Xabi Alonso has achieved in record time that Real Madrid is the team that creates the most in the Club World Cup. The message released from the presidency has taken shape in a team that seeks to finish the season in a way that until nothing was unlikely. The white team feels that it has taken cruise speed, especially after making an almost round game against Juventus. However, the Basque coach wants to reduce excess confidence To prevent the quarter from Borussia Dortmund (Saturday, 10:00 p.m.) to become a reissue of what lived in Germany. The 'Borusser' painting became the Achilles heel of the successful Leverkusen led by Tolosarra.
Xabi Alonso and the complicated enemy 'Borusser'
As a player, Xabi Alonso faced the Ruhr basin team 15 times, with a balance of seven victories, two draws and six losses. The best balance is with Real Madrid in Champions. However, wearing the Bayern shirt suffered two losses in the semifinals and one in the final of the DFB Pokal. He also lost a Super Cup. Borussia has always been an excellent competitor in short tournaments and in the 'Mata-Mata'. That is why he managed to break the forecasts to reach the final of 2024, where the white club imposed the logic that surrounds him in Europe.
As a coach, Xabi Alonso did not free himself from the problems of facing Dortmund, not even after assembling the best Leverkusen in history. Up to five occasions have seen the faces with Borussia in Bundesliga, with a single victory, the one that he achieved at the Signal Iduna Park in January of this year before a depressive version of a team that Nuri Sahin does not take advantage. In fact, the visit of the German team to Bernabéu, which ended in a 5-2 with vinicius triplet was a mirage this campaign.
In one of his last matches as coach of the Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso lost 2-4 against the new Borussia of Niko Kovac, which has recovered the competitive level of a template always in continuous change, but competitive in tournaments such as the Club World Cup. In the five duels of the Basque coach before the opponent for a place in the semifinals he displayed all his tactical variety without much success. He tried from 3-4-3 that he used with such profusion in the Bundesliga, Until 4-4-2 with double pivot, through a 3-4-2-1 or 4-3-3 offensive.
Borussia prepares against tactical flexibility
The tactical variety is a fundamental parameter to understand Xabi Alonso. ANDHe met with a 4-3-3 that served as a continuation with the past of Ancelotti. Soon he made an amendment to the entire Ancelotti to test in the second game against Pachuca a scheme of three centrals, despite the expulsion of Asencio that forced to delay, one more party, the definitive deployment of 3-5-2 which is totally variable. The culture of the new Real Madrid is that Xabi Alonso has imposed: high pressure and an organized defense in a way that goes against the limitations of previous years.
The lanes are a reality, with a trent on one flank and in the other Fran García, who has taken advantage of Álvaro's 'interruption signing' signs to become strong. In the middle, Güler has won gallons, released by the best Valverde behind him. Tchouaméni is an effective libero, just the position that accommodates its duplicity as a midfielder and central. Above, Xabi Alonso will have to decide whether to take advantage of Gonzalo's state of grace or decide to apply the hierarchy with a MBAPPÉ that is not yet 100%, as proved to Juventus.
In the Dortmund, which passed before Rayados thanks to its biggest glue, Niko Kovac, another coach born at the 'Bayern School', such as Xabi Alonso, are prepared for a change of plan before the team that has increased their share of favoritism with respect to the previous matches. “Real Madrid has another caliber of soccer players and that entails great danger. We cannot play with our defensive line so advanced because distances will be too big. We have to find more balance”, Analyzed Gregor Kobel, Dortmund goalkeeper and, as Di Gregorio demonstrated in the eighths against Juventus, a fundamental figure to appease the Xabi Alonso revolution.
Real Madrid Technical Data Sheet – Borussia Dortmund
Probable Real Madrid alignment: Kobel; Süle, Anton, Bensebaini; Ryerson, Svensson, Grob, Sabitzer, Nmecha; Adeyemi, and Guirassy.
Probable alignment Borussia Dortmund: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rüdiger, Huijsen; Tchouaméni, Fran García; Valverde, Bellingham, Güler; Vinicius and Gonzalo/Mbappé.
Referee: Ramón Abatti (Brazil).
Stadium: New Jersey Meflife.
Date: Saturday, May 5, 22 hours.
