NEWS. 05/03/2022. Rodrigo Salamanca
“The heart and personality are important parts that allow you to show the quality you have,” explained the coach.
Carlo Ancelotti He appeared at a telematic press conference after the last training session prior to the Real Madrid-Manchester City (9:00 p.m.; Movistar Champions League): “The team is well, motivated and focused. We have an important challenge and a great opportunity to play a final of Champions. The atmosphere is good. We know how difficult tomorrow’s game will be, but we are very confident because the tie is wide open. We have a small handicap that we want to fix.”
“Two teams with different qualities, individual and collective, will face each other, but with different quality. If one reaches the semi-final or a final or wins the Champions It’s not because you do it only with your heart. The heart is important and the personality too because they allow you to demonstrate the quality that one has. There are many aspects. Then you have individual quality or collective commitment. To get to a final and win it you need all of this. A single part does not allow you to be successful in a competition as important and difficult as the Champions League. Winning City is not just about the heart or the push of the Bernabeu”.
defensive contribution
“If we put the block down we’re not going to take 99 shots. If we get into the penalty area they will shoot us 99 times. Sometimes you have to risk something. In these games we have scored a lot. We have scored three goals against PSG, five against Chelsea and three against Manchester City. Sometimes you have to risk a bit and we have the quality to do it.”
Casemiro’s return
“casemiro it will help us It reinforces the defensive aspect and we have to improve the collective commitment. We have to move better as a block, be more compact, avoid problems when they cross… We’ve worked on the defensive aspect and I think we’re going to see an improvement”.
Faith in the comeback
“I don’t think history matters. It will be a different match and each match has its own story. They have an advantage and we have to do better. It’s difficult, but we have an incredible opportunity to play another final after winning the Liga. The atmosphere is very good and we can do it”.
Vinicius Jr.
“vinicius This season he hasn’t changed his position because he played on the wing, but what has improved is finishing. He is cooler and calmer. He takes his time making decisions. The player has matured in this period and I have given him the confidence to play him. He is one of those who has played the most and that confidence has allowed him to be more mature in making decisions”.
Low of Praise
“I do not have doubts. Alaba he can’t play and he won’t be ready for tomorrow. It will be a long game. It won’t be so important how the game starts, but how it ends.”
“It does not change the way of defending. Alaba is an important piece for this team, but so is Nacho. He is a player who has experience and will do well”.
Opinion
“The coaches of Madrid they have been and are valued by the club, the fans and the players. This is the most important thing. Have the assessment of the people who give you a judgment in the club. But everyone has the right to speak.”
Modrić is temporada
“Modric has not changed. I see more change in Karim on the profile of leadership and importance. But sometimes the perception that others have of the player changes a lot. If Modrić hasn’t changed, it may be that the other players’ perception of him has changed. And what they have is that of an exceptional, fantastic and extraordinary professional and a player with tremendous quality, technique, physics and tactics”.
Strategy
“The game has to be complete. The low block has to be better than the first leg, the pressure has to be well done to avoid passes between lines and transitions. We are not going to propose a game with a low block, that’s for sure, but at some moments of the game it will be. The match has to be complete”.
team goals
“Benzema he has done very well. And he has improved a lot Vini Jr. In that aspect, Asensio he has scored many goals, they have also scored Modric, Kroos… The offensive aspect has been handled very well. We’ve had difficulties against very close teams because we don’t have a very tall striker, but we’ve fixed it with more mobility, touch and movements without the ball”.
The foot
“He is a fantastic player, very young and he is playing very well. He is going to have a wonderful performance in his professional career because he is very fast, very intelligent, very dangerous as a striker. One of the best talents England has right now.”
