Madrid, Jan. 23 -- Real Madrid faces a difficult match away to Villarreal on Saturday which will help to confirm if the arrival of Alvaro Arbeloa as first team coach has brought around a genuine turnaround in fortune.
Real Madrid travels to play the team currently third in La Liga after a 6-1 thrashing of Monaco in the Champions League on Tuesday, with an impressive attacking display against a rival that was very poor in defense.
That win follows a 2-0 victory at home to struggling Levante in which Real Madrid's players were booed nearly all game in the wake of the painful 3-2 Copa del Rey defeat to Albacete which kicked off Arbeloa's time in charge.
"I hope that the win against Monaco is a turning point," said the Real Madrid coach.
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