12/8/2025 – 8:42 a.mReading time: 1 min.
Real Madrid is experiencing a sporting decline and is being criticized after the defeat against Celta Vigo. Coach Xabi Alonso has to assert himself.
The Spanish press reacts with clear words to Real Madrid’s current sporting situation. The sports newspaper “Marca” headlined on Monday: “Madrid is lost” and the club is “chaotic” and “in crisis”. The “AS” found that coach Xabi Alonso’s team was “a listless, uninspired bunch.” “The Bernabéu is panicking.”
Across all competitions, the club has only managed two wins from the last seven games. In the Spanish La Liga, Real are four points away from table leaders Barcelona and were currently five points ahead.
Real coach Xabi Alonso is under massive pressure after his team lost 2-0 to Celta Vigo on Sunday evening. The game was marked by three dismissals, which caused additional unrest. “Of course we’re all angry. It wasn’t the game we wanted, not the result we wanted,” said the former Leverkusen coach.
Despite the difficulties, Alonso stressed that he and his players must take responsibility for the current crisis. “We have to look forward, all of us,” he said. Real Madrid has an important Champions League game against Manchester City on Wednesday (from 9 p.m. in the t-online live ticker). Alonso demands that his team “get the bad taste out of their mouth” and react.