Nacho complains about a situation that “does not benefit anyone” and asks Ancelotti to “change the focus” because the Brazilian “just wants to play football and then there is an environment that provokes him and some rivals who pressure him with fouls “
The second round could not have started worse for the champion, who lost one of those matches worth a title in Mallorca, proved that without Karim Benzema there is no paradise and, in addition, suffered a muscle injury to Thibaut Courtois, an all-risk insurance and his most decisive player together with the French striker.
The Belgian goalkeeper withdrew from the warm-up due to discomfort in the adductor area and is awaiting diagnostic imaging tests. It is almost impossible for him to take part in the Club World Cup as Real Madrid face Egyptian Al-Alhy in Rabat’s semi-final on Wednesday and his Champions League round of 16 first-round match against Liverpool , scheduled for February 21 at Anfield.
In addition to the casualties, fatigue, the strength of a tough rival, in the true style of their coach, Vasco Aguirre, were added to Real Madrid’s guilt by Nacho’s own goal in the first half and Marco Asensio’s missed penalty after the restart. result of a controversial penalty for the demolition of goalkeeper Rajkovic to Vinicius.
The whites fell, but they had already been warned against a courageous rival who won their last four home games 1-0, against Atlético, Valladolid, Celta and Real Madrid. No less than 29 fouls were committed by the vermillions, a record for a game in this League, in a duel in which the whites committed 14 fouls and the Canarian Hernández Hernández ended up with ten yellow cards, five per side and one exactly to Vinicius, that he will miss the next league game against Elche at the Bernabéu.
Carlo Ancelotti’s face after the crash reflected deep discomfort. The Italian coach complained about so many interruptions in his first analysis. “It was a heavy defeat in a match we expected, very tough, difficult, with many fouls, many interruptions, many crashes…”, the Reggiolo coach complained.
What happened to losses Movistar urged the merengue coach, who suffered the third defeat of this League. “We were not lucky to manage the game as they scored us very early, but the team played and competed until the end and deserved a draw. When an opponent defends with a very low line, it is very difficult to get a ball behind his back. We tried, but the first part is the one that decided the game,” Ancelotti reflected, acknowledging that Kroos and Modric didn’t play from the start due to rotations and because they ended the previous game “a bit hit”.
Nacho, author of that own goal that marked Palma’s duel, expressed himself in the same direction. “It has been very difficult against a team with a great defense, who scored a lucky goal, and then we were not up to scratch when it came to creating chances,” the merengue youth team analyzed. “Mallorca did not surprise us. We knew about the difficulty because of the hour, little rest and having a very close opponent in front of us, but things got even more complicated when they scored. The own goal was a shame, but this is football and we also missed a penalty,” he noted.
Nacho made no bones about answering the recurring question about Vinicius, the fouls he commits and the controversy that has erupted match after match around the Brazilian. «An environment is created with the theme of Vinicius that favors no one. Neither Vinicius, nor the League, nor football, nor the public messing with him. Controversies and nonsense should be put aside,” he settled.
Already at a press conference, without too much urgency, Carletto was asked about Nacho’s reflections on what is happening in the Vinicius case. And the Italian did not bite his tongue. “Everything that happens is not Vinicius’s fault. All he wants is to play football and then there is an atmosphere that provokes, rivals that push him and he needs that… You have to change the focus. We have to see what happened to him in this game.”
Source: La Verdad
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