What went wrong for Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid: A match seemingly made in heaven ...

The new year has brought yet another managerial casualty as Xabi Alonso is out as Real Madrid manager after only seven months in charge. This has been an up-and-down season for Los Blancos, marked with a loss to Barcelona in the Supercopa de España over the weekend, so it seems Florentino Perez wanted to make a change sooner rather than later. Considering it took eight minutes between Madrid's statement of Alonso's departure and their statement on Alvaro Arbeloa taking over as manager, it's clear that this is something that was in the works before the Clasico defeat, but that loss was the final nail in the coffin. Where'd it all go wrong for Alonso? He was the hottest coaching prospect in...