The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelottiadmitted this Saturday that I would be “happy” if Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup final without deserving it, because it is a title “and everyone likes to win.” A clear suit for Xavi Hernández who once again showed his chest talking about DNA and the playing style of a Barcelona -mentioning Cruyff- that is nothing more than mediocre this season.
“If we play better than Barcelona, we are going to win in most cases, but I would be happy to win if we don’t deserve it too much,” Ancelotti acknowledged from the press room at Al-Awwal Park, the scene of the final.
Ancelotti is aware that, last year, Barça beat them in the final (1-3), in one of the Barça team’s best games since Xavi sat on the bench, but the Real Madrid coach assured that there is no pending account with the greatest rival in this competition.
“Real Madrid does not go out for revenge; it goes out to the maximum because that is the demand of this club and this shirt,” said the Italian, whose reference for preparing for the final is not 2023, but the last LaLiga match played at the Lluís Companys Stadium.
There, the Madrid team defeated Barcelona 1-2, but the Catalan team was clearly superior in the first hour of play. “The match in Montjuïc was not good, especially the defensive strategy in the first half. We will take this into account for tomorrow, but also the opponent’s lineup, because that can change our approach,” he explained.
On the other hand, Ancelotti reassured the Madrid fans about the status of full-back Dani Carvajalwho this Friday did recovery work in the gym and did not exercise with the rest of his teammates: “Carvajal is fine, yesterday he needed one more day of rest, because obviously it is a little more difficult for veterans to recover, but he will be able to play without problems.”
However, the white team coach He did not want to reveal who will occupy the goal. this sunday, yeah Kepa Arrizabalaga, without much success in the semifinal against Atlético de Madrid, or Andriy The moon.
“I don’t want to give clues, but obviously I have to make a choice. Kepa had an injury and Lunin deserved the competition, but not because of Kepa’s demerit, but because Lunin did very well. Right now, I can’t have a starter and a substitute. And the important thing is that they understand it well, I think they have understood it,” he argued.
In the final in Riyadh, Carlo Ancelotti will surpass Zinedine Zidane as the second coach who has managed the most games at Real Madrid (264), behind Miguel Muñoz. And if he wins it, he would equal the Frenchman with 11 titles.
“Zidane has been, first of all, the best player I have seen in training. And in my first year, he helped me a lot as an assistant with the French and with my adaptation to Spanish football, because he knew the club,” he recalled.
In any case, he downplayed the impact that lifting the Super Cup against the eternal rival may have for the rest of the season.. “It’s a competition that ends tomorrow. It’s a title, and then it will be another story,” he concluded.
2024-01-13 12:49:01
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