{"id":86600,"date":"2025-08-04T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/xabi-alonso-at-madrid-faces-known-problem_313899_102\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:08:00","slug":"xabi-alonso-at-madrid-faces-known-problem_313899_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/real-madrid\/xabi-alonso-at-madrid-faces-known-problem_313899_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso at Madrid faces a known problem: Find out what it is!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Real Madrid<\/strong>, under the orders of Xabi Alonso, will face the 2025\/26 season with the idea that FC Barcelona<\/strong> will not be a protagonist again. Therefore, Xabi Alonso has a big problem to solve regarding the issue of penalties.<\/strong><\/p> In that sense, the ‘blanco’ team was awarded 19 penalties in the 2024\/25 season,<\/strong> of which 7 did not hit the back of the net. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 had 10 opportunities and missed 3, while Vinicius Jr. kicked on 6 occasions, but in 3 of them he did not convert, in addition Jude Bellingham hit it from 11 steps 2 times, missing 1, and Federico Valverde also kicked 1 penalty, but missed it.<\/p> In this way, Xabi Alonso is once again facing a dilemma that he already knows well: the missed penalties – considering his time at Bayer Leverkusen. He already experienced it in the Club World Cup, when Valverde missed from the penalty spot against Al-Hilal. <\/a><\/p> Now, with the season about to begin – the team will debut on the 19th against Osasuna – a key question arises: who will be in charge of taking the penalties?<\/strong><\/p> Mbapp\u00e9, the favorite to be the penalty taker <\/h2>