Real Madrid: The incident which led to Isco’s downfall in the pecking order

Real Madrid’s Isco Alarcon has gone from a regular inclusion to a regular exclusion since Santiago Solari was appointed as the manager.

There has been a lot of positivity in the Real Madrid fan base and the dugout after the team saw off AS Roma by a 2-0 margin to earn a hard-fought win. However, everything may not be as glamourous inside the dressing room as things suggest out of it.

Santiago Solari took a squad of 20 men with him to the Italian capital and did not make any significant changes against what was expected. Alvaro Odriozola, Keylor Navas, Nacho Fernandez, Casemiro and Sergio Reguilon did not travel, but that was expected because none of them were at full fitness.

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But when the newly appointed Real Madrid boss announced the 18 man squad, the seven substitutes in addition to his starting eleven, there was some discussion going on and there were instant reactions on social media as Isco was omitted from it.

That meant that he would be sitting in the stands alongside Luca Zidane and had to see the likes of Javier Sanchez, Federico Valverde and Vinicius Junior make the final squad ahead of him in a first. Something like this had never happened to Isco since he joined Real Madrid in 2013 in such a high intensity game under Ancelotti, Benitez, Zidane or Lopetegui.

The omission was so embarrassing for the former Malaga midfielder that he asked Real Madrid’s match director Garcia-Coll whether he should get into the Whites’ dressing room or straightaway head to the stands, as per MARCA.

Now the same Spanish outlet has reported the reason behind Isco’s downfall in Santiago Solari’s pecking order to such an extent that he has played only 78 minutes across the 42-year-old’s six matches in charge, without even making a start and that incident took place even before the Argentinian made his first substitution as Real Madrid boss.

In a training session, Santiago Solari apparently asked the team in possession to loudly count the passes which they were playing to which Isco indecently responded by saying that holding and playing the ball was already too much work.

Now that something involving a behind the scene issue has been reported, it might be difficult for Isco to get over the fact that he is probably going to get dropped very often until he gets his act straight. A wound like this is difficult to heal, but there still remains some hope for Isco given that Real Madrid’s dressing room always ensures harmony at some point.

Do you think Isco Alarcon will get back in Santiago Solari’s favour if the reported incident actually took place?