As reported by Aspen, Alonso has turned Real Madrid into a winning machine, but at the same time he has to deal with public complaints from Vinicius, Valverde and Camavinga.
The article wrote that Real Madrid under Alonso's coaching made steady progress in La Liga and the Champions League, winning 12 of 13 games. Only Atletico Madrid gave the Real Madrid coach a blow. However, despite the undisputed results, there have been small flames in the Real Madrid dressing room from time to time, and Vinicius's public displeasure in El Clasico was the latest example. Sparks have been ignited by Ernesto Valverde, Camavinga and Rodrigo in Alonso's first few months at Real Madrid.
Until Vinicius erupted in dissatisfaction in front of 80,000 spectators at the Bernabeu and millions of television viewers, the biggest unhappiness in the Real Madrid dressing room was caused by Valverde. Injuries to Carvajal and Trent Alexander-Arnold herald the Uruguayan's move to Real Madrid's right-back role in the coming weeks, with Valverde making no secret of his dissatisfaction with the position ahead of the Champions League tie against Kairat Almaty.
"I am not a natural right back, and I feel uncomfortable because I have not grown in this position."
The next day, Alonso responded on the court, starting Asensio and putting Valverde on the bench. You must know that the players who usually speak at the Champions League pre-game press conference will be the starters in the game. Alonso's decision was interpreted as dissatisfaction with Valverde's remarks.
However, things did not end there, because Valverde was the only player who did not participate in the regular warm-up of the substitute players, and in the second half, when other teammates warmed up, he just stood motionless on the sidelines and watched the game.
At that moment, Alonso should not have asked Valverde the same question Ancelotti had asked Camavinga two years ago. "If you ask him whether he wants to play left back or sit on the bench, he will choose left back." This is what Ancelotti said at the time in response to the wave of injuries in the team's defense.
At that time, Ancelotti had to fix Camavinga at the left back position. For Camavinga, however, the position was unpalatable. “I don’t like playing at left-back, I prefer to play in midfield,” Camavinga replied with a smile in a recent interview with Téléfoot. In fact, Camavinga had already expressed a similar view when Ancelotti was coaching: "If necessary, I will play left back, although I don't like it."
Rodrigo replaced Vinicius and became a regular substitution choice
In this season, Vinicius found that Alonso arranged Rodrigo to compete in the same position as him. In recent weeks, it has been revealed in the media that Vinicius asked Alonso not to play him on the right wing, but this was denied by the coach.
In any case, the fact is that Alonso has allowed Rodrigo to appear more and more time on the left wing, which has been the case in the three games Rodrigo started. In the past, this position was usually reserved for Vinicius.
In fact, the two Brazilian players have only played 66 minutes together this season, half of which came against Getafe, when Vinicius' introduction forced Rodrygo to move to the right. This is Ancelotti's usual substitution strategy: No. 7 comes off and No. 11 comes on, or vice versa.
This is not the first time Vinicius has shown dissatisfaction. In the game against Espanyol, he reluctantly sat on the bench. Ten days later, in Almaty, he threw a bottle of water at him when being substituted, but Alonso didn't pay much attention that night. "Maybe we will talk about it another day, but today I will not go to him." Alonso defended Vinicius.
However, Vinicius's reaction in the national derby was huge. Vinicius's dissatisfaction was obvious in front of all the spectators at the Santiago Bernabeu and television viewers in 190 countries around the world.
"Of course, we will discuss these issues privately in the dressing room," Alonso said, avoiding letting Vinicius's behavior affect the joy of defeating Barcelona. Alonso successfully handled the challenge of El Clasico, and now he needs to calm down the conflict with Vinicius and prevent similar incidents from happening again.