Real Madrid appointed Alvaro Arbeloa as new coach on Monday after coach Xabi Alonso has left the club by mutual consent, a day after the team lost the Spanish Super Cup final against rivals Barcelona. Photo: Oscar DEL POZO / AFP Appointed on Monday to replace Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa and his side were ousted by Jefte Betancor’s stoppage-time winner at the Carlos Belmonte stadium. Without French superstar Kylian Mbappe and various other key players, Arbeloa’s side struggled against a side currently 17th in Spain’s second division.
Arbeloa replaced Xabi Alonso at the helm after Madrid were beaten by rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final. “I’m not afraid of failure, I can understand that someone would want to call this defeat that,” Arbeloa told reporters. “If I have learned anything in life it’s that failure is on the path to success, for me they are not in opposite directions.
“This is something that will make me improve, and it has to make everyone better.” “I have failed many times in life, I suffered tough eliminations in the cup, even worse than this,” he continued. “With all the enthusiasm in the world I’ll et back tomorrow to Valdebebas (the club’s training ground) to work with my players and prepare for Saturday’s game as well as possible, so we do things much better than today.” Real Madrid host Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday as they try to cut down Barcelona’s four-point lead at the top of La Liga.
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