Carlo Ancelotti goes on the attack after being doubly humiliated at the Bernabéu. First by Hansi Flick and then by Paulo Fonseca. They have taken their colors, put them to shame, on two big days where the team has been shipwrecked and has only been able to score one goal. Vinícius' penalty against Milan. Added to this is his great concern: in the last three games he has conceded 9 goals (two from Borussia Dortmund, four from Barça and three from Milan). The Italian coach declares a state of emergency and turns against the players, whom he said in the press room after the defeat against Milan that they lack “sacrifice and concentration” and whom he accuses behind closed doors of being lazy.
The painful defeat in the Classic was covered up with a good first half. He said that the team lacked success in finishing and concluded that everything should not be thrown away. Milan's debacle is a disgrace for Ancelotti and he assumes it as the most responsible for not making the team solid and orderly, but he no longer saves the players. “At this moment, we are not capable of doing effective collective work,” is the rant of an impotent coach due to the lack of attitude of the footballers.
The game crisis is not the most important thing for Ancelotti. Real Madrid is a disaster, according to the coach, because the players lack tension, attention and aggressiveness. The anger with which he entered the locker room at Milan's half-time shows that Real Madrid is broken. The coach reproaches the players for their relaxation and disconnections. It makes them a vulnerable team. It happened after Vinícius' goal from a penalty. They left the game and gave up due to Ancelotti's desperation.
It is not the first time this season that Ancelotti looks unhinged. The images of the first half in Balaídos, against Celta, warned of the nerves and anger of a coach who sees passivity in his players. In Vigo there was a serious wake-up call in the locker room at half-time, as against Real Sociedad in Anoeta, the StuttgartLille, Borussia Dortmund and Milan in the Champions.
Ancelotti commented after losing against Milan that the team has to defend better because it is the key to being competitive and it does not have to go crazy. A the fault is not mine alone. Manual. He accepts being questioned for being the most responsible, but does not assume a tactical problem. He sees a drop in mentality in the players and it has to do with a lack of hunger.
Everyone responsible
The coach has stopped protecting the players and, as he senses tragedy if there is no sudden reaction, he turns on the fan. He decides that he alone is not going to eat this brown and sentence: “It is important that we all take responsibilities”. This is the message from an Ancelotti who has to endure the shower of criticism and the anger of a Bernabéu that whistles at the team. The last straw is seeing the public leave the stadium, against Barcelona and Milan, before the game ends.
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Ulises Sánchez-Flor
The serious thing is that Ancelotti is not worried the vulgarity of the game and the lack of defensive and offensive mechanisms which show that this equipment is not working. It is clear to everyone that Real Madrid has not improved with the incorporation of Mbappé, a stuck and desperate scorer. It's sad to see the anxiety and frustration of the Frenchman. Denied before the goal and uncomfortable as a center forward, a position in which he has less space and falls into haste. Ancelotti does not find the key to get the best version of the team and the new star and, in the drift, decides to press a dangerous button. The one of every man for himself.
He is a club man and stands out as an ego manager, but in this unexpected scenario of tactical anarchy and football mediocritytheir first measure is to shake the players for their reluctance, lack of intensity, sacrifice and concentration that are causing Real Madrid to fall. Without solidity there is no order and you cannot be competitive. It is the erroneous conclusion of an Ancelotti lost in the absence of clear solutions to change the poor dynamics of a team that does not know what it is playing.
