Ancelotti: «I like Asensio a lot. I hope I can stay”

“Girona plays very nice football. They are an organized team with the ball when they have possession”, Ancelotti reviewed ahead of that duel in Montilivi, which Real Madrid faces with the aim of maintaining the good dynamics that the whites are going through, but with significant losses. «Benzema has a blow, Camavinga has had a blow, Rodrygo has not trained today but he will be fine for tomorrow. Ceballos is out due to the card and Alaba and Mendy due to injury », summed up the coach before a day that Real Madrid will start eleven points behind Barça, a difference that, in his opinion, is artificial. «As the quality of the two teams there is no eleven points of difference. We have shown it when we have faced each other. The small details have determined this distance that we want to cut in the next games, “said the transalpine.

Carletto avoided commenting on a possible return of Messi to the Camp Nou. «Messi can do what he wants and Barcelona too. It is not an issue for me. I like him as a player. For the Spanish League he can be beautiful, “said the Italian, who did affect, on the other hand, the facilities that his squad gives him when it comes to managing the workload. “They understand it very well. First, the illusion of Real Madrid for everyone, veterans and youngsters. This allows me to better manage the squad and the decisions I have to make, which are always difficult, whoever the players are,” he said.

He praised Militao, who he stressed is “a little more pessimistic than he was before” and has “spectacular quality” in the air. He also praised Camavinga, one of the great sensations of the season. «He is taking advantage of the time he has played as a winger to improve his limits. He is very young and his experience and tactical knowledge have to mature. Technically he has nothing to learn and physically he has the engine of a Ferrari,” Ancelotti asserted.

Praise for the quarry

With the League in the hands of Barça, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey are the two competitions that focus Real Madrid’s attention, but Ancelotti considers it necessary to maintain tension in the regularity tournament. Hence, he does not foresee too many breaks for Benzema if the Lyon player is healthy. «If he recovers from the blow he will play against Almería and then against Real Sociedad. It’s too important to us. In recent games he has shown a very good level and we have to keep him playing and not reserving him. When he is well he wants to play and so do we,” he said about the ‘9’.

He also spoke about Rodrygo, a footballer that Ancelotti loves but who still sees room for growth. “He has had a little knee problem of late that he is handling well. Today he had an intestinal problem, but tomorrow he is going to play. He is a fresh player on the field, very continuous in the game. He’s not a typical striker because he doesn’t need a lot of breaks in games. I see that he still has room for progression, “he said about the Brazilian.

Finally, he wanted to value the quarry. “Arbeloa and Raúl are doing very well, young people are progressing very quickly and we have a generation of players, that of 2003-2004, who are very good and will soon be in the first team,” the coach said.