NEWS STORY. 29/08/2022
“The game turned into a home and away game and we were very good in that,” explained the coach.
Carlo Ancelotti appeared in the RCDE Stadium press room and analyzed Real Madrid’s win over Espanyol on La Liga Matchday 3: “Camavinga was already decisive last year. When the game is at a standstill , his energy brings us a lot, like with Rodrygo, Valverde or Vinicius. We won the game because we had more energy on the pitch than the opponent”.
“We started very well. We managed the game well and scored quickly. Then we went down a bit in intensity, we weren’t effective in front and when they equalized it was more complicated because there were had a lot of game interruptions. The game turned into a home and away game and we were very good in that”.
The change in intensity
“We were slow. We weren’t able to make good transitions at the start of the second half and they positioned themselves well defensively. We had problems and I decided to change the intensity of the game”.
The Hazard case
“Hazard might have been an option, but I didn’t want to unbalance the team. I had already put in Rodrygo, Vinicius and Karim. Putting in another striker might have been risky. I have total confidence in him and that doesn’t doesn’t matter if he doesn’t play a game, doesn’t enter the pitch or doesn’t warm up. He would have time to play. I’m not the coach of Hazard, of Benzema, of Mendy, of Camavinga or Valverde. I’m the coach of Real Madrid”.
“Every game has its story. If Rodrygo and Camavinga had started, we mightn’t have had control of the first 25 minutes. If Kroos and Modrić had come in, we might not have had the energy we had. Pick , it’s like betting. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. The Real Madrid coach bet well tonight”.
The quality of the workforce
“If I want to protect a player, I leave him at home. I made four changes and I might have made five. But I might have used any player and I chose to bring in Dani because he has more experience.
The games of Alaba and Rüdiger
“I wanted to put in more heading play and Rüdiger might have been more efficient than Alaba. But Alaba, to attack, remains a high quality full-back”.
