{"id":928,"date":"2025-06-19T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/?p=928"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:16:16","slug":"were-still-playing-carlo-ancelottis-system-real-madrid-star-thibaut-courtois-after-al-hilal-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/were-still-playing-carlo-ancelottis-system-real-madrid-star-thibaut-courtois-after-al-hilal-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re still playing Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s system\u2019 \u2013 Real Madrid star Thibaut Courtois after Al-Hilal tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Real Madrid star Thibaut Courtois has declared that much of what they showed in their Club World Cup debut against Al-Hilal had its roots in the previous management. Los Blancos played out a lacklustre 1-1 draw with the Saudi Arabian giants, and new manager Xabi Alonso was also keen to emphasize that he had had little time to work with his new side.<\/p>\n

There were debuts for Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen, with varying degrees of success<\/a>, while Kylian Mbappe missed out due to a fever. Real Madrid were outplayed in the first half though, even if they controlled the game more in the second half, which was more to the liking of Alonso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thibaut Courtois: \u2018We\u2019re still in the Ancelotti routines\u2019<\/h2>\n

Courtois, who is known for his straight talking, was critical of their performance, but stressed that they were very much in the initial phase of transition under Alonso.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been with Carlo for four years, we\u2019ve got our routines, and now we have to change them to what the new coach wants. We still have the automatisms from Carlo and the movements we had to do. It\u2019s not something that can be changed in four days; it doesn\u2019t happen immediately. We\u2019re watching videos and talking a lot. We\u2019ll learn from this game, and things will improve in the future.\u201d he told Cadena SER,<\/a> before describing the penalty given away by Raul Asencio as \u2018stupid\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Image via Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIn the first half, we lacked rhythm on the ball. We needed to play faster and look more between the lines so we wouldn\u2019t have to run so much after the ball in this heat. We played better, despite not having great chances, and we\u2019ll go into Sunday\u2019s game with the same idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso\u2019s new style of play<\/h2>\n

On Alonso\u2019s style of play, Courtois mentioned that he \u2018had his own way of playing, a different way of attacking and defending.\u2019 Alonso also recognised to Marca<\/a> that it would take time for his side to absorb the concepts he was trying to install.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been here for nine days with just three training sessions, and this is a process. We have the demand for results because we\u2019re in a competition, but what we also want is to learn and figure out what we want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to do different things, obviously, but you can\u2019t do everything in four days\u2026 After spending four years doing things with another coach because the old automatisms still remain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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