{"id":283293,"date":"2025-11-10T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283293\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:49:09","slug":"why-xabi-alonso-should-switch-real-madrid-to-a-4-4-2-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283293\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Xabi Alonso Should Switch Real Madrid to a 4-4-2 Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Real Madrid\u2019s recent struggles against Liverpool and Rayo Vallecano should raise serious concerns about the team\u2019s current tactical setup. Los Blancos have drifted away from what worked so well just a few weeks ago \u2014 intense pressing and a balanced attack \u2014 and the on-field fit between Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, Jude Bellingham, and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 in a 4-3-3 formation looks increasingly untenable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To get the best out of those three undisputed starters, Xabi Alonso may need to consider a tactical shift: a move to a 4-4-2 diamond. Here are three reasons why that change makes sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Xabi Alonso needs to make adjustments. This squad is loaded with talent, but it lacks cohesion and balance in terms of player profiles. A shift to a 4-4-2 diamond could be exactly what Real Madrid need to restore structure, maximize their stars, and ultimately save their season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid\u2019s recent struggles against Liverpool and Rayo Vallecano should raise serious concerns about the team\u2019s current tactical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[108924,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-283293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-managing-madrid-editorials","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}