It will be a revalidation for the Italian, who cannot afford to lose with the image given in the Super Cup or he will put his position at risk
They will be happy for the blaugrana setback in Almería, but they have nothing to celebrate after the poor image offered in the derby
Everything looks exciting at Real Madrid, but more for the misfortunes of others than for their own successes. The defeat of Barça in Almería has been a breath of optimism for the League and on the eve of the Classic of the first leg of the Copa del Rey against the Catalans. Everything looks good, but there is the other side of the coin that would be devastating for the interests of the madridistas and, especially, of Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian was pointed out from the club’s dome for the defeat before those of Xavi in the Spanish Super Cup, not in itself for losingwhich enters within the possible in matches of the maximum, but for the way of losing.
The whites are not up to much fanfare after drawing the derby with bittersweet feelings. Only the appearance of the youth squad Álvaro Rodríguez and his goal for the draw has diverted attention from a team that offered a pretty poor picture and which is hardly spoken of by the desire of the Atlético de Madrid, who has focused his speech on the referee instead of accentuating the good approach of Simeone and the merits they did to win. That has favored the Italianwho has slipped the bulge without analyzing the mistakes made starting with the alignment, in which he chose a drawing that did not fit with the board proposed by the Argentine.
THE BARÇA HAS A LOT TO WIN
El Clásico will be a revalidation for the Italianwhich runs the risk of being singled out again. If they lose like they did in Riyadh, it would jeopardize even their continuity in front of the team. Lose a match of the maximum like they did in january You can forgive once, but not twice., especially if it is Barça that reaches the Cup final at the expense of the whites. That’s why, Madrid will be euphoric, they will be optimistic, they will live happily for the blaugrana setback in Almería, but they have nothing to celebrate after drawing the derby and doing it in a gray way.
Ancelotti has before him a challenge more difficult than it seems, because Barça is capable of giving them another scare unless they respond with their best version, as they did at the Etihad against Liverpool. Every game is different, and Xavi’s team also has a lot to gain if they go over the whites again. It would be a new turning point as was the Spanish Super Cup and It was precisely Madrid that gave him the opportunity to take that path. Now it is another story, which has its parallels and from which even Brazil could benefit if Barça recovers that spirit that made it super champion.