Alonso s new core of Real Madrid: Turkish genius Arda Goulel

We see a head coach coming to a new club. His most important and urgent task is to find the core player who can best understand and execute his tactical intentions on the court, which is what we often call "coach on the court." For Real Madrid's new coach Xavi Alonso, the player who played this role when he was at Leverkusen was Florian Wilz. But now, with Wilz's sky-high transfer to Liverpool, Alonso must find a new "Wilz" in Real Madrid.

The recently ended Club World Cup, although Real Madrid's final result was not ideal and lost to Paris Saint-Germain with a big score, this game may have an unexpected and huge gain for Alonso. That is, he seemed to have found the right person to play the role of this "core of mobile organization" in the team - a young Turkish genius, Arda Gule.

In this cup match, Alonso consciously put Gule in different positions for trial in different competitions. For example, when playing against Juventus, he was asked to play as a "in-cut winger"; when playing against Dortmund, he was asked to partner with Chu Ameni with "double midfielder". In these different roles, Guller has shown excellent abilities, especially his excellent footwork skills, accurate passing vision and ability to create opportunities for his teammates. These technical characteristics are very similar to Wilz, who was under Alonso's hands.

Let's analyze Real Madrid's existing midfield configuration. Like Bellingham and Valverde, they are undoubtedly the world's top players, but their characteristics are more about their strong impact, running coverage and physical confrontation. The "mobile conductor" needed in Alonso's tactical system requires the calmness of handling the ball in a small space, the imagination of passing the ball with one kick, and the ability to find and use space. From this perspective, Guller's technical characteristics happen to be unique in Real Madrid's existing midfield and closest to Werz.

So, although the defeat in this Club World Cup exposed many problems of the team, Alonso also saw hope in Gull's solution to the team's offensive organizational problems. Of course, it is too early to say that he must be "New Wilz" now, and he still needs more tests from high-level competitions. But it is certain that Alonso has found a young core with great potential to build a team's offensive system around him.