Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti expressed his understanding for the anger of his player Marco Asensio, after he did not participate against Real Mallorca in the match hosted by the Santiago Bernabeu, on Sunday, in the fifth round of La Liga, which the royal team won (4-1), as he admitted that he “The player most affected” by his decisions since the beginning of the season, preferring to focus on the positive side of the matter and the player’s desire to participate.
Ancelotti said: “The truth of the matter is that I only had one chance to substitute, and I wanted to make two changes at once, and he was preparing on the line, because if we didn’t score the second goal (2-1), I wanted to bring in Mariano (Diaz) and Asensio.” . “But Lucas Vazquez’s injury with one chance to change, I didn’t think at that moment about bringing in another player. Asensio is angry, I agree with him. It’s normal for him to feel angry, which means he wants to play. He was the most affected player on the list, and I take that into account.”
The Italian coach also indicated that after the young player did not leave last summer Mercato, he will have an important role within the team, as it was last season, which ended as the third player to score goals in the “Merengue”.
He concluded: “He is an important player, and I completely agree with him. Nothing happened.”
A video clip spread of Asensio angry, after he made sure that he did not participate in the match, after the team exhausted his three periods in the substitution, as he did not shake hands with his coach, and returned to the bench angry, after he threw the warm-up shirt and kicked one of the water bottles.