{"id":154952,"date":"2026-01-13T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154952"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:02:30","slug":"xabi-alonso-out-at-real-madrid-arbeloa-in-%f0%9f%9a%a8-dressing-room-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154952","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso OUT at Real Madrid! Arbeloa IN \ud83d\udea8 Dressing Room CIVIL WAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVpmBeYCZro?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Xabi Alonso has LEFT Real Madrid after the Supercopa loss to Barcelona. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 Real Madrid news + manager sacked \/ mutual agreement debate\u2026 and \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa takes over. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid have confirmed that Xabi Alonso\u2019s time as first-team coach is over, with the club saying the split was by mutual agreement following the 3-2 Spanish Super Cup defeat to Barcelona. \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udca5<br \/>\nAnd in the same breath, Madrid moved fast: \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has been appointed as the new head coach. \ud83d\ude33\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>In this video I react to EVERYTHING:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude21 The Supercopa collapse and what it exposed<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40 The reports of a fractured dressing room and growing tensions<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udde0 Why Xabi\u2019s ideas didn\u2019t fully land with certain players (and why that matters)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udde8 What Arbeloa changing immediately could look like (style, man-management, control)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 What this means for the rest of Madrid\u2019s season (La Liga + UCL + Copa)<\/p>\n<p>Madrid are still fighting on multiple fronts, but a mid-season manager change changes the whole mood. \ud83d\ude2c<br \/>\nArbeloa is stepping into a pressure cooker \u2014 and his first test comes immediately. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Xabi Alonso out after 7 months (club says \u201cmutual agreement\u201d) \ud83d\udea8<br \/>\n\u2705 Trigger: Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udca5<br \/>\n\u2705 \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa appointed as replacement \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25<br \/>\n\u2705 Reported issues: form dip + tensions\/fit with players \ud83d\udc40<br \/>\n\u2705 What happens next: tactics, man-management, and who benefits \ud83d\udcc8<br \/>\n\u2705 My honest take: was this inevitable\u2026 or a panic move? \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>Join the Carnage Members Club here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoiT5YuCFUNySarB7AUhZmg\/join and get your badge in the chat<\/p>\n<p>Discord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/ema7dTWRKn<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/x.com\/CarnageMob<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/willxgreggs\/#<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcac Comment ONE word: \u201cRIGHT\u201d or \u201cWRONG\u201d \u2014 did Madrid make the right call? \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\ude33<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd25 Who should be next long-term: Arbeloa or a proven elite coach?<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc4d Like for more Real Madrid breaking news reactions<br \/>\n\u2705 Subscribe for daily Madrid\/Bar\u00e7a content<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd14 Turn on notifications \u2014 this story is moving FAST \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>#realmadrid #xabialonso #laliga #supercopa #elclasico #mbappe #vinicius #florentinoperez #championsleague<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VVpmBeYCZro\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Xabi Alonso has LEFT Real Madrid after the Supercopa loss to Barcelona. \ud83d\ude33 \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 Real Madrid news + manager sacked \/ mutual agreement debate\u2026 and \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa takes&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10387,"featured_media":154953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}