Real Madrid has entered a dimension reserved only for teams destined to become myth. It isn’t exaggeration, nostalgia or romanticism — what Xabi Alonso is building in his first months in charge has awakened echoes that had been dormant for generations. With 13 wins in 14 matches, Madrid’s start belongs to a historical club that requires traveling nearly a century back to find equals.

The only comparable seasons live in memory: 1928-29 under José Berraondo and 1961-62 under Miguel Muñoz. Sixty-four years later, Madrid looks at itself in a legendary mirror once again. The surprising part isn’t that Los Blancos returned to that level — it’s how quickly Xabi has taken them there.

A Team Rebuilt at Full Speed

The coach had only weeks to shape what, on paper, needed a full summer. He didn’t have it — and still did it. The shortest preseason in Valdebebas didn’t prevent Xabi from constructing a compact, serious, synchronized team that blends control with aggression, structure with instinct.

The cornerstone lies where great projects begin: the defense.
In 14 matches, Madrid has conceded 11 goals — just 0.78 per game. Remove the setback in the derby, and it becomes 6 goals in 13 games. Compared to the 84 goals conceded across 68 matches last season, the transformation practically defines the Xabi era in one stroke.

Madrid has kept 7 clean sheets, and in another 6 games they conceded just once. A white fortress that explains why this Madrid doesn’t just win — it imposes itself. Combined with an attack that can be vertical or patient depending on the script, the result is a team that plays as a single, cohesive block.

A Machine That Dominates… Now Faces Its Most Symbolic Test

There’s something poetic in Madrid’s climb toward legend under Xabi: the next obstacle sits inside a temple he knows intimately.

Anfield.
A stadium of history, noise, mystique and impossible nights.

The perfect stage to measure how real this white surge is.

Xabi described it with his trademark serenity:

“There are moments when it seems the stadium roars and generates positive energy for them, but we have players with a lot of experience. In charged atmospheres they respond well and get even more motivated. Mental preparation is important — and so are football quality and character.”

That is the challenge: not just to survive Anfield, but to respond to it head-on.

If Real Madrid maintains its stride there — in that cathedral where football vibrates differently — the sense of an inevitable destiny will stop being a story… and start becoming something tangible.