{"id":430647,"date":"2026-01-26T10:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:31:07","slug":"valdano-arbeloa-working-very-well-on-confidence-and-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430647\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdano: Arbeloa \u201cWorking Very Well on Confidence and Motivation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Speaking on Movistar+, Jorge Valdano highlighted a visible shift in the squad\u2019s mentality under \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cArbeloa is working very well on the confidence and motivation of the players,\u201d Valdano said, pointing to a psychological reset within the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He contrasted the current environment with the final stretch of Xabi Alonso\u2019s tenure. \u201cThat didn\u2019t happen with Xabi Alonso,\u201d Valdano added, suggesting the issue was not tactical alone but emotional and managerial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Valdano\u2019s remarks reflect a broader narrative, that Arbeloa\u2019s immediate focus has been restoring belief rather than overcomplicating systems. Early performances suggest players are responding, showing more intensity and clarity in their roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking on Movistar+, Jorge Valdano highlighted a visible shift in the squad\u2019s mentality under \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa. \u201cArbeloa is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[141407,403,99],"class_list":["post-430647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430647","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=430647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}