Day before at Real Madrid. The coach spoke as usual in the press room to present the match against Villarreal merengue Carlo Ancelotti. These are his main statements on the ninth day of the Spanish top flight and on other current issues: “It’s a team that is doing very well, for us it’s an opportunity to rediscover automatic mechanisms, to play good football again”, he said. said the Italian coach in the conference. “This defeat is an opportunity, but only if we take advantage of it and react well. We did self-criticism.”
Exaggerated criticisms: “Everyone can think what they want. There are moments when you have to reconnect, you have to do it soon. Sometimes a good result makes you believe you are invincible, but a defeat reconnects you with reality. We are not yet at the usual level, we have players who are not in top form. We lack defensive intensity and forward movement of the ball. We are coming off a streak of 40 games without losing in the championship; if that happens we will be sad but we will look for solutions.”
Mbappé and his absence with France: “He had a problem that seems resolved. He trained normally. I don’t get involved in what the national team coaches do. Deschamps decided not to call him: I know that the Real Madrid medical team spoke with the French team and they made that decision.”
Why Güler plays little: “He doesn’t play much because he has a lot of competition, it’s not easy, but he’s getting more prominence than last year.”
Read all of Mister Ancelotti’s words here