“In the first half we didn’t play football. We relied too much on long balls, but that wasn’t the idea,” Ancelotti said.
Ancelotti was candid when discussing Real Madrid’s defeat to Barca in the Supercopa final. First of all, the Italian rated the match on Movistar.
A difficult night which could leave its mark on the season.
“I can’t answer that right now; we’ll have to see. It’s a disappointing night, and we’re sad, as are our fans. That’s normal. It’s a disappointment, and there’s no no way to hide it, but that’s football, sometimes you can win, and sometimes you have to learn from defeat. There’s a whole season ahead of us, that’s all. what we can do,” he added.
Defensive difficulties.
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“We defended poorly, and that hurt us because they found the goals quite easily. We didn’t defend well in high pressing or in our low block,” he explained.
What he said in the locker room at halftime.
“First we have to try to play football because in the first half we didn’t play at all. We relied too much on long balls, which wasn’t the idea. A long Ball could have been an option, but the plan was to play, and we didn’t. I told them it’s possible to lose games, but not like we did in the first half. .”
What he told the players.
“We have to go home, think carefully and prepare for Thursday’s game.”
Later, the Italian coach spoke to the media in the press room.
The game plan.
“We have to look at reality. They scored their goals very easily, and we were not able to work well, either collectively or individually. This leaves us very disappointed. We are really sad, but we have to look forward. before; there is no other option. We have to get back to the good form we had before this match,” he said.
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What he remembers from the match.
“The match was not good from the first to the last minute. Even with an extra man, we were not able to find solutions. I feel sad for the whole match. I can’t take anything away from it , except for the good performance of Mbappé, who scored a superb goal in a great action. The rest, we must forget and look forward.
On Lucas and Tchouaméni.
“I don’t want to point fingers. When I talk about a team, I talk about everyone. The team was not compact. We need to get back to better defense.”
Worried about a bigger loss if Barca hadn’t been reduced to 10 men.
“When they were sent off, I thought we could try to turn the match around. I didn’t think of anything else. We have to defend well to win this match. We defended badly, and Barca deserved to win. They defended better than us.”
Feeling like he made a mistake.
“I said before the game that we had to defend well, and we didn’t do that. They deserved to win. They defended better than us.”
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