As per Diario AS<\/a>, head coach Xabi Alonso gave his thoughts on the clash at the Santiago Bernabeu when speaking to the media post-match. He admitted that his side did not start well, but they got better as the game went on.<\/p>\n \u201cThere have been different phases. We went from less to more, we didn\u2019t start well, but we adjusted. We had more of the ball and we increased the pace. It allowed us to have chances. I told them that it was a game of work, of looking for one, of not losing the balance. And so it has been.<\/p>\n \u201cVini made a great move. We couldn\u2019t kill them off, but we leave with three points. Courtois has also been very good. Let\u2019s continue.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso also spoke on Jude Bellingham, who notched his first goal of the season \u2013 which also turned out to be the only goal of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need everyone. I\u2019m very happy for Jude. After the injury he needed a good game. Apart from the goal he played very well, in intermediate positions. We found him very well in the second half. I\u2019m very happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso was also asked about Real Madrid\u2019s openness, with their defenders having been left exposed on multiple occasions throughout the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are many points. We improve week by week. They caught us in some transition, because we wanted to be aggressive in the opponent\u2019s half.<\/p>\n \u201cThat play\u2026 As a spectator it has been a spectacle. I prayed that they wouldn\u2019t send (Militao) off, and then there was Thibaut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Xabi Alonso reacts to Real Madrid victory against Juventus – “I prayed the referee wouldn’t send Eder Militao off”<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid continued their 100% start to this season\u2019s Champions League with a narrow 1-0 victory over Juventus on Wednesday. It was far…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/real-madrid-cf-v-juventus-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md3-1-min-scaled.jpg\")
Alonso reacts to defensive vulnerabilities<\/h2>\n