The day Ancelotti delivered his verdict at Real Madrid was the beginning of the end.

Real Madrid won't have Carlo Ancelotti for next season. The decision had been rumored for several weeks, given the discovered closeness of the Madrid bosses with Xabi Alonso. The official announcement by CBF, which comes untimely according to the plans devised in the Valdebebas offices, confirmed the departure of the Reggiolo coach.

The negative trend experienced by the Italian strategist for several weeks, however, would have a very clear beginning that everyone at the white club would have noticed. According to the information published by "Relevo", Santiago Bernabéu locker room reacted with great surprise to the preparation for the Champions League quarter-final tie.

The journalist "Rodra" reveals the surprise of the Madrid players at the lack of tactical preparation to face Arsenal in a double match that Real Madrid ended up losing. The aggregate of the tie, a striking 1-5 in favor of the gunner squad, would be the faithful reflection of what was recently advanced by this "Relevo" reporter.

According to the sources consulted by "Rodra", the coaching staff led by Carlo Ancelotti offered a general tactical preparation for the match, very common in the technical talks before any confrontation. But no specific tactics or game plan would have been offered that took into account the weaknesses and strengths of Mikel Arteta's pupils in a direct confrontation.

Immediate sentence

That could well have been the beginning of the end of Carlo Ancelotti's second stage at Real Madrid. The lack of tactical and technical preparation has been one of the main negative points attributed to the first team this season... and the information recently revealed by "Rodra" would confirm that truly worrying trend.

The application of a "general" and "vague" tactical plan, without concrete guidelines and closely related to the tie against Arsenal did not please either players or top executives. That's why contacts with Xabi Alonso would have been accelerated, with a view to his incorporation at the end of the current season, to correct the situation on Santiago Bernabéu bench.

The executives led by Florentino Pérez aspire to the implementation of a new model of match preparation with the arrival of Xabi Alonso. The versatility shown by the coach from Tolosa during his time at Bayer Leverkusen would be a huge variation compared to the preparation of the tie against Arsenal.

That's why all contacts for the signing of the former Madrid player would have been accelerated after the double defeat against the English sports discipline. Xabi Alonso arrives not only to regenerate the squad with his suggested signings to the white leadership but to change a practically indefensible and unsustainable situation at a tactical and technical level.