{"id":1311,"date":"2025-12-04T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:20:19","slug":"alonso-praised-real-madrid-for-delivering-very-complete-performance-against-athletic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/alonso-praised-real-madrid-for-delivering-very-complete-performance-against-athletic\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso praised Real Madrid for delivering &#8216;very complete performance&#8217; against Athletic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Xabi Alonso breathed a sigh of relief after the 3-0 victory against Athletic, emphasising the importance of breaking the deadlock in the domestic league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xabi Alonso, manager of Real Madrid, said after the resounding 3-0 victory against Athletic Club that the match at San Mames was &#8220;probably the most complete&#8221; performance from his team this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was an important match because we wanted to break the cycle of draws. We came with the necessary preparation and composure, and we delivered a very complete performance in a demanding stadium, at a crucial moment,&#8221; the manager explained in the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alonso highlighted the &#8220;performance&#8221; and &#8220;collective quality&#8221; displayed by his players at &#8216;La Catedral&#8217; to &#8220;control the match&#8221; in a &#8220;very stable&#8221; manner. &#8220;After the draw in Girona, we knew it was an important moment. The schedule was very demanding, and we had to get through it,&#8221; he emphasised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On an individual level, he highlighted the two &#8220;stunning goals&#8221; scored by Kylian Mbappe and his &#8220;very good connection&#8221; with Vinicius. &#8220;He is in a very good moment,&#8221; added the manager from Gipuzkoa. Regarding Thibaut Courtois&#8217;s performance, he noted that &#8220;it&#8217;s not news that he makes decisive saves&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He allowed us to maintain the lead and continue to grow in the match,&#8221; he said about the Belgian goalkeeper&#8217;s saves in the first half from shots by Gorka Guruzeta and Alex Berenguer, which prevented Athletic from equalising at that moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xabi Alonso breathed a sigh of relief after the 3-0 victory against Athletic, emphasising the importance of breaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}