MADRID, 8 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, admitted that the penalty of the first penalty indicated on Casemiro has been able to help them to beat Valencia (4-1), but stressed that the game of his players was “very complete”, especially of the attackers.
“The penalty has helped us, but the game was very complete on our part. We had some problems at the beginning because we did not have good defensive vigilance and they caught us on the cons, but after 30 minutes we have created many opportunities and we deserved to win” , Ancelotti analyzed at a press conference.
Asked about the word ‘theft’, which was used by the official account of Valencia on Twitter to qualify the action of the penalty, the merengue coach did not want to argue. “I can’t answer because I haven’t seen anything of the play. This situation seemed quite clear to me from afar but I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what to say, I have to evaluate the game, we played well and we deserved to win,” he added .
Regarding Vinicius and Benzema, the Italian said that he cannot guarantee that they will always play. “I think we have to think game by game. Vinicius has returned and has returned well. He has not excelled much in dribbling but he was ready to score goals. He has scored goals from an area forward and Karim is always the same. Competing we are going to compete be it with Asensio, Rodrygo or whoever. They have done very well. “
“No one is immovable because each game is different. Today they have done very well but I also have to think about other players. We are lucky to have these players who stand out a lot,” Ancelotti said about the companion of the offensive trident with Vinicius and Benzema.
On other issues, Ancelotti said that “Barcelona will always be a rival for Real Madrid” regardless of whether they are 17 points behind the whites. “It is not called ‘Classic’ for nothing. In theory we are favorites but practice is the grass and that is where we are going to start 0-0 and each team will have their opportunity,” he added about the duel between the two next Wednesday in the Spanish Super Cup.
“We are going to give the best we have, it is an important competition and the first of the season. Everyone wants to win it and be favorites or not, it doesn’t matter,” said Ancelotti, who recalled that “the entire team is vaccinated.” “Now we have to evaluate the situation of Mariano and Gareth Bale. Carvajal is fine, he will start training on Monday and Jovic has also been negative and will be able to travel,” he concluded.