{"id":44834,"date":"2026-03-07T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44834"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:30:09","slug":"arbeloa-defends-guler-after-substitution-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/arbeloa-defends-guler-after-substitution-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbeloa defends G\u00fcler after substitution reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"873\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Real Madrid<\/span><\/span> secured a hard-fought <strong data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"653\">2-1 victory<\/strong> over <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Celta Vigo<\/span><\/span>, but much of the post-match conversation revolved around young midfielder <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Arda G\u00fcler<\/span><\/span> and comments from manager <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"1150\">G\u00fcler played an important role in the win, providing an assist as Real Madrid edged past Celta Vigo in a closely contested encounter. The Turkish youngster showed flashes of his creativity and technical quality, helping Madrid maintain control during key moments of the game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1401\">However, a brief incident during the match caught the attention of fans and media alike. When Arbeloa decided to substitute G\u00fcler, the 19-year-old appeared surprised. Cameras captured him smiling and asking \u201cMe?\u201d while heading back toward the bench.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1524\">The moment quickly sparked discussion online, with many wondering whether the youngster was frustrated with the decision. Speaking after the match, Arbeloa addressed the situation directly and made his stance on G\u00fcler very clear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1811\">\u201cNo one believes in Arda more than me,\u201d the Madrid manager said. \u201cI would like to know what other managers would have given Arda G\u00fcler as many minutes as he has received here.\u201d Arbeloa also insisted that he has consistently shown faith in the young playmaker since taking charge.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1917\" data-end=\"2007\">\u201cNo one believes in Arda more than me\u2026 also no one has shown him so much trust,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo, but much of the post-match conversation revolved around young midfielder\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[4517,3694,3686,1823,4142,3919,2109,266],"class_list":["post-44834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-alvaro-arbeloa","tag-arda-guler","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-guler","tag-la-liga","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44834","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=44834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44836,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44834\/revisions\/44836"}],"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=44834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}