{"id":34781,"date":"2025-10-02T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34781"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:00:38","slug":"alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/alonso\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso warns Real Madrid against overconfidence ahead of derby clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/real-madrid\/W8mj7MDD\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Real<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Madrid boss Xabi Alonso urged his unbeaten side to stay sharp before Saturday\u2019s Madrid derby at the Metropolitano. Los Blancos top La Liga after six straight wins but sit just two points ahead of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/barcelona\/SKbpVP5K\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barcelona<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alonso, who played five seasons for Real, said his team cannot rely on their badge or early form. \u201cSome games were a real struggle, so we can\u2019t get overconfident,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe need to stay switched on in every match at any ground. If we relax, a lapse can cost us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Real have conceded only three goals in the league so far, but Alonso warned that focus will be key to extending their perfect start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso urged his unbeaten side to stay sharp before Saturday\u2019s Madrid derby at the Metropolitano. Los Blancos top La Liga after six straight wins but sit just two points ahead of Barcelona. Alonso, who played five seasons for Real, said his team cannot rely on their badge or early form. \u201cSome games were a real struggle, so we can\u2019t get overconfident,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe need to stay switched on in every match at any ground. If we relax, a lapse can cost us.\u201d Real have conceded only three goals in the league so far, but Alonso warned that focus will be key to extending their perfect start. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-la-liga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alonso warns Real Madrid against overconfidence ahead of derby clash - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a0Alonso demands focus as unbeaten Real face Atletico in first derby under new boss, before Saturday\u2019s Madrid derby at the Metropolitano.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/alonso\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alonso warns Real Madrid against overconfidence ahead of derby clash - 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