MADRID, 21 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, acknowledged that he had “failed” and that he had not made “a good approach” in this Sunday’s Classic against FC Barcelona, but he is not going to make “a drama” of a defeat that it will have a negative effect on his team, now demanding to have “tranquility and balance”.
“The approach with Modric from ’10’ was to try to get the ball out from behind and find spaces with Valverde, Rodrygo and Vinicius, but it hasn’t been good and it hasn’t gone well, I haven’t made a good approach to try to win” , expressed Ancelotti at a press conference.
The Italian made it clear that Barça had played “better” and that they had “deserved to win”. “It is not a problem for me to have responsibility because it has been like that, sometimes you are right and sometimes you fail. Today I failed, but I am not making a drama and the defeat does not sink us. We know how important this match is and we are very sorry, but we have to continue and look forward, and above all have calm and balance, we have to think that we have a nine-point advantage”, he stressed.
The Madrid coach assured that “no” he understood that the VAR did not enter Aubameyang’s entry to Kroos with 0-0, but he did not give it more importance. “I don’t want to go in because I don’t want excuses, we have played very badly and I have planned the game very badly”, he reiterated.
“If we take stock so far, I think we would have all signed at the start of the season to be nine points ahead in the League and in the Champions League quarter-finals on March 20,” added Ancelotti, who believes the break is “good” now both to “recover” Benzema and Mendy and “to train and to have time to digest this defeat”.
The Real Madrid coach also stressed that he did not see a “lack of attitude” in his players and thanked the fans for understanding that “it was not a good night”, while insisting that “no one knows what is going to happen” in the fight for the League. “We have an advantage, but we have to think about winning game by game. I don’t think this defeat will affect the team, I can fail once in the approach, twice it’s quite rare,” he warned.
“We don’t have to think that we lost because Karim wasn’t there. We tried to push and get out well, but when they got ahead it was harder for us to press and recover the ball, they controlled possession better and we took risks with the high line”, Ancelotti said. which confirmed that Gareth Bale was dropped from the list because “he was not feeling well after training”. “I don’t know if he goes to Wales, they will make the decision if he can play or not,” he settled.