The Whites’ coach acknowledges they are going through a “complicated” moment, but calls for “calm” and “confidence” in a team “with fantastic players”.
War drums are ringing around Real Madrid following the final setbacks of a team that flew until last November, but Carlo Ancelotti is confident his team will emerge from the rut sooner rather than later. “We have to get through this month, these games. Everyone considers Madrid dead, but tomorrow is a chance to get out of this dynamic. We have to be calm and confident because the season is very long. We will play against strong teams, but we will never give up. Let’s get out of here. If I don’t know, it could be tomorrow, Sunday… but we’re going out. This team will fight to the end in all competitions,” said the coach ahead of the duel that will measure his team against Villarreal, corresponding to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.
The Italian admits this is a “complicated moment”, but he exudes confidence as he has “fantastic players” who are far from saying the last word. “This is a young team. Everyone is talking about Modric, Kroos and Benzema, but we also have to talk about Rodrygo, Vinicius, Camavinga, Militao, Tchouaméni. It is the beginning of a cycle in this club. Players who play a very important era in this club are nearing the end of their careers but others are starting. It’s a moment of transition from one fantastic era to another. The day Karim, Toni and Luka stop playing there are others in charge of this team will take. It’s not the end, it’s the beginning of a cycle,” he argued in response to those who consider the good times in his squad to be over.
Ancelotti believes that the fight with Villarreal is “an opportunity to get away quickly” from the delicate scenario his team is going through. It’s a tough game, but we have the motivation because it’s a great opportunity,” he impacted a press conference noting that “it was foreseeable” that they wouldn’t be at their best at this point in the game. of course and deplored the injuries of important figures such as Tchouaméni , Praise or Lucas Vázquez who have reduced Real Madrid’s potential.
He stood up for Kroos and Modric, two of those veterans who are now being criticized. «Toni is doing very well in all competitions, he is in good physical condition because he has rested. Luka’s thing is different because he comes back from the World Cup, his condition is not optimal, but little by little he will contribute,” explains the transalpine. He also defended Camavinga. “The substitution against Valencia was technical. It worked well, but i changed it to avoid playing with ten against barcelona he did well but i changed it to put more players in front i have faith in him it’s true i took away many times at the end of the first half and I haven’t always been fair, but I have faith in him,” he said of the French midfielder.
Focusing on the mistakes in the rear, he praised the figure of Nacho, that defender whose pessimism the whites have so missed lately. “Nacho is a very reliable defender, he has played very well as a left back against Valencia and at the moment he can contribute good things. We have been very optimistic in this section because we conceded six goals that could have been avoided with more pessimism. In addition to Alaba’s penalty kick, we gave away five goals that could have been avoided with a little more pessimism,” said Ancelotti.
He ruled out any kind of parallelism between the current situation and that of Real Madrid in the second season of his first spell on the Chamartín bench. “It’s a coincidence. Last year we also had a setback in January and we came out of that very well. We’re going to do well this season too,” he said.
He stressed that his role in the current situation is to “assess properly what is happening, be as objective as possible and make things as simple as possible. In football, defending well is the easiest thing to do,” he said. His recipe? “Have faith and don’t lose it in a team that has done very well until November. We are in very important leagues and we have a team with fantastic players. You have to have confidence.”
Source: La Verdad
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