Miami.- He real Madrid What do I want will take “time” in taking shape, said the coach on Wednesday Xabi Alonsoafter the merengue team debuted in the Club World Cup With a 1-1 draw against the Hilal.
“This is a process, we are obviously with the requirement of the result, because we are in a competition. But what we want to learn and be, because it takes time,” he said at a press conference in Miami.
Without Kylian Mbappé, affected by a viral painting, the white team did not go from equality with the Saudi in the hard rock stadium, at the start of Group H of the renewed FIFA competition.
The meringues advanced with a goal from the canterano Gonzalo García-Torres in the 34th minute, but his rival tied with a penalty marked by Ruben Neves (41), after an “avoidable” infraction, according to Alonso, of the defense Raúl Asencio.
In addition, the Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde wasted a maximum penalty in the discount of Alonso’s premiere match as a replacement for Carlo Ancelotti, now in charge of the Brazilian team.
“It has not surprised me (the level of Al Hilal) because I have seen enough games. Together with the new coach (Simone Inzaghi) they have players who have played at the top level and today we have seen it, it is a very good team,” he said.
Complaints for the schedule
The former Bayer Leverkusen coach, on the other hand, criticized the schedule of the match, which began at 3:00 p.m., in full heat of the capital of the Sun, and said that players like Vinicius Jr had physical inconveniences.
“Without an excuse, but it was very hot. It was a difficult game to take a lot of rhythm,” he said. “It is evident that it is not the best temperature, they are not the best conditions to play.”
However, he highlighted the second half of his directed to consider that in that period they showed brushstrokes of his football proposal.
I want a “good handling of the ball, the amplitude, the game between the lines, to be able to attack the halls,” he said.
Alonso said he did not know if Mbappé will be able to play the second day of Group H on Sunday against Pachuca de México in Charlotte.
“We do not know, we have to see how their recovery develops, the last two days have been bad. He has been with an important viral process, so we have to see him,” he said.
