Carlo Ancelotti He confessed that in the derby against Atlético de Madrid “the priority was to avoid problems” with the footballers who were tired, thinking about the final on May 28 against Liverpool. “It was a good game in the second half, we were close to equalizing. We have to continue like this. The priority today was to avoid problems and give minutes to those who had less. The remaining games will be like this. On Thursday the players who played fewer minutes today will play, against Cádiz the same… These games help us to have rhythm, ”he said at a press conference.
Ancelotti He denied having scolded his players at halftime. “This is not the time for a fight. We weren’t happy with the first half because we missed a lot of passes, we’ve lost duels… in these kinds of games the mental aspect is very important and sometimes decisive. Atlético had, in this sense, an advantage, it is normal. We didn’t need points, we needed to play a good game; in the second part we did better. We needed to give rest to those who were tired, we avoided problems”, he said.
Ancelotti announced rotations for the following games and revealed that in the last league game against Betis the team that will play in the final in Paris will play “more or less”. An eleven in which the Uruguayan will be, barring setbacks Faith Valverdewhom he considered “untouchable” at Real Madrid and who was a substitute this Sunday and played the last half hour.
Ancelotti explained the absence of Mariano Diaz. “Mariano was not comfortable. He has had a little discomfort in the hamstring. With the tests this morning it seemed that he was fine, but after the line-up he told me that he did not feel comfortable. I decided to put Jović, who had gastroenteritis problems yesterday. She had no idea to put Benzema”, Ancelotti commented, adding about the Frenchman that “he was tired, he had not recovered. The first thing I have to do is avoid problems. Modric was also tired, that’s why I avoided putting him in from the beginning”, he completed.
Ancelottie valued the match of Jović saying that “he had difficulty in the first half because the start from behind was very complicated, we didn’t know how to play cleanly from behind and there the forwards had more difficulty”, he said.
In addition, the Italian coach commented that he had “a little trouble with the referee’s assistant” before the break for which he saw the yellow card and revealed that Simeone he “congratulated” him on the league title.
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