{"id":56770,"date":"2025-07-11T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:54:10","slug":"accept-their-flaws-xabi-alonso-warned-by-ex-spain-boss-he-could-mess-things-up-with-kylian-mbappe-and-vinicius-jr-if-real-madrid-coach-demands-star-forwards-defend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56770\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Accept their flaws!\u2019 &#8211; Xabi Alonso warned by ex-Spain boss he could &#8216;mess things up&#8217; with Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr if Real Madrid coach demands star forwards defend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\" class=\"article_teaser__rjxUK\">Ex-Spain boss Vicente del Bosque warns Xabi Alonso not to overwork Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr defensively, saying it could backfire at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Del Bosque urges Alonso to \u201caccept\u201d Mbappe and Vinicius\u2019 flaws<\/li>\n<li>Warns that focusing on their defending may \u201cmess things up\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Both players prefer similar attacking zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Spain boss Vicente del Bosque warns Xabi Alonso not to overwork Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr defensively, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[1924,41607,23958,10214,221,62,67,132,68,41610,41608,41609],"class_list":["post-56770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-fifa-club-world-cup","tag-k-mbappe","tag-laliga","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-v-del-bosque","tag-vinicius-junior","tag-x-alonso"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114834470778895607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}