Three games before the final test for Xabi

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The Bernabéu showed its claws for the first time this season. What Xabi and his players offered simply wasn’t enough. Real Madrid improved against City in both their play and their overall feel. The team’s attitude was markedly different, yet football is ultimately judged by results, and the defeat to Guardiola’s side – despite a new tone and noticeably better energy – prompted a reaction from the crowd that the club’s hierarchy did not appreciate.hcfy-result style="display: none;" class="">hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">伯纳乌本赛季首次展露出利爪。哈维和他的球员所提供的还不够。皇马在对阵曼城的比赛中,无论是比赛还是整体感觉都有所进步。球队的态度明显不同,但足球最终是根据结果来评判的,尽管瓜迪奥拉的球队有了新的基调和明显更好的能量,但输给瓜迪奥拉的球队却引发了球迷的反应,而俱乐部高层并不欣赏。/hcfy-result-content>hcfy-result-actions style="visibility: visible;">/hcfy-result-actions>/hcfy-result>

A coach’s and a squad’s future is dictated by victories or, as has been the case for Madrid in recent weeks, by a steady accumulation of missteps and a failure to take all three points. That trend has placed particular pressure on Xabi Alonso. As As has reported, there has been no ultimatum, but the numbers are edging dangerously close to the red, and numbers are what ultimately rule.

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hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">教练和球队的未来取决于胜利,或者像最近几周马德里的情况一样,取决于不断积累的失误和未能全取三分。这种趋势给哈维·阿隆索带来了特别的压力。正如报道所述,目前还没有最后通牒,但数字正危险地接近红色,而数字才是最终的决定因素。

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Defeats erode credibility, and the manager’s stock is running out. The rope always snaps on that end, and Xabi is the first to know it. The position of comfort the team enjoyed a month ago is long gone. Still, the grace period granted by the club’s decision-makers for their next review – or rather, their evaluation – continues to point to January as the crucial moment.

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hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">失去了忠诚度,经理的库存就耗尽了。绳子的那一端总是断掉,而 Xabi 是第一个知道这一点的人。球队一个月前享有的舒适地位早已不复存在。尽管如此,俱乐部决策者为下一次审查(或者更确切地说,他们的评估)给予的宽限期仍然表明一月份是关键时刻。

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The atmosphere in the directors’ box on Sunday against Celta had nothing to do with the one against City, though one detail did not go unnoticed: fans have begun to distance themselves from what they saw during stretches of the second half. This time, their frustration targeted both players and manager, but club officials also noted that the squad backed their coach – or at least ran, competed and showed signs of having shed the tension of recent weeks.

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hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">周日对阵塞尔塔的董事席里的气氛与对阵曼城的比赛毫无关系,尽管有一个细节没有被忽视:球迷们已经开始与他们在下半场看到的情况保持距离。这一次,他们的挫败感针对的是球员和主帅,但俱乐部官员也指出,球队支持他们的教练——或者至少跑步、参加比赛,并显示出摆脱最近几周紧张局势的迹象。

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The message from the club remains one of patience, but patience has limits, and the Bernabéu’s response made clear that attitude alone is no longer enough – more is being demanded. The question they now want answered is whether this team, this coach and this group can turn around something that has become more than concerning.

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hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">俱乐部发出的信息仍然是耐心,但耐心是有限度的,伯纳乌的回应清楚地表明,仅靠态度已经不够了——还需要更多。他们现在想要回答的问题是,这支球队、这位教练和这支球队是否能够扭转一些已经变得令人担忧的事情。

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Three games remain before the end of 2025 – Alavés, Talavera and Sevilla – and the team must stop the bleeding immediately. After that will come a two–week break before Betis in La Liga and Atlético in the Super Cup. Days ago, the trip to Saudi Arabia was described as decisive. Now, the focus has shifted to these next three games as the real decision window.

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hcfy-result-content style="visibility: visible;">2025 年底前还剩三场比赛——阿拉维斯、塔拉维拉和塞维利亚——球队必须立即止血。之后将有两周的休息时间,接下来是西甲的贝蒂斯和超级杯的马竞。几天前,沙特阿拉伯之行被形容为具有决定性意义。现在,焦点已经转移到接下来的三场比赛上,作为真正的决策窗口。

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As for the players’ attitude and the criticism directed at them, this does not stem from the night against City but from what came before. The crowd’s reaction toward Vinicius was clear, though the club still believes in the Brazilian, even as they ask for improvement and sharper execution. The same goes for Bellingham. Meanwhile, some in the directors’ box offered ironic applause at the brief appearance and performance of Endrick in the ten minutes he spent on the field – minutes that bring his total for the season to just twenty.

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