Ancelotti: "It is a defeat that keeps us alive"

Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, admitted after losing the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Manchester City (4-3) that his team needed to improve their performance in the second leg to reach the final in Paris. “It was a fantastic game. We came out of this game with a result that was not good because we got four goals. Obviously we didn’t defend well, but we were alive and we had full confidence for the second leg. . ”, studied the Italian coach.

“We started the game very bad, very soft, but the team again showed its ability to react and we were in the game until the end. With the ball we hurt them but all we had to do was defend better. “The result was not good but it could change in the second leg. Manchester City are a very strong team and we competed well. A better defense is the key to getting into the final,” Ancelotti pointed out.

“They put five players behind our midfielder line and you can’t occupy these positions with four defenders. Two of the goals are defeat in individual duels, the rest in crosses, we have to be more attentive there, ”warned the white technician.

“It’s a defeat that keeps us alive and we have full confidence in the second leg, if we defend better we will go through the final and if not, we will be left behind,” added the Whites coach. , which focuses on Modric and Benzema.

“Karim was a great game, he had the personality to accept the penalty in a fantastic way. Modric also had a fantastic game, I didn’t change it because it was bad but to have fresh people and Ceballos came in with a lot of personality ”, declared the Italian, hoping to have Alaba, changed to rest, and Casemiro was ready for the return. “I think both will be,” he said.