MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, assured that he had not seen “a lack of attitude or intensity” in Tuesday’s defeat against the German RB Leipzig in the Champions League, and recalled that “with one defeat you learn more than with ten wins in a row.”
“I have not seen a lack of intensity and attitude, sooner or later a defeat must come. They all hurt, but less than others because we have another opportunity to be first,” Ancelotti said in the press conference after the match.
The Italian believes that the key was in the “set pieces”, the way in which the two goals conceded and where “usually” they are “more forceful”. “From then on the match has been more complicated because they have enjoyed their best virtue, which is the counterattack and it has been difficult for us to enter, but we have done it and we have tried to equalize and we have been close to doing so”, he underlined.
“You learn more from a defeat than with ten wins in a row because you focus more on what didn’t go well, which in this case was the defensive set piece. The game was played in a way that we didn’t want because a block was better lower and enjoy the counterattack and it has been the opposite of what we have proposed”, continued the Madrid coach.
In addition, he did not want to give importance to casualties because “those who have played have complied”. “We’ve had opportunities and good control until 3-1. We’ve taken risks and they haven’t turned out well, but I don’t have to blame the players, those who were at home couldn’t play and changing teams a lot we’ve won a lot of games “, he sentenced.
