Real Madrid Coach Xabi Alonso Hunts 20 Years In Madrid Derby

Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso has been chasing a record that has lasted 20 years against Atletico Madrid at Madrid Derby. (X/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid maintain a 100% winning record when they beat Levante 4-1 in the La Liga match Spain. Now, coach Xabi Alonso is chasing a record that has lasted 20 years while playing Madrid Derby against Atletico Madrid.

Madrid won their sixth victory when they visited Levante's headquarters in a midweek or midweek match, Wednesday, September 24, 2025 in the morning WIB.

The perfect record by winning all matches in the first weeks of the competition makes Madrid perched at the top of the standings.

An impressive start from Alonso, a former Madrid player recruited from Bayer Leverkusen to replace Carlo Ancelotti.

In the match against Levante, forward Kylian Mbappe again showed his sharpness by scoring a brace in just two minutes. Previously, Vinicius Junior and Franco Mastantuono opened the Los Merengues victory party.

Hunt Luxembourgo's Record

After a sixth win, Alonso has the chance to equal the record for coach Vanderley Luxembourgo in 2005. Yes, Luxembourgo became the only coach to bring Madrid to a seven-time win.

The Brazilian coach started his duties in Madrid very smoothly. Because Madrid is a team of galacticos consisting of star players, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos to local products, Raul Gonzalez.

It's just that despite a brilliant start, Luxembourgo closed the competition with a failure. Madrid did not win a single trophy. In La Liga Spain, they only rank second behind Barcelona who won.

In the Champions League, Madrid only lasted until the last 16. While achievements in the Copa del Rey are more embarrassing. How not, the star-studded team was removed from the second division, Real Valladolid.

Alonso certainly wants to match Luxembourgo's record of winning which has lasted 20 years but does not expect to repeat the end of failure.

Luxembourgo's achievements were impressive. Even the coach of Ancelotti's class only brought Madrid to win three times in a row.

It's just that Alonso is not happy with his brilliant start as a Madrid coach. According to him, the team is still at the beginning of the competition. They also still have to develop.

"We are still in the growth phase. We are still in the process of building it," Alonso said after bringing the team to beat Levante to Sports Illustrated.

We have only been together for 51 days. So it's still a long journey. What is clear is that we want to build a solid foundation so that we can compete in the Champions League, La Liga and Copa de Rey," he said.

Alonso admits the team is still in the process of maturation. As a new coach, he must be able to unite the old players and those who have just been brought in. In addition, there are young players from their own establishment such as Gonzalo Garcia who are predicted to skyrocket.

They already know each other well. This is a very important part. Of course there is still room to develop but we are already on track. But this is not the end but rather the beginning," he said.

If Madrid achieve success perched at the top, Atletico will start the competition in stages. Diego Simone's team only won once and stuck in 12th place with six points.

Atletico's unstable performance makes Madrid even more superior. However, in this derby, Atletico acted as the host so that it opened up opportunities to gain three points and at the same time stop Madrid's 20-year record.