February 26th, the 23rd round of La Liga staged a Madrid derby, and finally Real Madrid played at the Bernabeu
The battle with Atletico Madrid became a 1-1 draw.
After the game, Real Madrid coach Ancelotti expressed his views on the game.
About the team’s performance throughout the game
This is not the time to say goodbye to the La Liga champions, the situation we are facing is more complicated than before this game, but we must fight until the last moment.
Today, the cup is the most important thing because the next game brings us closer to the title.
We are only 270 minutes away from winning a title.
We conceded goals because we had to think about the strength of the opponent on the pitch.
However, the same goes for the opponent conceding the ball.
Things like this can happen in football, but their goals came when we could have pushed the attack well, and conceding goals like that hit the morale of the team.
It’s quite normal that we haven’t been able to show our best selves as this is our 17th game in 50 days since December 30th last year.
About Alvaro Rodriguez
Alvaro showed all his quality and it was a special night for him and for us because we can think about how to use him at this stage of the season.
Come next season, he will be in the first-team squad because he has a quality that few have.
For his age, he has a tall frame, has a strong impact, but also has a daunting header.
At the end of the season, we will evaluate whether we need him, I think we need him, Castilla needs him, or both.
We’ll manage his career with Raul and we’ll talk.
I asked Alvaro for what we needed.
He has enough height to play as a centre-forward because Benzema is not a normal centre-forward in this type of game and it is good for us to have a player with Alvaro’s characteristics.
We need to be more focused because he has a great header.
About the team’s midfield
We were thinking about how to control the ball, Kroos played well and the three inside forwards were in good shape.
After Ceballos is replaced, I hope to provide more fresh blood on the court.
We felt that Atletico Madrid did not press high and we would control the game.
In the first half of the game, we did it without scoring chances.
In the second half, when we put more energy into the team, we conceded goals.
Then we got a little messy on the pitch.
We had time to equalize but not enough to win the game.
About Benzema
Our energy was low and we needed to get the ball into the final third faster.
After the World Cup, Benzema scored many goals, especially important ones.
About Nacho and Camavinga playing at left back
Camavinga is full of energy on the pitch, but Nacho is more experienced and tactically aware.
About Correa being sent off
I think that’s fair.
About having four days to prepare for the Clasico
We have Sunday off, we start training next Monday and we will do some tactical work on Tuesday.
Then we’ll head into Thursday’s game in top form.
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