Club World Cup, Real Madrid draws the crescent moon, he becomes a major problem for Alonso

This summer, Real Madrid is one of the strongest teams to sign: last season, while basically retaining the Champions League championship team, they experienced a four-season with all the shortages. The lineup shortcomings and injuries, as well as the accumulation of frontcourt players, are the fundamental reasons why they are unlimitedly targeted by their opponents.

So this season, Real Madrid is quite active in the transfer market. In the temporary transfer window before the Club World Cup, they have signed Arnold from Liverpool and Heysen from Bournemouth. Riverbed genius Mastantono will also join after the Club World Cup.

Among the new players, Arnold is undoubtedly the one who attracts the most attention: on the one hand, his soap opera with Liverpool is really a bit bloody. From the level of controversy, the influence of this transfer is somewhat comparable to Figo's intention to join Real Madrid from Barcelona. On the other hand, Alonso's new system focuses on playing ball in the backcourt, and urgently needs players who can undertake a large number of play tasks. For players who radiate a single point in the backcourt to the entire team, no one is more suitable than Arnold.

So, in the first game against Riyadh Crescent, Arnold ushered in the first team representing Real Madrid. To everyone's surprise, Riyadh Crescent did not lose quickly against the top European teams, but instead showed good tactical execution. Although youth forward Gonzalo helped Real Madrid first record in the 34th minute, just six minutes later, Raul Asensio gave a penalty due to recklessness, and Ruben Neves took the opportunity to help the team equalize the score. In the second half, Real Madrid gradually took the initiative by mobilizing troops, but Valverde lost a penalty at the last moment, and both sides could only shake hands and make peace.

As far as the game is concerned, although Real Madrid lacks Mbappe, the overall strength of the team is still significantly higher. Objectively speaking, the team did not play absolute suppression in both the scene and the score, which is largely related to Arnold's performance.

In this game, Alonso Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, who took office in the first game, made a 433 response. In order to protect Arnold, he placed Valverde, who had strong running ability, on the right side, and Joan Améni, who was a single midfielder, often leaned to the right side. However, even so, Arnold's right side has become the focus of Crescent's offense. Real Madrid's right side defense is in a hurry. In this game, England's right back only succeeded in five confrontations, which is a point-to-point call by the opponent.

And on the offensive end, Arnold's play was not comfortable. His long pass success rate can reach 60%, but in Real Madrid's new system, he often cannot figure out his position and does not have the freedom he had during Liverpool's period, which also makes him unable to catch the ball in the dessert area. The opportunity to create after getting the ball is not good. He played for 65 minutes in the whole game, with only 58 touches and 12 losses of the ball. He is a bit sorry for his positioning of the backcourt's core.

The offensive end may not be compatible, and the defensive end is obvious. In Real Madrid's wooden barrel theory, Arnold may not be able to increase the upper limit of the Galaxy battleship by relying on his personal strength, but his shortcomings can actually affect the team. Whether it is to enhance the defensive elements on the right through personnel rotation in subsequent games, or to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses through the new system, Alonso needs to take action as soon as possible.