Charles AncelottiReal Madrid coach, can only rejoice for the 3-1 victory achieved by his team white on his debut in the new Champions League format against Stuttgart. First match and first victory, as well as great signals from Mbappé, who is also making his debut in the competition with the shirt of merenguesin the company of Rudiger and the child prodigy Endrick who scored at the last minute. Below are the post-match statements of the Italian coach taken from the newspaper AS.
What are your impressions of the match?
“Good. We had some difficult moments, but that’s normal. I don’t remember an easy match. You always have to suffer, especially at the beginning, when you’re not at your best and things are a bit more difficult. After the goal the match could have been over, but we had the strength to score again.”
They made things difficult.
“Stuttgart have a very good ball control. We lost a lot of duels, one-on-one. We struggled a lot in the first half. We could have scored more, but in the end everything went well.”
They managed to exploit the spaces behind.
“When there is high pressure, you have to get the ball behind the defensive line.”
Courtois said that if Endrick had made a mistake, he would kill him.
“Yes, but he has balls (los huevos literally). Because it was a counterattack and he had the courage to shoot.”