The Real Madrid coach assures that managing the rotations of his two Praetorians in midfield is “the easiest” thing he has done in his career
Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with Real Madrid’s win against Betis, which places the whites as the sole leaders of the league. The Italian coach, who matched Vicente del Bosque’s 133 victories at the helm of Real Madrid as the third coach to have the most matches in his favor in the history of the Chamartín team, successfully applied the rotations again, allowing Start got a break for players like Kroos or Valverde, then dose the minutes of starters like Modric. Something that has been a constant this year so far and which, thanks to the skilful management of the locker room by the Reggiolo coach, does not pose any problems. “It costs me nothing to convince Kroos and Modric because they are intelligent and humble. They know they are important even when they are not playing. Managing them is the easiest thing I’ve ever had in my career.”
The transalpine celebrated the game his team played with the ball, although he acknowledged that they had problems at some stages due to the quality of Betis. “We started the season well, but the game was difficult. We’ve had problems with recovery because they handle it well. But we were good with the ball, we missed the last pass or the last shot. It’s not like that. ‘It was an easy game because Betis plays very good football, that was already known from the past,” he says.
He stressed that despite the full number of wins in the first four games, Real Madrid need to improve defensively as they have scored goals in all games of the championship they have played so far. “We have to take into account the goals against, today’s was a pretty serious foul, they caught us inattentive on a throw-in. We have to improve these small situations, that’s true,” he admitted.
He praised the performance of Vinicius and Rodrygo, the goalscorers of the two goals in the first game held at the Santiago Bernabeu this season. “Betis defends very well and we wanted to look outside, one on one, because their wingers don’t fall back into defence. Vini did well in the first part and Rodrygo between the lines caused problems,” he said of the Brazilian duo. He had a special mention for the player from São Paulo, who he already expected to play a more important role. “He is a special striker for me because he can play in all positions. Fast, smart without the ball, effective one-on-one. His apprenticeship has ended and now he is a Real Madrid player for all intents and purposes,” he emphasized.
He also referred to the situation of Asensio and Hazard, in the tail car in terms of minutes during the first four days. Neither the Balearics nor the Belgian jumped on the Bernabéu table, something Ancelotti attributed to the evolution of the match against Betis. “I know I can count on them and that’s enough. I don’t know how many minutes they will play. I made changes to put more energy and then to Rüdiger to be stronger in the air ball. With 1-1 I put Kroos and Ceballos to have more quality. With 2-1 I didn’t have to use Hazard and Asensio,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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