Will Real Madrid finally emerge from the crisis? The question is on everyone’s lips, as the Merengues travel to the Alavés pitch this Sunday evening. If Kylian Mbappé and his partners will logically start as favorites against the 11th in the Spanish Championship, subscribed to the fight for maintenance, the Madrid giant will not arrive in the Basque Country with his gauge full of confidence.
Indeed, Real is coming out of the worst week of its season, marked by two defeats in a row at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium: the first in La Liga against Celta Vigo (0-2), the second in the Champions League against Manchester City (1-2). Worse, the “White House” has only won three of its last eight matches in all competitions, a very negative ratio for a club of this standing.
Mbappé back in the eleven?
Above all, the last few days have been marked by the turbulence around Xabi Alonso, the coach of Real Madrid. Highly criticized for the lack of results and the weakness of the Madrid content, the 44-year-old technician could be dismissed in the event of another poor performance on Sunday evening.
Absent against Manchester City due to a fracture in the ring finger of his left hand and discomfort in one knee, Mbappé figures well in the Merengues group, unlike Eduardo Camavinga, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, David Alaba, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ferland Mendy, all injured. Fran Garcia, Endrick and Alvaro Carreras are suspended.
The La Liga matchday 16 match between Alavés and Real Madrid will kick off at 9 p.m. this Sunday, December 14. The meeting will be followed live on BeIN SPORTS 1.
