The best timing, the worst timing! Alonso gambled on the Club World Cup

The reporter reported coldly For Alonso, this is the best time to take charge of Real Madrid: Carlo Ancelotti's defeat this season has increased Real Madrid president Florentino's trust in the former Real Madrid star and reduced possible resistance from the dressing room in the future.

But this is also his worst time in charge of Real Madrid: the Galaxy Fleet needs the Club World Cup championship and 150 million euros in bonuses to save their dignity, this hurdle could have been avoided by Alonso, his original plan was to take a leave of absence first, and he will not officially take office until the end of the Club World Cup, but because next year's World Cup is two weeks ahead of the new La Liga season, leaving him with very limited pre-season time to run in the team, so Alonso can only use the Club World Cup time to familiarize himself with the team in advance. This is also the fundamental reason why Alonso changed his mind and led the team to the Club World Cup.

For Alonso, the Club World Cup is like an inadequately prepared gamble, which determines the pressure of public opinion at the beginning of his tenure at Real Madrid.

Carlo Ancelotti was officially announced to coach the Brazilian team, and Alonso's appointment to Real Madrid was immediately put on the agenda. Real Madrid's idea of a temporary team led by assistant coach Solari was rejected. Alonso's vacation was shortened, from the original July 1 to a month earlier, leading the team to the Club World Cup as the official manager. And he has to keep in close contact with Real Madrid during the two-week vacation to ensure that the three new defenders are in place in time, so that he can have more "chips" to gamble on the Club World Cup.

Although Alonso has fulfilled his dream of coaching Real Madrid, he has a lot of problems and challenges to face in this worst "time". The Basques will bring three assistant coaches, the first of which is Argentine Parrilla, and Encinas and Camenfoort both served in the Barcelona B team, which is somewhat sensitive for the Madrid media and fans. And Real Madrid's current physical coach Pintus, who is considered to be the "culprit" of Real Madrid's frequent injuries this season, will leave the first team without accident.

Alonso must now race against time. When he took office on June 1, he was left with only two weeks to familiarize himself with the team and hone his tactics. Because most of Real Madrid's players will be called up for the national team during the international break in early June, only homegrown central defender Bayejo, full-backs Vazquez, Fran Garcia and midfielder Ceballos will remain at the club.

At the same time, Real Madrid's injury situation is not optimistic, left-back Mendy, central defender Rudiger, Alaba, right-back Carvajal and defender Camavinga have all missed the Club World Cup. Only Militão is recovering well and is expected to make it to the Club World Cup. For this reason, Alonso asked Real Madrid to sign at least three defenders before the Club World Cup, but the transfer operation time is too tight, and the success rate is questionable. As for Alexander-Arnold, who has signed a personal contract with Real Madrid, Real Madrid still has to negotiate with Liverpool to release him early, and it is still unknown whether the player can catch up with the Club World Cup.

The national team competition will not end until 10 June, with Real Madrid's first match in the Club World Cup coming against Riyadh Crescent on 18 June. Even if you count the trip to Miami, Alonso has to call up the whole team for training, and the real training time is only a few days. Fortunately, Real Madrid's opponents in the group stage were weak, and Alonso was able to run in the squad while playing. It's just that after a long season of playing with the national team, it is still unclear whether the Real Madrid players will be able to perform in the Club World Cup under the multiple obstacles of fatigue, injury risks and tactical run-in.

The Club World Cup results are a dilemma for Alonso. If Real Madrid is out early, the main team will have one month of sufficient vacation, and the team can still rely on the North American preseason to prepare for the new La Liga season starting on August 15 with a full squad.

But apparently, the Real Madrid hierarchy naturally hopes that the team will play well and even win the championship and get a huge prize of 150 million euros. This means that the main players will not be on vacation until mid-August, not only is the run-in lineup in the North American preseason basically hopeless, but at the beginning of the new season, many of the main players have not recovered from the preseason, and there is a big injury risk for the long run-in tactics...... Once the league starts poorly, Alonso's public opinion pressure can be imagined.

While it is gratifying to be in charge of Real Madrid, the two months have been an unprecedented test of Alonso's ability to build a successful team quickly.