{"id":2518,"date":"2026-01-18T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:52:39","slug":"real-madrid-fans-within-their-rights-to-boo-us-arbeloa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid fans within their rights to boo us: Arbeloa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa\u00a0said his club\u2019s fans had the right to jeer him and his team, as they did on Saturday during their 2-0 La Liga win over Levante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arbeloa earned his first victory as Madrid coach but along with stars Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham, was booed and whistled by home supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tiwa Savage - You4Me (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JF3aUxOWgwk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arbeloa was appointed on Monday, replacing\u00a0Xabi Alonso\u00a0after Madrid lost the Spanish Super Cup final against rivals Barcelona, and in his first match at the helm the club crashed out of the Copa del Rey against second-tier Albacete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t come from a good week and the fans are well within their rights to show their discontent with all the players, with the team, with me first of all,\u201d Arbeloa told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the whistles were for everyone, and me first of all because I am the leader of this team and I\u2019m someone who when things aren\u2019t going well, you have to call out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arbeloa said the fans\u2019 rage was something which has made Madrid the most successful club in world football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always respected the Bernabeu (crowd), they whistled me a lot too, and it\u2019s one of the aspects that make this club so great, the demand of the fans,\u201d said the Spaniard, who turned 43 on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know the week we\u2019ve had, we know this is the biggest club in the world, where people want the maximum, and we know what the Bernabeu is asking of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that demand we will always take it well, because they know we can do a lot more, we can give a lot more, we have to be at the level of Real Madrid, and I have nothing to rebuke our fans for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazilian winger Vinicius was the player who came in for the most ire from Los Blancos fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arbeloa said he would try and get the best from the forward, who went on a 16 game run without scoring before netting against Barca last Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear for me as Madrid coach, I\u2019ll work to get the best version of Vinicius, and I\u2019ll ask his team-mates to find him more, give him the ball as much as possible,\u201d said Arbeloa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old signed for Madrid in 2018 and has won two Champions Leagues and three La Liga titles among other trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat Vinicius has done since arriving here as a kid, few have done in the history of Real Madrid,\u201d continued the coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very proud to be his coach and I\u2019ll work with him to get the best of him, because he will bring us many trophies, as he has done already.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/sport\/football\/real-madrid-fans-within-their-rights-to-boo-us-arbeloa\/\">(Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa\u00a0said his club\u2019s fans had the right to jeer him and his team, as they did on Saturday during their 2-0 La Liga win over Levante. 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