Real Madrid are in need of a bounce back against Pachuca to secure their first victory of the FIFA Club World Cup. The La Liga runners-up had to settle for a point in Xabi Alonso’s debut on the touchline. Los Blancos only managed a 1–1 draw against Al Hilal in which Real Madrid Castilla product Gonzalo García bagged the team’s lone goal.

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso says Real Madrid fans can expect “rock and roll” ahead of his first game in charge of the club.Alonso joined Real after two and a half years at German side Bayer

Speaking to Le Parisien, Blanc argued that the 26-year-old is adapting to a new role in a team going through a transitional phase, but is still delivering with goals.THE BIGGER PICTUREAfter more than a year of “will he,