A Spanish media report stated that the Real Madrid dressing room has been experiencing a state of tension lately, resulting from the ambitions of some team stars and their clashes with the decisions of coach Xabi Alonso.

The newspaper clarified that prominent players like Vinicius Junior and Federico Valverde have expressed their discomfort with some of the coach's decisions, as Valverde refuses to play in a position that is not his own, while both Rodrigo and Ibrahim Diaz feel frustrated by the preference given to some new arrivals like Mastantuno at their expense.

The report added that Alonso's success in his mission with Real Madrid heavily relies on his ability to manage the dressing room, as Zinedine Zidane and Carlo Ancelotti did in the past, unlike coaches like Julen Lopetegui and Rafael Benitez, who failed to control the dressing room and ended up being dismissed.

The Spanish coach, who joined Real Madrid this summer, may find himself facing his toughest test since the beginning of his coaching career, which is how to maintain the unity of the dressing room and contain the ambitions of the star players, without losing their support or negatively impacting the team's results.