Under-fire manager avoids locker room entirely following historic home loss to Celta, as reports claim he’s “told one thing during the week, and then they don’t do it on the weekend.”
The pressure on Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso reached a boiling point on Sunday night, culminating in a stunning post-match snub of his own players following a chaotic 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo.
The loss, which saw Madrid finish with nine men after red cards for Fran García and Álvaro Carreras, marked Celta’s first win at the Bernabéu in over two decades. More damagingly, it left Los Blancos four points behind rivals Barcelona in La Liga.
In a revealing sign of the deepening rift, Alonso did not enter the team locker room after the final whistle and had no contact with his squad, according to a report from Cadena Ser. The decision underscores the severity of a crisis that now appears to extend beyond tactics and into the heart of the dressing room.
Journalist Anton Meana, analyzing the collapse, pointed to a familiar and troubling pattern. “What Carlo Ancelotti said last season is being repeated: this team is told one thing during the week, and then they don’t do it on the weekend,” Meana claimed. “They have a coaching problem… Furthermore, there might be a dressing room problem.”
The defeat is Madrid’s fourth in their last five league games, amplifying scrutiny on Alonso’s strained relationships with star players, particularly Vinícius Júnior. Despite the turmoil, the manager publicly insisted he remains the man for the job.
“I’m not thinking about [leaving],” Alonso told reporters. “I’m thinking about the next game against Manchester City. I feel perfectly capable of turning things around; La Liga is still a long way off. We can do it.”
With a daunting Champions League clash against Manchester City looming, Alonso’s claim of unity rings hollow. His record of 15 wins in 21 matches is being overshadowed by a rapidly growing sense that his biggest challenge is no longer on the whiteboard, but in managing the frustrated egos of a splintering squad.
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