Ending the 2024/25 season with a rout, Real Madrid underperformed in the first Cup tour of the Alonso era

ended the 2024/25 season with a rout, and Real Madrid did poorly on their first Cup tour of the Alonso era. With one month left before the La Liga starts, the young coach will be able to accelerate reconstruction around the new players. Beside the new players such as Heisen, Mastantono, Valverde is still the unshakable midfielder's set-up star.

The hardest player in Europe, showing his skills in danger

In this long season, Valverde played 65 times for Real Madrid, with a total of 5,646 minutes of playing time, becoming the player with the most appearances and playing time in the five major leagues, significantly ahead of other players. The combination of "New Ceremony Midfielder" is not effective. Chu Amuni and Kamavenga have participated in the backcourt rotation. Bellingham is entangled by negative comments. Valverde is the only "zero negative comments" in white midfielder. The value of 120 million euros set by Germany cannot reflect his value. The combination of Valverde & Celvallos once saved Real Madrid from the fire.

The universal puzzle of Alonso's new policy, Arnold's patron saint?

After taking office, Xavi Alonso first relied on the 433 formation left by Ancelotti to complete the transition, and then built his favorite 352 formation. As Chu Améni adapted to the role of dragging back center back, Valverde could finally leave the dragging back midfield position and return to his familiar right midfield position. This is a blessing for Arnold.

Before Conat arrived, Arnold's protector was Valverde.

From 433 to 352, Alonso's change of formation will lead to the shift of Real Madrid's offensive center. Valverde must not only be responsible for the offense and defense in the middle, but also need to fill the wing space through large-scale coverage, which will not be much easier than Ancelotti's era. Before Real Madrid gets Connate, the task of protecting Arnold is still to Valverde. Bellingham won't come back until October, and Valverde is Alonso's bottom line when promoting tactical experiments.