He real Madrid fell 0-1 to FC Barcelona for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals at the Santiago Bernabéu. A very bad match for the merengue team and the main culprit is Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian did not offer his best players an ideal context against an inoffensive FC Barcelona due to casualties and the reactive approach of Xavi Hernández.
Carlo Ancelotti made several mistakes both before and during the game that cost Real Madrid another defeat in the Clásico. Here we tell you the details:
Ancelotti’s 3 mistakes in the defeat against FC Barcelona by the Copa del Rey
-Negative approach: The Italian coach opted for the same as always without seeking to surprise FC Barcelona, which arrived with many important casualties and which raised a more reactive match due to the fact that it was missing the most important pieces. Ancelotti did not seek to be aggressive at the Santiago Bernabéu and the team suffered. He couldn’t really dominate the game because he didn’t take a shot on goal for 97 minutes.
-Non-sense field address: The Italian did not change the game with his changes. He did not give Dani Ceballos minutes, in a match where he had the ideal context to shine with the ball and fully dominate. His decision-making was very bad, to the point that he never took risks to try to tie the game against an inoffensive FC Barcelona. Inoperative field direction.
-Sought to control without aggressiveness: Ancelotti tried to dominate the game with the ball, but was never able to really threaten his rival. Superfluous domain, without the ability to do harm. Barcelona defended very comfortably in their field against a rival who hardly raised variants to hurt them. Xavi found the formula to win Ancelotti’s matches.
