Spanish press drop brutal Trent Alexander‑Arnold verdict as midfield experiment ends in Bernabeu boos

The caller Jose Mourinho epoch astatine Real Madrid continued with a triumph connected Tuesday evening, arsenic Los Blancos edged past Inter Milan 2-1 successful their Champions League opener.

Kylian Mbappe and Federico Valverde enactment the hosts 2 goals up wrong 22 minutes, but Inter dominated ample periods thereafter, and Carlos Augusto pulled 1 backmost earlier Thibaut Courtois produced a drawstring of outstanding saves to sphere each 3 points.

Mourinho's determination to deploy Trent Alexander-Arnold successful midfield alongside Valverde drew peculiar attention, though, with the erstwhile Liverpool prima substituted aft 79 minutes to a chorus of boos from the Bernabeu.

The Spanish media were mostly scathing astir his display, though Mourinho offered a precise antithetic assessment.

What person the Spanish media said astir Trent Alexander-Arnold?

Mundo Deportivo were peculiarly damning, claiming Alexander-Arnold looked 'lost', also describing him arsenic an exigency midfield solution that 'went down spectacularly' - successful different words, helium failed successful the mediate of the pitch.

They felt the erstwhile Liverpool antheral looked mislaid defensively and failed to supply his accustomed prime successful organising possession, portion besides highlighting that helium near the transportation to boos from the Bernabeu.

AS were likewise critical, handing Alexander-Arnold conscionable 4/10 and declaring 'El invento Trent nary funciono' - that the Trent experimentation did not work.

The Spanish outlet felt helium was intelligibly retired of position, struggled with antiaircraft sum and adjacent failed to power the lucifer with the ball, which is usually his biggest strength. They concluded that playing successful cardinal midfield for Madrid demands overmuch much and suggested the experimentation is improbable to beryllium repeated.

El País besides described the right-back arsenic 'lost successful midfield', besides suggesting that alongside Valverde, the Englishman's limitations were exposed.

Meanwhile, El Español were likewise unimpressed, singling retired Alexander-Arnold's nonaccomplishment to get crossed to halt Lautaro Martinez's transverse earlier Carlos Augusto scored and noting that Mourinho subsequently removed him to whistles from the stands.

What did Jose Mourinho accidental astir Trent Alexander-Arnold?

Mourinho, connected the different hand, refused to criticise Alexander-Arnold's show and insisted that the England planetary "played precise well" to reporters aft the game.

The 'Special One' felt Alexander-Arnold had interpreted the tactical demands correctly, dealt good with Inter's movements and worked hard alongside Valverde.

He acknowledged that the 27-year-old gave the shot distant a fewer times, but explained that playing successful cardinal midfield requires a precise antithetic carnal and positional illustration to operating astatine right-back.

Mourinho besides admitted that Alexander-Arnold is not people a cardinal midfielder and truthful needs a antithetic carnal "motor" for the role, but felt helium had fixed everything helium had available.

The Madrid brag truthful had small sympathy for the disapproval from the Spanish media, insisting that helium had done his occupation contempt being asked to run successful an unfamiliar position.

Real Madrid are adjacent successful enactment against Rayo Vallecano successful LaLiga connected Saturday, earlier facing Elche adjacent Tuesday.