Arbeloa explained the debacle, then announced Levante: ‘The defeat is my fault, but the hunt for La Liga is on’

Real Madrid was shockingly relegated at the end of the Copa del Rey compensation from the second division Albacete who won 3-2. It was their second defeat in three days after they lost by the same score to Barcelona in the final Supercup. After the defeat in the Supercup, he was removed from the bench of the ‘royal club’ Xabi Alonsoand he inherited it Alvaro Arbeloa. Xabi’s successor suffered a defeat against the second division team, and now they are hoping for a better result in La Liga, where they will face Levante on Saturday, January 17. Madrid are four points behind leaders Barcelona, ​​so this is an important game for them.



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Arbeloa announced the match of the 20th round of the Spanish league at a press conference.

– We are focused and have a lot of energy and desire to play a match that is key. & Zcaron; we want to return to our stadium and continue the fight for La Liga. We want to confirm that motivation with a great match – said the new coach of Real and sent a message to the fans:

– I really respect the opinion of the fans at the Bernabéu. I understand that the fans are hurt and disappointed, but I will ask them to support their players. Great feats were achieved when the Bernabéu was with his players. We will ask them to be with us, to support us and we hope that this season will end as we want.

He briefly referred to the defeat against Albacete.

– If someone wants my words to be a criticism of Xabi and his professional coach, they will be greatly mistaken. In Albacete, there was a lack of ideas, physics is preparing many things, and I was responsible and from now on I will be responsible. It is a privilege to work with Antonio Pintus and we will work to bring back the best version of the game in all aspects – he concluded.

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