Xabi Alonso\u2019s side were simply brushed aside in New Jersey with the UEFA Champions League holders 2-0 up inside the opening 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Defensive issues caused PSG\u2019s opening goals at the MetLife Stadium<\/a>, before Fabian Ruiz made it 3-0 before the break, and substitute Goncalo Ramos wrapped up the result in the closing stages.<\/p>\n Alonso\u2019s squad now head away on their summer break and his No.1 Thibaut Courtois was in no doubt over how the result unfolded.<\/p>\n The Belgium international has a reputation for straight talking and he pulled no punches in his post match interview.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to apologise to the fans.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat was the problem? We didn\u2019t press as a team. There were two big mistakes at the start of the game and that affected us.<\/p>\n \u201cWe failed to follow Xabi\u2019s plan for the game. We need to take time and analyse it, but from what I saw, we were always arriving late to every situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Due to the 2024\/25 season being extended by the Club World Cup, Real Madrid have not outlined any formal plans for preseason games, and there will be no tour.<\/p>\n The main focus now will be club\u2019s push to delay their start to the 2025\/26 La Liga season despite opposition from the authorities.<\/p>\n Los Blancos want their first game \u2013 against Osasuna on August 19 \u2013 moved into October to start the season at newly-promoted Real Oviedo on August 24.<\/a><\/p>\n Current rules on rest periods focus on\u00a0AFE regulations requiring footballers to have 30 days of rest in a calendar year<\/a>, and a period of at least 21 days uninterrupted at the end of the season.<\/p>\n Real Madrid want three weeks holiday and three of preseason training which brings them to August 20.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Thibaut Courtois drops blunt reason for Real Madrid’s Club World Cup exit<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid\u2019s FIFA Club World Cup campaign has come to a shuddering end following their 4-0 loss to rivals PSG. Xabi Alonso\u2019s side…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Courtois highlights how PSG battered Real Madrid<\/h2>\n
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Real Madrid\u2019s preseason plan<\/h2>\n