JUST IN: Xabi Alonso had a meeting with his entire staff immediately before his very first training session as Real Madrid coach, in order to decide what specific aspect of the game they should focus on the most.ELSiete írta: Xabi Alonso does NOT want Real Madrid to sit back in a deep block when they don't have the ball, like in recent years.
He wants the team to press "reasonably" high, and be VERY agressive in trying to win the ball back.
His plan is also to make the team more compact when they press, not each player pressing on his own. That has been a major point in his first training sessions with the whole squad. @diarioas
The decision was clear: pressing.
Xabi's biggest focus right now is making the team win the ball back as soon as they lose it. He has been working on it in every single training session so far. @diarioas


