With a lot of suffering. Asking for the time. Real Madrid was on the wire for practically the entire match against RB Leipzig, on the verge of extra time, but finally qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals thanks to a goal from Vinícius and the mistake of a German team that made a mistake. numerous occasions (1-1).
"A bad game, poorly played, with little intensity, with a little worry. We played against an opponent with quality, with nothing to lose and we held back from the beginning. We suffered, but the important thing is to reach the quarterfinals" , explained the whites' coach, Carlo Ancelotti, who intoned "the mea culpa."
"The idea was to press more with energetic means, but we have been in a low block and with little verticality," added the Italian about an initial plan that did not have the expected effect, with up to six players with a midfielder profile. "This can happen sometimes in a Champions League round. You can have a bad game and they can eliminate you," Ancelotti insisted.
The transalpine assured that "the mental aspect has been important." "When you have an advantage you don't go to the limit, quite the opposite of Leipzig. We have to make a calm evaluation. We have to be self-critical, but not too much. We have a good cushion of points in the League and we are in fourth place in the Champions League" , he concluded about the match.
Ancelotti also did not shy away from commenting on the Prosecutor's request for jail time for alleged tax fraud. "I will not take any action. It is an old story from 2015. The Prosecutor's Office thinks I was a resident and I was not. I have already paid the fine. The lawyers are talking about a solution. I am convinced that I am innocent. We will see what the judge says ", he explained about the judicial case.
For his part, the Madrid captain, Nacho, also regretted the poor match against the whites. "It wasn't our best game. They were phenomenal. We have to be happy because we are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Objective accomplished, but in general terms we haven't played a good game. Nobody said this was going to be easy," he analyzed. the defender, who pointed out "the great load of matches" as one of the factors for the poor performance. "When things don't work out, it's time to fight. These games make you grow and learn. It seems like a drama, but you have to raise your head," he concluded.
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