Ancelotti: “I wouldn’t understand if other teams were angry with the eleven”

Few questions about the league match against the azulones and all focused on the rotations, which raise the suspicions of other teams involved in the fight to avoid relegation. For this reason, the Italian coach settled any discussion by ensuring a competitive white eleven, with indisputable starters like Thibaut Courtois in goal and minutes for another heavyweight like Vinicius, although probably from the bench and as a shoot.

«Courtois is going to play tomorrow and Vinicius too, although I don’t know if from the beginning. Everyone who is available can play, tomorrow’s team will be from a very competitive lineup. Of course, I have to take into account that we don’t have to take risks and that there are fresh players, but tomorrow’s game demands a lot from us against an opponent who is fighting not to go down”, Reggiolo’s coach pointed out categorically, sticking out his chest for a depth of template that has been under discussion for many sections of the course.

Ancelotti, aware of the criticism that they could raise among Getafe’s direct rivals, cured himself in salu, valuing his wardrobe and conveying a feeling of professionalism before the game. «I would not understand that other teams were angry with the eleven, because there are many teams that choose the games and we do not choose. The players who are good will all be available and as I said, the team will be very competitive because I have a very competitive squad,” he added.

Despite everything, the rotations are foreseeable, majority although not massive, because as the white coach himself revealed, there are several footballers who are still carrying the consequences of the tremendous effort last Tuesday against City at the Bernabéu. “We’re pretty good, with some players who were hit in Tuesday’s game and still haven’t recovered, like Benzema or Rodrygo. Mendy returns, Ceballos returns, and both will be able to play tomorrow, “he said.

“Difficult DNA to explain”

The echoes of the first duel against Guardiola’s men are still ringing and despite his initial reluctance, Carletto did not shy away from any questions about his approach in that match, which generated better sensations than the result, although the draw leaves everything open for resolution. of the tie in Manchester. «Tuesday’s game is not the issue that we have in mind today, but I think that in the defensive facet we should approach it that way and in the offensive we have done well. Now we need to shift our focus to tomorrow’s game and do it well”, he assessed.

Beyond football, Real Madrid will always have its aura of extreme competitiveness in Europe, an almost mystical condition that also reaches basketball and that Ancelotti also tried to explain: “It is difficult to explain but there is. It’s the ‘all the way, go Real’. It’s like a surname, a DNA, something that is difficult to explain… We are delighted with what basketball has been able to do, very happy and to move on ».