Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid’s Italian coach, assured after the tie in the derby against Atlético de Madrid that "It is not a goodbye to LaLiga"promised fight "until the end" and he gave his opinion on the controversial action of the party, the direct red card to the Argentine Ángel Correa, defending that it was expulsion.
"It’s not a goodbye to LaLiga, it’s more complicated than it was before this game, but we have to fight until the end and see what happens"he defended at a press conference at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Upset by the result, Ancelotti explained his intentions by betting on a starting midfield without Tchouaméni or Camavinga. "We thought we would be in control with the ball, Kroos played a very good game, the three interior players were in good condition".
"Ceballos had rested and I looked for freshness in the field with Kroos as a pivot. We thought that Atlético wouldn’t put too much pressure up front and we could be in control. That was the first part, but we were slow to change direction. The moment I put more energy on the field, we conceded the goal, we had misplaced minutes, there was time to tie, but not to win it"he added.
The little positive thing about the derby for Real Madrid was the scoring debut of youth squad player Álvaro Rodríguez, who equalized. ‘Carletto’ confirmed that he will form part of the first team next season.
"Álvaro has shown all his quality in the little he has played, it is a special night for him and for us to think that he can be useful in this part of the season. Next season he will be in the first team squad because he has a quality that few have at his age, he has significant height, he is a powerful player, he goes well with his head, he handles the ball well. The idea is to have him with the first team and this last stretch of the season will be between us and Castilla. We will handle it with Raúl"revealed.
Ancelotti described as "just removal" Correa’s action with Rüdiger and analyzed the reasons for his team’s downturn. "We have conceded the goal because in football we have to take into account the quality of the opponent with a fantastic pitcher like Griezmann and a header like Giménez. You can pass. It arrived at the moment we were pushing and emotionally the mental level of Liverpool has dropped a bit. It wasn’t physical fatigue, it was a lack of mental freshness. It was normal in the game 17 in 50 days"analyzed.
Lastly, he defended the level of Karim Benzema after a match in which the captain was not seen. "Today was a difficult game for him because he lacked mental freshness, he got faster in the last third, he suffered from this, but this part of the season he has done very well, he has scored many important goals since the World Cup".
