“The calendar does not allow players to rest”
Trainer real Madrid, Carlo Ancelottiregretted the three injuries his team suffered in the first half of the match against Osasuna. Some injuries affecting Rodrigo, Lucas Vazquez and Militaomost serious and which will be assessed to determine its scope.
“It was a good game, we started to control it well without rushing too much. And once we opened the scoring with Vini, I think the game went well, showing good team version, more attitude and more commitment. It’s a pity that in the first half we had three injuries, which will now be assessed, but we’ll see,” he complained.
“It’s a pity that we had three injuries in the first half.“
“Three injuries in the first half is quite rare.. Demanding this the schedule sometimes does not allow players to rest It’s enough to come to the games a little more tired; less fresh than usual, the risk of injury is higher. “This is a common problem, not just for us,” Ancelotti commented on the accumulation of matches.
The Italian did not want to answer whether Madrid should think about signing a contract to compensate for these losses. “I don’t know, we’ll evaluate that in the coming months. Now there is nothing left to do but try to recover. as many players as possible, and then in January we will evaluate what can be done,” he concluded.
“Now I don’t think about the transfer market because we have games before the Christmas holidays and we need to prepare with the players we have. Today he played Valverde on the right flankwhich seems normal to me. Raul played and made an important contribution to the team. Let’s see what we have; And just as we succeeded last year, we will succeed this year,” the Madrid coach emphasized.
“Not winning the Ballon d’Or is a small detail that did not affect Vinicius”
When asked about Vinicius, the Italian praised the work of his player, who again played an important role today with a hat-trick.
“For us Vinicius is a player who matters and today he did it again, as he had done many times. The fact that he did not win the Ballon d’Or is a small detail that did not affect him from what we saw today,” the white coach emphasized.
Regarding Bellingham’s goal, he assured that “it’s good for him to score this goal. But the goal is a small detail.” very well done match At the defensive level, at the attacking level, with quality, with ideas, with continuity. “The goal was a small detail.”
In addition, the Italian coach praised Asensio’s youth squad. “Raul played very well, individually, he provided the assist for the second goal, it was a nice surprise and we have to thank the work they did with him in the youth team. They did a great job with him.” the player we need at the moment”argued about it.
Finally, he also praised Kylian Mbappe’s performance against Osasuna. “I think he made very good combinations. He hasn’t scored in the last few matches, but that’s always been the case, sooner or later he will undoubtedly score again. The important thing is that, as I said, today he was part of the play “Vini scored today, Bellingham scored… next game he can score,” he concluded.