{"id":3834,"date":"2025-12-03T19:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:15:25","slug":"xabi-alonso-lauds-most-complete-performance-of-real-madrids-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/xabi-alonso-lauds-most-complete-performance-of-real-madrids-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso lauds \u2018most complete performance\u2019 of Real Madrid\u2019s season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso was able to let off some steam in Los Blancos\u2019 win over Athletic Club, as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/12\/03\/athletic-real-madrid-report\">cruised to victory at San Mames<\/a>. After three Liga games without winning away from home, Los Blancos looked improved in Bilbao, hence Alonso\u2019s satisfaction after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Star man Kylian Mbappe gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/12\/03\/watch-kylian-mbappe-gives-real-madrid-against-athletic-before-assisting-eduardo-camavinga\">Real Madrid the perfect start seven minutes in with a thumping effort to beat Unai Simon<\/a>, putting them firmly in control. By the hour-mark, Alonso\u2019s side were three goals to good and in firm control, having attacked incisively and at a high tempo, in arguably their best performance under Alonso. Motives for further satisfaction were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/12\/03\/real-madrid-player-ratings-athletic\">showings from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an important match,\u201d Alonso noted in his press conference after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EN DIRECTO: XABI ALONSO y VALVERDE, RUEDA DE PRENSA post ATHLETIC CLUB vs. REAL MADRID | LALIGA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQP9sd3TDZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to break the run. We came in with the necessary preparation and composure. The team played a very complete match. It\u2019s the most complete performance we\u2019ve had, and in a demanding stadium, no less. Now we have to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The team went out to win from the first minute\u2019 \u2013 Alonso<\/h2>\n<p>Even if Real Madrid showed a different side of themselves, it was the same supernatural Mbappe who set the platform for their win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKylian is in great form, mobile and with a great connection with Vini. The team came out determined to win from the first minute. It was an important moment to get back to winning ways away from home, and on Sunday we\u2019re back playing at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that he makes crucial saves,\u201d Alonso explained on Thibaut Courtois\u2019 magnificent stop in the first half, anoteher constant for Los Blancos. \u201cHe\u2019s allowed us to maintain our lead and continue in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" class=\"wp-image-325391 has-webp lazyload\" style=\"height:auto;max-width: 1980px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Mbappe scores the opening goal.\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mbappe-.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Marca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Alonso takes focus off dressing room atmosphere<\/h2>\n<p>Before the match, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/12\/02\/football-espana-x-cnn-barcelona-issues-atletico-madrids-improvement-and-real-madrids-rumblings\">Alonso was under pressure, as talk continued about his relationship with the dressing room<\/a>. The Real Madrid manager was asked again about the significance of the conversations he held in Athens before their clash with Olympiakos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is what matters, and that\u2019s what\u2019s most important. The team\u2019s performance, the collective quality, how we controlled the game. It was very consistent. After the draw in Girona, it was an important moment, and now we have to think about Celta. The schedule is so demanding that it doesn\u2019t allow for any further dwelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Problems for Xabi Alonso at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RealMadrid<\/a>? <\/p>\n<p>Full story below<img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" class=\"wp-smiley lazyload\" style=\"height:auto;height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f447.png\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkSnEQom96\">pic.twitter.com\/jkSnEQom96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football Espa\u00f1a (@footballespana_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballespana_\/status\/1996183560945119327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>\u2018Guler and Bellingham are compatible\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Before the match, Alonso was asked whether Arda Guler and Bellingham were able to coexist effectively in midfield, to which he replied in the affirmative. Yet the Turkish starlet found himself on the bench in Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course he\u2019s compatible with Jude. He\u2019d played three games in a row and we play every three days. It was a decision just for today\u2019s game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/12\/03\/xabi-alonso-lauds-most-complete-performance-of-real-madrids-season\">Xabi Alonso lauds &#8216;most complete performance&#8217; of Real Madrid&#8217;s season<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\">Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso was able to let off some steam in Los Blancos\u2019 win over Athletic Club, as they cruised to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3836,"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\/3834"}],"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=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3837,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions\/3837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}