The Real Madrid coach recognized that the team did not play “a good game”
“In the first half I saw a pretty weak team,” Carlo said.
The Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, lamented the draw (1-1) against Osasuna that leaves the white team’s consecutive winning streak at nine this season but, he warned, that they are going to “react soon & rdquor; to chain another even better.
“This is a team that is sad when it doesn’t win. We are not happy. This team won a lot last year. A draw leaves us sad, but we will react soon & rdquor ;, he said at a press conference.
“The numerical superiority was missing for a short time and we tried to put centers. The game has not gone well. It could be fixed with a penalty, but in a league this can happen. A very positive streak is ending and now we will try to start another & rdquor ;, he completed.
“The game has not been good. In the first part I saw a fairly weak team. The defensive line did not press much. After the draw the team was better. I made the changes to put in fresh legs & rdquor ;, he added.
“We don’t have to make excuses for the break. The game has not gone as we wanted. The match was to win, but we were not lucky enough to score the penalty. This team has done very well and will continue to do so & rdquor ;, he valued.
The Italian coach began his appearance by talking about the loss that was confirmed this afternoon of the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courrtois: “Tomorrow he has a medical test. It’s not a muscle problem, it’s a sciatic nerve problem. We will evaluate if he can play on Wednesday & rdquor ;, she said.
An Ancelotti who evaluated the return leg 26 days after Karim Benzema, who missed a penalty as he did twice last season against Sergio Herrera.
“I was thinking about it. If she thought about changing she had to change first. After Osasuna, last year he took the two most important penalties of the season against City and scored. He is the best & rdquor;he said about penalties.
“It wasn’t his best game, but it’s normal after missing several games. He has trained very hard and is not so fresh, but he needed it & rdquor ;, he commented on his return.
An Ancelotti who cataloged the fact of having conceded in LaLiga Santander for the seventh consecutive game as a lack of “luck”. “It can improve. It was a goal when the team was placed. We have not been lucky & rdquor ;, he declared.
In addition, the Italian did not want to put the Hispanic-Dominican Mariano Díaz ahead of the Belgian Eden Hazard in the rotation despite the fact that he did not warm up this Sunday and the former played five minutes plus discount.
“It was a game that we needed a strong forward with a header and in the last minutes we needed him”, he commented.