Alonso and Real Madrid

When Xabi Alonso took over the coaching position at Real Madrid, the glory and intrigues that had been intertwined for fifteen years hovered over the Bernabeu.

The 43-year-old tactical master wrote a legend here as a player and made a comeback as a coach, stepping precisely on the pulse of the power transition at Real Madrid with every step.

From 2009 to 2014, Alonso played 236 games in the white shirt, won the Champions League, La Liga and two Copa del Rey titles, which are enough to make any player go down in history.

What's more cruel is that he was willing to stay in Real Madrid's youth training camp for a year, calling it "career planning", but in fact it was a move on the power chessboard in advance - the first-team coach's throne was his prey.

Alonso's most powerful skill is his "political survival skills".

He bid farewell to the Bernabeu twice, once as a player, defected to Bayern, and once as a coach to Real Sociedad, but he always made Real Madrid President Florentino Perez look at him differently.

This ability to be at ease in the center of the vortex is a "rare species" in the football world.

This thorough understanding of Real Madrid inside and out became his "password" to become Real Madrid's head coach.

In mid-June, the battle of the Club World Cup in the United States was the "mission" he had to win as a new official.

But to understand this power game, we have to go back to that crazy summer.

In 2009, Perez took power for the second time and spent 35 million euros to dig Alonso from Liverpool.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Kaka, who joined at the same time, formed the "Galactico II" and aimed directly at their arch-rival Barcelona.

In April 2011, under Jose Mourinho's iron-blooded tactics, Alonso sat in the midfield and led the team to overturn Barcelona in the King's Cup final.

The following year, Real Madrid topped the La Liga with a record 100 points and 121 goals.

However, Mourinho's radical style has plunged Real Madrid into a whirlpool of public opinion: he scolded the referee, scolded UEFA, and even poked the eyes of Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova in the national derby.

The locker room bosses Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos led the "rebellion", but Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa were like Mourinho's "death warriors", standing firm in the center of the storm.

"Following Mourinho, I dug the first pot of gold in coaching." When the conflict intensified in 2012, Alonso openly supported him, saying "The devil's details are hidden under his violent temper", which fully expressed his philosophy of survival in the workplace.

After Mourinho left, Carlo Ancelotti brought a management style that was gentle and caring, and Alonso was still the mainstay of the midfield.

In the 2014 Champions League final, although he was suspended and watched from the sidelines, he ran wildly on the sidelines in a suit and tie to celebrate Gareth Bale's lore - Real Madrid won the tenth championship, and he knew better than anyone what this trophy meant to him.

Who could have expected that Alonso, who had just renewed his contract, would turn around and join Guardiola's Bayern.

His farewell declaration of "leaving is the hardest decision" is still ringing in my ears, but he used his actions to stage a real-life "betrayal", which made Perez say he couldn't understand it.

After retiring, Alonso returned to Real Madrid's youth training camp and led the U14 team to a terrifying record of 22 wins and 1 tie in 23 games.

Just when everyone thought he would take over the U18 team, he chose to return to Real Sociedad B team.

This move of "retreating to advance" is a brilliant move - honing coaching skills in small leagues, accumulating human resources, and lying dormant for several years just to wait for the call from the Bernabeu.

In Leverkusen, Alonso ushered in the highlight of his coaching career.

He led the team to win the championship without losing and reached the Europa League final, instantly becoming a "hot commodity" in European football.

Bayern and Liverpool threw olive branches, but he did not respond.

Because he knew in his heart that only the position of Real Madrid coach was worthy of his ambition.

Over the years, Alonso's "scheming" has been everywhere: after transferring to Bayern, he praised Manuel Neuer and belittled Casillas; he colluded with an agency with close ties to Real Madrid in Germany; in 2019, there were even rumors of a "second return" with Mourinho. But the amazing thing is that these "little thoughts" not only did not make him fall out of favor, but instead made Perez see the wisdom of his "indirect loyalty".

Now back at the Bernabeu, Alonso is surrounded by his own people: Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric and other old comrades are still there.

David Alaba, his partner during the Bayern period, is also in the team; Jacobo Ramon, the young player he coached seven years ago, has joined the first team; even Sebastian Parrilla, his former youth training assistant, is also there.

However, the position of Real Madrid coach is the most difficult position in the world.

The lessons of Rafa Benitez and Julen Lopetegui are still fresh in our minds. They fell under the media's criticism and the undercurrents in the locker room.

캡토토 gives the answer. If Alonso wants to gain a firm foothold, he must learn to find a third way between Mourinho's sharpness and Ancelotti's smoothness.

"The most terrifying thing about him is that he always knows when to hold back and when to let go," said an industry insider. This insight helped him reach the pinnacle of his career.

Now coaching Real Madrid, he not only wants to prove his tactical ability, but also wants to use victory to declare to the world: Xabi Alonso is the destined "savior" of the Bernabeu.

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