Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, celebrated “a very important victory” this Saturday against Mallorca that “brings them closer to winning the League”, although he pointed out that there are still many games left, on the horizon as well as a week with decisive matches against Manchester City and FC Barcelona.
“The match was as we expected, very complicated. Mallorca played with a lot of commitment and defended well. We did not do well in the first half, too slow, few players well positioned between the lines. The second half, much better. It was “a very important victory that brings us closer to winning the title but there are still many games left. We are on a good streak. We have time to recover well and think about Wednesday,” he said.
The coach explained the value of the victory in Son Moix and highlighted the consistency of his team throughout the season. “We realize where we are. Every game is like a final. Having the advantage is very important before Sunday’s game. In the second half we played at a very high level,” he said.
Furthermore, Ancelotti gave no clues about the eleven against City, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, he praised Aurelien Tchouameni, scorer of the goal, and explained the rotations. “He played very well, it is his favorite position. It was an important match because they played a lot of balls to Muriqi and the presence of a tall pivot has helped us,” he noted about the Frenchman.
“It was a very demanding game. I was thinking of giving him more minutes in the second half, but the game was there. I put him in the last minutes to have one more defender in the aerial game,” he said about Militao. “It usually happens that when you don’t score, they punish you, fortunately that hasn’t happened because we haven’t conceded any opportunities in the past,” he said.
“The team has been very solid and continuous, we have not always played well but the team has fought and competed in every minute. Everyone talks about quality, which is true, but the more quality it is, the more difficult it is to find commitment “, he added about the progress of a Madrid that is close to the title.
“We arrived well, I haven’t given any rest due to a physical aspect, the whole team was fine, only Rodrygo had had a knock. I wanted to raise motivation by putting those who have played less, who have delivered. Brahim missed an incredible goal, but “He played a spectacular game. We are not going to win physically on Wednesday, we are going to win with our attitude,” he concluded.
2024-04-13 20:10:05
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