Ancelotti: "This Madrid doesn't have just one identity"

Carlo Ancelotti visited the Valdebebas press room this Friday morning and announced that Karim Benzema is a serious doubt for the Coliseum match against Getafe this Saturday.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
07 October 2022 Friday 05:34
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Ancelotti: "This Madrid doesn't have just one identity"

Carlo Ancelotti visited the Valdebebas press room this Friday morning and announced that Karim Benzema is a serious doubt for the Coliseum match against Getafe this Saturday. "Karim has played two games in a row after a month and he is a bit charged. He is not ruled out for tomorrow and if he is well he will be in the game. The injury has stopped him a bit and he has not scored as much, but I see Karim as Always. We are not worried about anything in that sense", commented the coach, who did rule out the presence of Courtois: "We have to think if the trip to Warsaw (they go on Monday) is the best idea, but I think that for the classic he will be" .

Real Madrid have conceded goals in all the games of this League and the Champions League, something that bothers Ancelotti: "The defensive aspect is very important in this team and it has been the key to success and where we have to be more focused. That's why everyone's commitment is going to be important. It's true that we haven't always been compact and we've lost duels. It's not a relaxation, these are things that happen. We haven't had a problem with the arrival of the new ones. This team is strong defensively ".

For Ancelotti, the fact that Madrid has many ways of playing is an advantage: "This Madrid does not have a single identity. Sometimes you have to press higher; at other times you have to wait behind. We can play with the ball, we can counter, we can give up possession... It's a complete Madrid. I don't like a team with only one identity," he said.

Real Madrid already lost last season in Getafe and they don't expect an easy game: "The game against Getafe is complicated, as always. It's a team that fights, organizes itself well at the back, leaves no room. Psychologically, it's important, but it's what worries me the least. This team has shown that it's very strong in that. Sometimes we have to defend better, that's what we all think, not just me", Ancelotti pointed out.

Faced with the load of matches, the Whites' coach asked his players to be honest: "Knowing the players, they all want to play. We must evaluate fatigue well because we play every three days. The player is not so sincere in this regard. He says that it's fine even if I'm tired. Sometimes not being honest in this regard leads to injuries. I prefer them to be honest and if they're tired they tell me they'd rather stop. Only two players have told me that in 30 years: one was Pepe, in a Champions League final (Lisbon 2014), and the other Seedorf in a League match" (with AC Milan).

Ancelotti praised Rüdiger and his entire defense: "Rüdiger knows that he is very important to us and I think he is a world-class centre-back, like Militao and Alaba. The competition is very big. Also Nacho. We have three world-class centre-backs, too. We could put Nacho in there, he always delivers. Taking this into account, with these four we are very good. Sometimes one rests, sometimes another. It is true that Nacho rests more than the others, but that can change".

The last words of the Italian were to ask Kroos to decide to renew: "Kroos is very well, physically and mentally, he always has a smile on his face, he never gets angry, he never feels pressure. It seems very strange to me, I tell him if he's not nervous and says no. The renewal is in his hands and if he wants to renew all of Madrid, he'll be happy". he said he.