Arda Güler speaks for the first time about the coaching change at Madrid: 'We...'

Xabi Alonso's arrival on the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu predicts multiple changes in the Merengue sports discipline. Not only regarding the results, since many hope that the Basque strategist will be able to get his players back on the winning track. For now, he seems to have achieved it after the victory against Pachuca.

One of the most outstanding players in that match against the Mexican team was Arda Güler: the Turkish "15" scored the second goal in the box, finishing a good team play. His words regarding the coaching change haven't gone unnoticed and have multiple interpretations.

The Real Madrid player points out that the Merengue footballers "wanted to win the first match, but it disappointed us". The lack of accuracy in attack, lack of strength in defense, and the absence of a player who could take control of the ball and the match took its toll. Xabi Alonso corrected those mistakes.

His tactics delivered the result that many expected even with Raúl Asencio's sending off as one of the most complicated setbacks of that match at Bank of America Stadium. The victory against the Mexican Pachuca is proof that "we need time to adapt to the new playing style".

Part of the process

The first-team members knew that the change between Carlo Ancelotti's tactical direction and Xabi Alonso's methods would take some time to become effective. Arda Güler, speaking about the coaching change at Real Madrid, recalls a phrase from his new coach to illustrate it: "when this Club World Cup ends, we'll be better".

Arda Güler's opinion about the coaching change at Real Madrid is one of the most relevant and desired in this regard. The experiences of the European midfielder under the tactical command of Carlo Ancelotti weren't the best, especially due to a lack of prominence that not many could explain.

The Reggiolo coach's decision to keep the talented midfielder on the bench for much of the last two seasons still raises questions in the Valdebebas offices. Aside from the serious injury he suffered during almost the entire 23/24 season, the board believes that the midfielder was "underused" in his first two campaigns as a Madridist.

That's why one of Xabi Alonso's goals is to make him a key piece in his tactical schemes. The absence of a creative and organizing midfielder could be solved with the emergence of Arda Güler, whose talent is increasingly focused on that much-needed position.