Marca: Real Madrid vs Paris will be the first time Alonso and Enrique s coaching match

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will meet in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. "Marca" said that this is the first showdown in the days of Alonso and Enrique.

The two most influential coaches on their respective teams will start a game full of tactical details. The two tactical masters who are most keen on-site command in today's football world will soon stage a peak competition.

The two had only two players' confrontations before, and both date back more than 20 years ago. On November 2, 2003, Real Sociedad drew 3-3 at Arnoeta Stadium. Xavi Alonso started and Enrique replaced Quarres 15 minutes before the final game. Earlier on January 25, 2001, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 3-0 at the Camp Nou, and Enrique made the start, while Alonso, who had only completed six La Liga games at the time, made a substitute in the 70th minute.

Now this milestone showdown will become the best display window for the Spanish coaching school. 55-year-old Enrique has made Paris Saint-Germain the most dominant team in Europe. In his hands, the Parisian finally realized the long-cherished wish that Ancelotti, Emery, Pochettino and Tuchel were unable to fulfill, and won the first Champions League trophy.

Since the start of his coaching career, Enrique's team has been engraved with a distinct personal mark. He has a clear team building logic, and no player who does not agree with his philosophy will get a chance. After Mbappe left the team, Enrique once declared: "I will be completely in control of the situation next season, and all players must fulfill my requirements."

Although he lost a talented player, he always firmly believed: "We will be stronger and more like a whole."

Now from record to scenes, Paris has completely become the "author team" that reflects its tactical will.

43-year-old Harvey Alonso led Leverkusen to become the champion with similar traits. This team that stretches and retracts like an accordion, each component is accurately matched with the coach's adjustment. The core challenge he faces in coaching Real Madrid is to transplant Germany's successful collective football philosophy to a team that Ancelotti once released his personal talents to the greatest extent.

In just five games, people have seen that this rebuilt Real Madrid is deeply imprinted by the tactical mark of the new coach. Alonso demonstrates the art of coaching through changing formations and even real-time adjustments in the game, injecting new style into the team. But there is still a long way to go to meet Ancelotti's achievements.

This first contest with Enrique marks the first peak climb in Xavi Alonso's coaching career. Alonso has now used his performance to make Madridists look forward to the near future. And Enrique has already walked this path in Paris, and he is the one who rewrites the history of the Princes Park Stadium. Alonso did it at Leverkusen, but Real Madrid's story will always be unique.