“Losing brings you back to reality”
Italian Carlo Ancelottitrainer real Madridassured that after a “long run” of 258 days without defeat for his team, “you can believe in yourself as invincible” and that, therefore, “sometimes” a defeat like the one they suffered on Wednesday against Lille “reunites you” with reality.” .
“Everyone can say what they want. The criticism voiced on Wednesday appears to be fair.but that doesn’t change anything. Sometimes there are times when you need to reconnect and do so soon. None of us like to lose. We had a long streak and you can believe that you are invincible, and sometimes defeat brings you back to reality,” he said at a press conference.
“We are not coping with the task, but we are close to it”
We must do better. We’re not at the top, but we’re close. We have players who have not reached their best level. and we need to be patient in this sense; We’re not where we want to be, but we’re not far away. We lack intensity, ball circulation… that’s what we need to improve,” he added.
Ancelotti insisted on his idea that failure can be good for his team’s reaction.
“Failure can be an opportunity if you react. I liked the team’s reaction. We gave it our all at the end of the game and fought until the end. The response has been good and we are stronger than ever,” he said.
“The last defeat was good. Let’s see…”
“The last defeat was good, but we’ll see if the same thing happens. We remain unbeaten in the League for a long time now, and we must continue this series. We are saddest and we will look for solutions,” he continued.
“We agreed that we lack intensity in handling the ball in the sense that the ball has to move faster to reach the top and that we lack intensity in defending,” he commented with his players on the analysis of what happened at Lille ” .
“I don’t think there’s a touch player missing here.”
Of course, Ancelotti, “quite used” to criticism which therefore “doesn’t concern him at all”, defended the quality of his squad when asked about the midfield and whether it lacked a profile similar to that of German Toni. Kroos, who retired at the end of last season.
“I don’t think there’s a shortage of a touch player. Modric, Camavinga, Bellingham… Tchuameni has it. For us it is fundamental in the defensive aspect… We have a lot of variety. We don’t show all our qualities, but we don’t miss anything,” he commented.
Defeat to Lille, who arrived before hosting Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabeu, finishing third in EA Sports’ La Liga with one point less (17) than Real Madrid.
Villarreal are doing very well. This is a team that is well positioned on the field and doing an optimal job. It will be a difficult game, but we want to come back and this is an opportunity to play the best version and play good football again in front of our fans,” he analyzed.
“We will try to play as usual, taking into account the opponent’s good moment and his characteristics, but above all we will try to keep a lot of intensity in the match,” he continued.
Mbappe will not be called up to France
In addition, he spoke of two proper names; Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who will not be called up to France having recently recovered from a muscle injury, and Turkish Arda Guler, who has played just 35 minutes in the last three games.
“I don’t want to express an opinion about what the national team coaches are going to do. “Mbappe is back in training and this problem seems to be resolved,” he said of the Frenchman.
On the other hand, he explained how he uses the Turkish Ardu Güler with his almost demonstrative participation in the last matches.
“He has competition. It’s not easy to find places in the starting lineup. “He has started twice and is more well-known than last year,” he said.