The Madrid coach has been very sincere in the run-up to the Clásico: according to his point of view, “the players change and the most important thing is that the players are comfortable”
“The history of Barça speaks clearly: he has followed a style that the club and the fans like and that has given him success”, reflected the Italian coach
Carlo Ancelotti He does not believe that Real Madrid is a favorite in the Clásico against Barça despite Barça’s delicate situation in the Champions League. The Italian coach has recalled that the trajectory of the culé team in the domestic competition is being “spectacular & rdquor; and that, consequently, his team must do things very well if they want to “show a good image of our football and try to win for our fans.” “It will not be a game of life or death, but it will be special because of the emotional aspect and the pressure”has opined.
The Italian coach, always sincere, has offered his point of view in the debate on the football model. For him, “having a single style” like FC Barcelona “is not the most suitable & rdquor ;. “Barça’s history speaks volumes: they have followed a style that the club and the fans like. I am not saying that it is not correct, it is an idea that has given them success. The idea of other teams is different. I think that having only one style is not the best. The players change and the most important thing is that the footballers are comfortable & rdquor ;, he has reflected in his usual cordial, friendly tone.
In an appearance in which he has insisted on several occasions that Barça is a team that “He has won all the league games except one”, who “is on a great streak in the national competition despite having had some problems in the Champions League” and that “He has the resources to have a great season”, Ancelotti has ruled out Thibaut Courtois –who “is quite well, but has trained very little and is not comfortable”– and has confirmed that Antonio Rüdiger will not miss the appointment against the eternal rival, but he will have to “wear a mask so that the wound does not open & rdquor; that was made against Shakhtar Donetsk. “It gives us strength in duels, mentality and personality”has finished off the German defender.
Regarding the other proper names of the classic in a merengue key, ‘Carletto’ has explained that “I have seen much better this week & rdquor; to Benzema. “His condition has improved a lot. I am convinced that against Barça we will see Karim & rdquor ;, he added. Eder Militao, on the other hand, “is doing very well this season”. “She is maintaining a very high level more continuously than last year. He has footballing and physical qualities of a high-level central defender & rdquor ;, he has nuanced about the Brazilian.
One last classic to forget
Ancelotti has given way to his most playful facet when he was asked about last year’s 0-4 at the Santiago Bernabéu, in which the strategy of placing Luka Modric as a false nine did not go well for him. “Football was invented a long time ago. Last year I tried to invent something and they gave me a stick… Now I will bet on a team with a mentality similar to the one we had in Paris & rdquor ;, he said between laughs, remembering the Champions League final
“I have not put the video of the defeat in the last classic to motivate my players. They know the opponent very well. The 0-4 is not going to affect us. We have the illusion of playing the classic well, a game that everyone sees & rdquor ;, he assessed before appreciating that “the season is very long & rdquor; and that the duel against Barça arrives “too soon” enough to be decisive, but “we would like to win it and enjoy it a lot & rdquor;.