The most successful football club in Europe, Real Madrid, which lost the previous day in the final of the Spanish Super Cup to Barcelona (2:3), officially announced the resignation of the team's head coach, 44-year-old Xabi Alonso.
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The now former coach of Ukrainian Andriy Lunin worked at his native Royal Club for only 7 months and 17 days. The Spaniard's debut at the helm of Real Madrid took place at the Club World Cup, where his team suffered a crushing defeat to PSG in the semi-finals (0:4). Xabi Alonso left the team in second place in the Spanish championship, 4 points behind Barcelona, in 7th position according to the results of the overall round of the Champions League and in the 1/16 finals of the country's Cup.
Another former Real Madrid player, 42-year-old Alvaro Arbeloa, who managed the Madrid youth team, has been appointed as the new coach.
The new “helmsman” of the team played for the Royal Club from 2009 to 2016, playing 238 official matches and winning eight trophies (two Champions Leagues, the Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the La Liga title, two Spanish Cups and the country's Super Cup).
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Alvaro Arbeloa played 56 matches for the Spanish national team, winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and two European Championships (2008 and 2012).
With the Spanish national team, Alvaro Arbeloa won two European Championships and the World Cup.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that Real Madrid lost at home to Manchester City in the Champions League.
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