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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayur Akimwalere.

Jabbi Alonzo's Real Madrid-Ren is in the balance.

They've won just two of their last eight,

and player power is threatening to undermine him.

So, is he on his way out?

Here with us today in the studio, we've got Thomas Hill Lopez Manchero. We've also got

Dermott Corrigan, who is in Madrid. And joining us later, full house today, we've got

Seb Stafford Bleu, who was our German football writer as well. Okay, gents, let's get

into this, because Wednesday night 2-1 defeat to Manchester

City at the Bernabelle makes it back-to-back defeat for Jabbi Alonzo's Real Madrid. Look,

let's put this into context, Dermott. They are currently second in La Liga and still in a very desirable

position in the Champions League. But heading into this game,

there was pressure mounting on him. Talk to us. What is the state of play right now?

The latest on his position, and this is around lunchtime on Thursday, is that he's safe in the

job for now. There has been a lot of anger at the Bernabé about how the team has been playing recently,

especially after a really shambolic performance against Seltavigo at the weekend

when Seltre walked in the second goal against nine men, Madrid, in the added time in the game.

Florentino Perez, we're sure, was really angry at that.

I was not happy at how the team were playing and was seriously considering making a change on the bench. Alonzo survived that into Wednesday's

game against Manchester City when Madrid were much better. They started off the game with

way more intensity, a organisation passion than they had showed in previous games, went ahead,

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