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\u201cOn the one hand, it doesn\u2019t surprise me, but I would have liked a different decision, but he won\u2019t be available tomorrow. We couldn\u2019t play him for 60 minutes, and it\u2019s better to leave it there, because if you accept a mistake, there should be consequences,\u201d Alonso told Marca<\/a>, referring to the CTA reflection that a yellow card would have been a better call<\/a>.<\/p>\n Eduardo Camavinga and Fede Valverde plans<\/p>\n Real Madrid all of a sudden have something of a shortage at right-back, following Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s injury, and Dani Carvajal\u2019s suspension for his red card in the Champions League. The 33-year-old is also coming back from a year out of action, and Alonso was asked whether Fede Valverde might reprise his shift to right-back from last season.<\/p>\n \u201cFede will play in midfield, which is his position. The other day he gave the team what it needed and collectively he was very generous. He\u2019s fundamental to the system, and hopefully he won\u2019t have to play at right back, but you can\u2019t say he never will.\u201d<\/p>\n Image via Twitter \/ X<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Similarly, Eduardo Camavinga, who returned to fitness this week, has filled in at left-back at times, but Alonso was clear on where he would be operating.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a midfielder. He\u2019s obviously so complete that he can play in many positions, like Valverde. But I see him in the middle, as a six or eight. He has many abilities, and now we need to integrate him into the team\u2019s quality, both on and off the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso\u2019s desired style of play<\/p>\n After their 2-1 victory over Olympique Marseille, Alonso praised Real Madrid\u2019s control in the opening half hour of the game. The Basque manager again emphasized that he wanted his side to dominate with the ball.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had several matches conditioned by context, mainly by cards. But I hope to have that sense of control over longer periods. I want us to generate, to have stability in the game, because that will give us emotional stability. It will prevent us from getting too excited. If you go too far\u2026 sometimes you make bad decisions. The longer these phases of play are, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso was not best-pleased when Dean Huijsen was sent off last weekend, in what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19690,23407,23411,23413,23410,85,46,23414,4029,23408,23412,105,19692,23406,23409],"class_list":{"0":"post-26725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-dani-carvajal","9":"tag-dean-huijsen","10":"tag-eduardo-camavinga","11":"tag-espanyol","12":"tag-fede-valverde","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-olympique-marseille","16":"tag-real-madrid","17":"tag-red-card","18":"tag-spain-international","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-trent-alexander-arnold","21":"tag-xabi-alonso","22":"tag-yellow-card"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6ce248806576fad864171c42a1dfde25.jpeg\"\/)
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