2023-02-25
Charles AncelottiItalian coach of the Real Madridassured following the draw in the derby once morest Atlético de Madrid that “it is not a goodbye to LaLiga”, promised to fight “until the end” and gave his opinion on the controversial action of the match, the direct red card to the Argentine Angel Correadefending that it was expulsion.
“It’s not a goodbye to LaLiga, it’s more complicated than it was before this game but we have to fight until the end and see what happens,” he defended at a press conference at the stadium Santiago Bernabeu.
Disappointed by the result Ancelotti He explained his intentions by betting on a starting midfield without Tchouaméni or Camavinga. “We thought we had control with the ball, Kroos played a very good game, the three interior players were in good condition.”
“Ceballos had rested and I have looked for freshness in the field with Kroos as a pivot. We thought that Atlético wouldn’t put too much pressure up front and we might be in control. That was the first part but we were slow in changes of direction. The moment I put more energy on the field, we conceded the goal, we had misplaced minutes, there was time to tie but not to win it, ”he said.
The little positive of the derby for him Real Madrid It was the youth squad’s debut goalscorer alvaro rodriguez, which gave the tie. ‘Carletto’ confirmed that he will form part of the first team next season.
“Álvaro has shown all his quality in the little he has played, it is a special night for him and for us to think that he can be useful in this stretch of the season. Next season he will be in the first team squad because he has a quality that few have at his age, he has significant height, he is a powerful player, he goes well with his head, he handles the ball well. The idea is to have him with the first team and this last stretch of the season will be between us and Castilla. We will handle it with Raúl, ”he revealed.
Ancelotti He described Correa’s action with Rüdiger as “fair expulsion” and analyzed the reasons for his team’s downturn.
“We have conceded the goal because in football we have to take into account the quality of the opponent with a fantastic pitcher like Griezmann and a header like Giménez. You can pass. He arrived at the moment we were pushing and emotionally the mental level of Liverpool has lowered a bit. It wasn’t physical fatigue, it was a lack of mental freshness. It was normal in the 17th game in 50 days ”, he analyzed.
Lastly, he defended the level of Karim Benzema following a match in which the captain was not seen. “Today was a difficult game for him because he lacked mental freshness, he got faster in the last third, he suffered from this but this part of the season he has done very well, he has scored many important goals since the World Cup.”
