{"id":1635,"date":"2026-01-24T08:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:08:22","slug":"why-xabi-alonsos-tactics-failed-at-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"Why Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Tactics &#8220;Failed&#8221; At Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acK8r0iojq8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Xabi Alonso managed just 34 games as Real Madrid manager, before being sacked after defeat in the Copa Del Ray&#8217;s Clasico final. But with talk of his high-pressing, high-intensity, system &#8220;not working&#8221; at Real Madrid, Adam Clery looks at the team&#8217;s style of play to show why that&#8217;s not a fair assessment at all.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc55 The ACFC x Kit &amp; Bone 100,000 Subscriber Shirt is available to buy! \ud83d\udc55<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adam Clery Football Channel (ACFC) 100k Subscriber Edition Football Shirt (UK, Alpha, S, XXL, Regular, Regular) Cranberry\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_u06S2k1e78i9i2&#038;asin=B0FX9ZWS2C&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 ACFC CHANNEL MEMBERSHIPS \ud83d\udd34<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRXVJv9f3oob6l3-ktUbXUA\/join<br \/>\nYou can now become a member of the ACFC Channel<br \/>\n\u2705 Exclusive Videos<br \/>\n\u2705 Members-Only Community<br \/>\n\u2705 Discounted Merchandise<br \/>\n\u2705 You Choose The Videos<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\n\ud83d\udea8 YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW ACFC ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM \ud83d\udea8<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb5 TIKTOK: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@adamclery<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf8  INSTA: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adamcleryfc\/<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce8 ACFC Newsletter signup: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ACFCNewsletter \ud83d\udce8<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd81 ACFC FANTASY LEAGUE \ud83e\udd81<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/fantasy.premierleague.com\/leagues\/auto-join\/33vizl<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe To ACFC: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheAdamCleryFootballChannel?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f SOCIALS:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/AdamClery<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adamclery<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/adamclery.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 CREDITS:<br \/>\nWritten, Produced, and Additional Editing by Adam Clery<br \/>\nEditing by Archie Corbett<br \/>\nGFX by Gemma Davison<br \/>\nBackground by Dave Newman<\/p>\n<p>This video includes some material which is \u00a9 The Premier League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xabi Alonso managed just 34 games as Real Madrid manager, before being sacked after defeat in the Copa Del Ray&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Xabi Alonso&#039;s Tactics &quot;Failed&quot; At Real Madrid - Soccer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xabi Alonso managed just 34 games as Real Madrid manager, before being sacked after defeat in the Copa Del Ray&#8217;s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Soccer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/\",\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"description\":\"All you need to know about soccer\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635\",\"name\":\"Why Xabi Alonso's Tactics \\\"Failed\\\" At Real Madrid - Soccer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Tactics &#8220;Failed&#8221; At Real Madrid\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Xabi Alonso's Tactics \"Failed\" At Real Madrid - Soccer","og_description":"Xabi Alonso managed just 34 games as Real Madrid manager, before being sacked after defeat in the Copa Del Ray&#8217;s [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635","og_site_name":"Soccer","article_published_time":"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/","name":"Soccer","description":"All you need to know about soccer","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ytb_thumb-65.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#webpage","url":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635","name":"Why Xabi Alonso's Tactics \"Failed\" At Real Madrid - Soccer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-24T08:08:22+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/?p=1635#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Tactics &#8220;Failed&#8221; At Real Madrid"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localsoccernews.com\/soccer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}