Chapter 660 Today’s Real Madrid substitute! The future super coach! Xavi Alonso!

Real Madrid's two starting midfielders are Essien and Modric.

Essien was recruited from Chelsea and Modric was recruited from Tottenham Hotspur.

There is no need to say more about the abilities of Essien and Modric. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the best defensive midfielder combination in the world at the moment.

Real Madrid not only has defensive midfielders like Essien and Modric, but also a backup midfielder like Xavi Alonso.

Alonso can also be regarded as an old player of Liverpool. Although this year is no longer Alonso's peak competitive period, Alonso's ability is still world-class.

Of course, Alonso's even more awesomeness is yet to come.

In Alonso's era, many world-class players later became head coaches, such as Lampard, Gerrard, Kompany, Rooney, etc. However, there is one thing to say, the record of these well-known stars as coaches is not the same. It's not very good, it's still a mess.

However, Alonso's coaching record after his retirement is close to that of a world-class coach.

Alonso and Tazi are also known as the head coaches of the new era.

Brother Tazi has sorted out the Gunners Arsenal in order. Although Arsenal will still collapse inexplicably at the end of the season, that is not the problem of Brother Tazi, but a stubborn problem of Arsenal itself.

And Alonso's coaching career can be said to be really awesome. Alonso obtained the European coaching qualification before retiring, and in the 18-19 season, he coached the Real Madrid U14 youth team and cultivated a team for Real Madrid. A large number of expensive main players, and then in the 19-20 season, Alonso returned to his birthplace club Real Sociedad. As the head coach of the Real Sociedad B team, he helped the Real Sociedad B team from the Spanish Second Division B. The last place was promoted to the Spanish Second Division. This was also the first time that the Real Sociedad B team returned to the English Second Division after 60 years.

What will really start Alonso's awesome coaching career will be when Alonso moves into the Bundesliga giants pharmaceutical company Bayer Leverkusen as the head coach in 2022.

This year is the fifth year since Alonso retired and obtained his coaching qualification.

Superstar Raul, who obtained the coaching qualification at the same time as him, was still coaching Real Madrid's youth team at this time, while Alonso was already able to take charge of Leverkusen on his own.

At that time, Leverkusen was going through a very rare crisis in the club's history. Not only was it in financial trouble, Leverkusen had only scored 8 points in the 5 Bundesliga games that had ended, ranking second from last in the Bundesliga.

When Alonso took over this hot potato, no one was optimistic about him, who was only 40 years old and had only coaching experience in the U14 youth team and the second team.

However, when Alonso officially took over Leverkusen, Leverkusen came back to life almost immediately.

In the 2022th round of the 9 Bundesliga season, which was Alonso's first game as coach, Leverkusen defeated top-ranked Schalke 4 at home with a score of 0:04. In the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 22 season, Leverkusen drew with Bruges 0:0 at home, tied with Atletico Madrid in total points in the group, and defeated Atletico Madrid with its goal difference to enter the Europa League.

In the 22th round of the 27 Bundesliga, Alonso led Leverkusen to defeat Frankfurt 3:1, achieving seven consecutive victories in all competitions. This is also the first time that the pharmaceutical company has achieved seven consecutive victories since 2002.

When the 22 season ended, Leverkusen, which was originally ranked at the bottom, achieved an unbeaten record of 14 games in all competitions, ranked sixth in the standings, and qualified for the European competition. In the 23rd season, in the fourth round of the UEFA Europa League group stage, Alonso led his team to a 4-1 victory over Karabakh in an away game, setting a new record for the club's winning streak in a single season since the establishment of the Bundesliga in 0.

23赛季德甲第11轮，阿隆索率队在主场4-0大胜柏林联合，以10胜1平积31分的成绩追平瓜迪奥拉在2015-16赛季带领拜仁创下的德甲同期最高积分纪录。

In the 12th round of the Bundesliga, Alonso led his team to a 3-0 victory over Werder Bremen in an away game, becoming the first Bayer Leverkusen coach to lead his team to eight consecutive Bundesliga wins.

2024年2月24日，德甲第23轮，阿隆索率队在主场2-1险胜美因茨，创下德甲球队单赛季正式比赛33不败的新纪录，打破拜仁慕尼黑保持的32场不败纪录。

Based on these achievements alone, Alonso is already worthy of the title of world famous coach.

And such a world-famous coach can only sit on Real Madrid's bench obediently, serving as a substitute for the young Modric and Essien, who is in better physical condition.

Alonso is the kind of player who plays with his brain and has very clear ideas. He has a strong overall view and commanding talent, which laid the foundation for him to later become a world-class coach.

Alonso has studied under Benitez, Mourinho, Ancelotti, and Guardiola. These coaches all have very distinctive coaching characteristics. Alonso's advantage is that he never imitates. Any coach will draw nourishment from these coaches, think carefully, and sum up his own set of tactics.

When he coached Real Madrid U14, his own system and philosophy were attached to Real Madrid's tactical system and did not have much conspicuousness. When he coached Real Sociedad's B team, he had more The right to shape the team according to his own ideas.

In the Real Madrid Sociedad B team, Alonso advocates a more proactive style of play than defensive counterattack.

When defending, Alonso will arrange his team to play 4231, press high and be ready to counterattack. Once the team seizes the ball, his formation will immediately change: a defensive midfielder will sink Entering the defense line, forming a three-back pattern with the two central defenders, the two full-backs are greatly pressed up to act as wing-backs or even full-midfielders, and the two wingers then move inward to appear together with a center forward. At the forefront of the team's offense.

This tactic is 4231 to 3133.

This tactic is also based on passing and controlling, but is not completely restricted to the three-three style of play. It integrates and combines the offensive essence of Mourinho and the defensive essence of Guardiola into one. A new era tactical system.

This tactical system has also allowed Alonso to sit on the throne of the new generation of super head coach.

With Alonso's ability, clubs like Pharmaceutical Factory will be unable to retain him sooner or later. Alonso's coaching style is also more suitable for Bayern and Chelsea, and it is also very suitable for Real Madrid and Liverpool, especially Liverpool. After all, Alonso Alonso's peak period was in Liverpool. Liverpool's Red Army fans will never forget Alonso's penalty kick that he scored under super, super, huge pressure on the night in Istanbul, and Alonso naturally I will never forget the crazy joy when I won the Champions League trophy for the first time.

Although Alonso later moved to Real Madrid and won the Champions League trophy again, the feeling the second time was definitely not as profound as the first time.

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