📉 No luck at Real Madrid, Alonso breaks 16-year-old record | OneFootball

Xabi Alonso would surely have preferred to avoid this. With his sudden exit from the Royals on Monday evening, his short tenure at Real Madrid comes to an end. He was as unsuccessful as Manuel Pellegrini was in the past.

For the first time since the 2009/10 season, a Real coach with more than 30 games was dismissed without winning a single title. He had opportunities to win a trophy at both the Club World Cup and the Spanish Super Cup. 

Even his success rate couldn't save him in the end. According to the data portal 'Opta', the Spaniard was the sixth most successful coach at Real in terms of win rate. 

However, in the league, the Royals are only in second place, four points behind FC Barcelona, and in the Champions League, direct qualification for the round of 16 is still uncertain. Currently, Real is seventh, ahead of Atletico and Liverpool, who also have 12 points.  

Before that, the new coach Álvaro Arbeloa and the team will face the second division team Albacete Balompie in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. 

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