Real Madrid beat Cacereño by the slightest difference in their debut in the Copa del Rey. They eliminated their rival, who put great pressure on them and provided a good match to match a group of such prestige and high level as the king of the Champions League, and the current LaLiga champion who is fighting in the competition with Barcelona for the title at the top of the standings.
After Rodrygo Goes’s goal, which was enough for Real Madrid to reach the next phase of the Copa del Rey, Carlo Ancelotti offered his perceptions of what the match was like and left very upset by Cacereño’s pitch.
As expected, Carlo Ancelotti came out with a roster with several unusual names and with the novelty of Eden Hazard as a starter playing on the wings or sometimes throwing himself into the center of the field of play as the role of Karim Benzema. Without a doubt, the Belgian wanted to appear at a key moment for him. About Eden he mentioned, “I liked it, but it is difficult to individually assess the level of the players on days like this. It was impossible to play. For players like him and Rodrygo, for the little ones, it is difficult on days like this, they suffer. But he has compliment”.
In a complex game, Rodrygo scored the only goal that qualified Real Madrid for the next round. He specified about the action, “he has made a fantastic play. The rest has been an even match, very competitive, with a lot of fight and a lot of long ball. It could not be done any other way. The team has delivered, I am very satisfied for having played a match we are not used to”.
Although the commitment was not easy at all, Carlo Ancelotti never saw the game go uphill for him. “No, at no time. It was competitive and even, the best quality we have was not seen on a pitch where you couldn’t play low. I liked everything, from the first minute to the last, we knew we had to suffer, no We have risked nothing behind and it is the second game without conceding”, he referred.
What the Italian disliked the most was the Príncipe Felipe Stadium playing field, “you can’t play on it. For me, it’s not football, it’s another sport, it’s nice because the little ones can compete against the big ones, it’s good for the fans, but the fans also want to see good football matches”.
