Monday 03/Mar/2025 – 05:54 PM
Italian coach Carlo spoke Ancelotti, The coach of the Real Madrid team, about his team’s readiness to face his Atletico Madrid counterpart in the meeting that will be held between the two teams tomorrow evening in the Champions League.
The Madrid derby match will be held in the framework of the Champions League round of 16, at 10:00 Cairo time, and at 11:00 pm Saudi Arabia, on the ground of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the stronghold of Los Blancos.
Carlo Angeli’s comments
“We have beautiful memories of the match against Manchester City, it was a special night and we want to repeat this type of match,” Carlo Ancelotti said in press statements a little while ago.
The Italian coach added: The match will be very close and will be decided in the second leg, the goal tomorrow is to play well and benefit from opportunities. The match is close and competitive, but we cannot think about progressing tomorrow. Our opponent is a strong opponent.
And I concluded my Angeli: Valverde? He trained individually yesterday and felt that in good condition, he will train with the team today and after training we will make the decision on whether he could play or not.
The Italian added: We will see what will happen tomorrow in the match, we were doing well in terms of behavior, but we failed against Betis, we hope this is a situation that will not be repeated, and I do not think that the idea of playing we have changed, I do not think that it will change a lot, we have to keep in mind that the players who got a rest may have the opportunity tomorrow “Asensio, Kamavinga” we have to look at this type of things. Nothing more, we will not strengthen the midfield or replace a striker, we have to maintain the same idea.
He continued: Griezmann and Mbabi? They are among the best players in the world, Griezmann loves to play and has a great ability to control play, rarely mistaken, and Killian has the quality of the real striker, he is more powerful in ending attacks and escaping the ball.
He added: Real Madrid is able to read the positions of the matches well, which we did not do in the match against Real Betis, we have to take into account that Atletico can launch more counterattacks, but I do not want to change our style, mentality or approach.
The Italian stated: It is difficult to compare two different eras. There were players who focused on quality more than commitment and sacrifice. Those who have quality are struggling. To clarify the matter a little, there are two types of players: those who run and those who make the difference. If someone wants to be in the middle, he cannot. Either you run or make the difference
He concluded: We were subjected to some very serious injuries, and this affects the season, of course, but in this regard a very good player appeared to help us a lot, such as Raul Asensio, sometimes the injuries are an opportunity to see the team’s personality, squad and new players, and the fact that this table requires a lot of physical effort for players.
