Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso hopes his team will improve with each game after his first game in charge ended in a 1-1 draw with Al Hilal.
The 43-year-old is the fourth Real Madrid manager in the last 33 years to draw his first game in all competitions, after Fabio Capello in 1996, Jose Mourinho in 2010 and Rafa Benitez in 2015.
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On Vinicius Junior’s injury: “Yes, he had a little cramp. It was a very demanding game.”
Madrid were without star forward Kylian Mbappé — who scored 43 goals in all competitions last season — for the game, after he came down with a fever this week.
“We don’t know,” Alonso said, when asked if Mbappé would return for Madrid’s next game with Pachuca on Sunday. “We’ll have to see how his recovery goes. The last two days he’s been ill with a virus.”
Speaking about the Real Madrid fans in Miami, “The crowd was great, there were a lot of fans, we’re happy about that.”