Carlo Ancelotti did not want to point fingers at anyone. It is like that and it is not going to change, but the game against Barcelona clearly leaves a message, beyond what may happen in summer. It is none other than the need to strengthen the team. The debate over the coach will come later, with the season nearing the end. The Italian has one year left on his contract, but as he himself has publicly acknowledged, contracts are up for discussion. Nno one has talked about a drastic decisionbut that nine to two in favor of Barcelona has done a lot of damage.
This was the departure of the Real Madrid players through the mixed zone.
At the club level, what happened was hard, very hard. All you have to do is see Florentino Pérez's face during the match. Now there will be days of reflection, but the pace of competition prevents us from thinking about extreme situations and rather about forgetting what happened with another game. The meetings will come later, last night was not the time. Thinking about Celta and the Cup, even if it is what was said right after the match, is impossible.
Painful failures
The failures at the international level are what hurts the president of Real Madrid the most. It doesn't matter that this is the Spanish Super Cup. The whistles that the team and even he received were annoying. It's not about losing the title, it's about how and this season Real Madrid has already had two resounding defeats against Barcelona. There is no argument to hold on to.
On the issue of reinforcements (it is the only thing they believe they can do right now) the right back is going to be revisited.. Ancelotti's idea in important games was to place Valverde as a winger, but the loss of the Uruguayan in the center of the field made him give up that initial idea. The change of Lucas Vázquez made it evident. The option of trying again to sign Alexander Arnold is alive.
The other big problem is in the center of the defense, with Tchouameni missing and he had seemed to take the air in the position. In this position, at least until yesterday, the arrival of a signing is completely ruled out.. The quarry, as Asencio has shown, can be the solution.
