“It’s going to be a long night,” admitted Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti after his team’s defeat against AC Milan on Tuesday (3-1) in the Champions League.
“The reality is that on the pitch we are missing something, we are incapable of giving our best version, so we have to resolve that. There is worry, it’s normal, it’s going to be a very long night, because we all have to think about how to improve things and regain the solidity we’ve had for so long. We concede too many goals for a team like ours, which has built its strength on defensive solidity.said Carlo Ancelotti at a press conference after his team’s defeat against AC Milan on Tuesday (3-1) in the Champions League.
“We are suffering a lot at the moment, and when we suffer we unite more, as I said, it’s going to be a long night, but that’s a good thing”he added.
The Madrid coach says to himself “aware of reality”: “We are not good, we are not capable of producing effective collective work”he regretted, saying he accepted the criticism.
“We have to defend better, because it’s key. We must look for solutions to have a stronger team. (…) We must improve tactically, it is not an individual problem, but a question of sacrifice, concentration and collective work”he explained.
“We are confident the team will improve and be competitive in all competitions, as we always have. Every year there are difficult moments, what is not normal is that this team has fallen very quickly in recent matches. Now the good thing in football is that we can react very quickly too. We have another home game very soon to try and get back to our team from last year.”concluded the Italian.
His counterpart Paulo Fonseca was satisfied with his team’s performance:
“This is the Milan we want to see. We played a high quality match. Fofana Tijjani (Reijnders), (Christian) Pulisic and (Alvaro) Morata were decisive in the way they controlled the game.explained the Portuguese coach, welcoming “courage” of its midfielders, who have “carried the team towards this high level performance”.
Asked about the possibility of this victory serving as a reference match, the Milan coach remained cautious: “This match was very different from what we have in Serie A. It was a much more open match, so we were able to play in a different way. In Italy there are many matches where the opponents close the game and defend very well, like Monza, Cagliari, who mark man on man all over the field.
Seventh in Serie A, the Italian giant must now “work to reproduce this kind of performance in the championship”.
