Since football is like that, a November match, in the Santiago Bernabéucontra healthhas become the most important meeting in the Real Madrid this season. The shock is a no-go to prevent the crisis from becoming an unpredictable cyclone. After the defeat against Milan, which was the day designated to recover vital signs, Ancelotti‘s team plays today against Osasuna, then stops LaLiga for the national team matches and then he will Butarque already Anfield. The future is strangely uncertain for a team that only a few months ago was champion ofand LaLiga and the Champions League.
«We have talked, analyzed the situation. We think we have found the solution, but it must be seen in practice. Let a different version be seen. I see the team united, motivated and conscious. We have detected the correct solution. But we have to wait for the game to see if we act in the right way,” Carlo Ancelotti assured the medias. He sent a different, more cautious message, as if, for the first time, the future were something he couldn’t fully control: «We think that we can take the moment forward, but after the words, we have to act and the players have to do that. “The words are carried away by the wind, the performance remains in the field,” he said. Other times, his message has been more forceful, convinced. Yesterday he showed a hint of skepticism: «Just as I have said many times that I am convinced that we will get the best version, I tell you that we will see in the game. We have talked about it and we have not achieved it. That’s why I say: let’s see. The problem is detected, it is very clear. I just want to see a reaction“, said.
Because many times at the beginning of the course Ancelotti He has repeated that the problem is defensive and also that he had found the solution. But he Real Madrid He continues to receive goals and remains confused in his game: «Ours is not an offensive problem, nor a positioning problem. “It’s something defensive,” he repeated again. It is a team that concedes many chances and hardly steals in the rival fieldl. It’s as if he couldn’t get his players to understand or carry out his message: “You have to have sacrifice, concentration and do collective work,” said the Italian coach about the recipe necessary to change course. «Sacrifice to be a compact team; concentration to make the right decision and collective work, because if you defend as a compact team, it doesn’t matter if you defend low or press, the important thing is to work together,” he continued.
One of the criticisms of this Real Madrid It’s just that he doesn’t know whether to press or not, but that’s something that has also happened to him in other years; The problem is that in past years it was a team that backed down without a problem, supportive in doing so and in solving the most complicated moments. The night in the field Manchester Cityin the last Champions League, is the perfect example of what Real Madrid could be when they needed it. Today he doesn’t seem capable of that.
And, although he begins to doubt the value of words, he wanted to motivate his own: “AndIt’s a difficult time for everyone, it’s obvious. But it is not unusual to experience something like this, it is normal in a sport where defeat is also contemplated. For a long time we got used to it, but this moment has come, we accept it and what we cannot do is give up,” he said yesterday in his longest response. «They must be higher than ever. Because this is a strong, motivated group and the most difficult club in the world. This is the best place to get through difficult times. And I am convinced that we will do it,” concluded the Italian coach.
