Real Madrid: Ancelotti: “How many of these 200 games did we not lose?”

I’m very happy. How many of those 200 games didn’t we get hurt? We have all suffered, in many cases we have been successful, and in others we have been sad,” he joked. Carlo Ancelotti holding the shirt the man had prepared for him. real Madrid after signing your 200th league game. After the victory in Balaidos, the Italian coach has a balance of 143 wins, 33 draws and 24 losses in this competition.which has won twice (2021–22 and 2023–24).

System change

“What we didn’t do well was losing the ball. We had some shortcomings at the start and we need to improve that because the center backs were very open and we lost the ball in the middle. You can play as always.” with a support or something like that with Tchuameni among the central defenders.”

Bellingham’s anger at Viney

“I haven’t seen any complaints about Vinicius. He seems good to me, he shows character, he has balls. I saw them talking. I don’t think they have a problem.”

More about the gaming system

“Bellingham’s position has changed. The idea was to take him to the second line and not do us too much damage with passes to the far post. I really liked it. He was attentive to the drawing. Tchuameni played between the central backs with the ball and we had a balance problem in the first half. I made the mistake of poorly explaining to the players what they needed to do. We improved in the second half.”

Modric

“He always contributes. He has such great qualities that he always helps us and plays a very important role. He is a fantastic footballer. He is not a child, but he is an outstanding professional. Madrid is lucky to have such a player.”