{"id":16904,"date":"2026-01-15T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=679892"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:45:46","slug":"failure-is-the-path-to-success-alvaro-arbeloa-takes-full-responsibility-after-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/failure-is-the-path-to-success-alvaro-arbeloa-takes-full-responsibility-after-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFailure is the path to success,\u201d \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa takes full responsibility after defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa showed strong leadership and accountability after his team\u2019s disappointing defeat, openly accepting full responsibility for the result and shielding his players from criticism. Speaking after the match, the former Real Madrid defender turned coach made it clear that the decisions were his alone, stressing that the players should not be blamed for the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the only one responsible for tonight\u2019s defeat,\u201d Arbeloa said. \u201cThat\u2019s because I\u2019m the one who made the decisions. For the players, it\u2019s not easy to do what\u2019s asked of them with just one training session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa\u2019s comments came amid frustration from fans following the loss, but the Spanish coach was quick to defend his squad. He praised their effort and attitude, highlighting the challenges they faced under limited preparation time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy players did their all. I cannot blame them for anything,\u201d he added. \u201cThey all understand the frustrations of the fans, but we will work to bounce back on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old also struck an optimistic and reflective tone, underlining his belief in growth through adversity. Drawing from his own experiences in football, Arbeloa spoke about failure as a necessary step on the road to success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa showed strong leadership and accountability after his team\u2019s disappointing defeat, openly accepting full responsibility for the result and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4517,2236,2627,1823,2327,3796,2109,266],"class_list":["post-16904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-alvaro-arbeloa","tag-copa-del-rey","tag-dani-carvajal","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-florentino-perez","tag-football","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}