Carvajal: ‘Not conceding a goal gave us victory’

NEWS STORY. 08/10/2022. Eduardo Olivera

“We scored quickly and that gave us a lot of confidence,” explained Rüdiger.

Real Madrid signed another La Liga success against Getafe. Carvajal analyzed the victory acquired at the Coliseum: “Our objective was to take the three points and we were able to do it. We sleep tonight in the lead and we put a little pressure on Barcelona. It’s another victory that fills us of confidence”.

“We always want to score one, two or three more. Tonight, the defensive level was decisive. Not conceding a goal gave us the victory. Winning by the smallest of margins gives even more value to keeping his clean sheet. I hope that will continue and that we will be able to keep our clean sheet for even more matches”.

Ancelotti’s guidelines

“At the offensive level, to take advantage of the superiority on the sides since they play with five and three midfielders. Behind, not to destructure us, they try to attract the opponent to put the ball on their two points. In the line of four, we held well behind and from there the team was more compact”.

The possible penalty

“I tried to make the smallest contact to ask for a penalty. It’s normal, at the last minute you have to use your weapons. The referee saw it and did not whistle a penalty”.

Camavinga: “We knew it was going to be difficult”

“I’m used to playing these matches. In France, there are many like this, it’s a match like any other but with more intensity and blows. It’s normal, it’s football and we’re just happy with the win. Before the game, we knew it was going to be tough.”

“Tchouameni and I are two complete players, we can be attacking as well as defensive. When we are both on the pitch, we trust each other. If I see him going in attack, I stay behind”.

Being titular

“A player wants to start every game, but it’s not possible all the time. When I’m on the pitch, I want to do my best so that the coach thinks I’m ready to start”.

Le Clásico here arrive

“We now have Tuesday’s game, we’ll think about that one and then we’ll focus on the game against Barcelona.”

Rüdiger: “We saw a great effort from the team”

“It was important to win back after the draw against Osasuna. We saw a great effort from the team. We kept our clean sheet and we’re already looking to the next game.”

“We scored quickly and that gave us a lot of confidence, but we also knew they could be dangerous in defense with long balls. We defended very well as a team and thanks to that we didn’t concede a goal “.

The defensive strategy

“We knew they like to play long and duels. First I had to win my duels and play as always. We didn’t want to concede a goal and we succeeded”.

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