Al Real Madrid it was difficult for him to get hooked on the League derby after the effort and the rush of Anfield. The comeback against Liverpool It left more scars on the head than on the legs of some footballers who can’t remember the last time they had more than four days between one match and another. «We controlled the game well in the first part, but without opportunities, a little slow in the changes of direction. At the moment of putting more energy in the field with the triple change we have conceded the goal, we have lost our position a bit and we have had the time to tie the game but not to win it”, Ancelotti explained about what he had seen on the pitch. «We lacked a bit of freshness, more than physical, mental. It was not a physical fatiguewe lacked mental freshness, it is quite normal considering that it is the 17th game since December 30, “said the Italian coach about the infernal calendar of his in this 2023. Carletto kept the accounts perfectly, because the derby was Madrid’s 17th match in the last 56 days, and in the queen stage in which they are still awaiting the first leg of the semifinals of Copa before him Barcelona next Thursday. “Tomorrow (for today) we’ll rest, I think the players deserve it, we’re going to work on Monday, a tactical session on Tuesday, which suits us, and we’re all set for Thursday,” he commented after a draw that could put the team’s advantage Barcelona in ten points. “It is not a goodbye to the League, it is clear that it is more complicated than before this game, but we have to fight until the end and that is what we are going to do,” added Ancelotti, without drama in the face of what Madrid still has for ahead of this course. On the expulsion of Correa, of which Atlético did a monograph after the 1-1 final, the white coach was quite clear and concise: “Correa’s expulsion is fair, yes.”
