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Speaking to Diario AS, Jorge Valdano defended Xabi Alonso while placing responsibility for Real Madrid’s latest setback on the squad. “I consider Xabi a competent coach; it’s the players who aren’t running, not the coach,” Valdano said. “The team needs to be more aggressive, and that’s the players’ responsibility. The coach has to maintain order,…

Speaking on Radio Estadio Noche, Fernando Burgos questioned the preparation and direction of the team under Xabi Alonso following Madrid’s continued failure to win in La Liga. Burgos criticized the team’s training load heading into the match: “Giving two days off after the match at San Mamés and preparing this game with only one training…

On Spanish radio program Estadio Noche (Onda Cero), Julen Guerrero offered a sharp critique of Real Madrid’s fractured performances after another disappointing result. For Guerrero, the core problem is not tactical—it’s the players’ mentality and lack of unity. “As long as he doesn’t control all the egos, and the players don’t put themselves at the…

Real Madrid have published a medical report on defender Eder Militao, who tore his hamstring during the team’s 0-2 loss to Celta Vigo in La Liga. Following tests conducted on our player Éder Militão by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a rupture of the biceps femoris tendon in the left…