Álvaro Arbeloa stepped into arguably the toughest job in football with the pressure of not only getting Real Madrid back on track, but also rectifying the mistakes of the short-lived Xabi Alonso era.
The former Bayer Leverkusen boss only fulfilled seven months of his three-year contract with Los Blancos, losing his job less than 24 hours after Real Madrid suffered a 3–2 defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final.
