the second half, where the RB Salzburg waved the game from the bench with the entrance of Kjaergaard and Daghim. But he has the healthy habit of having a goalkeeper as Courtois who is the best defense against the trouble. All the success of Xabi Alonso lacked an Austrian team that improved benefits at the expense of a team where Rüdiger, In an unnecessary offensive adventure, he was about to injure.
With the passage of the minutes, the Real Madrid pressure was losing effectiveness and that gave options to a rival set that is far from the European elite. The great attraction of the final stretch of the meeting was Modric, acclaimed by the public of Lincoln Financial Field, who raised the level of decibels with a genius of Gonzalo, who is with the confidence that he knows that everything will come out. The Blanca expedition returns to Palm Beach, where the journey of a tournament that enters the decisive phase began, where each disconnection will be penalized. That will be the first great exam by Xabi Alonso.
