Ancelotti angry after the draw with Girona: “I’m not a gardener.. Today I will say things that I have not talked about before”
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was angry after his team drew 1-1 with Girona in the match that took place between them on Sunday evening at the Santiago Bernabeu in the 12th round of La Liga.
The Italian coach’s statements after the match were as follows:
I don’t like to talk about referees but I will do it today. It wasn’t a correct penalty and that was obvious. The ball hit Asensio’s chest, not his arm.
I can’t talk about Rodrygo’s disallowed goal to be honest. There are rules and they must be respected. But my comment would be on the penalty kick and it was not correct.
Because of that penalty mistake, it cost us two points. What I’m discussing is the invention of that penalty kick because it really wasn’t right and it was so obvious.
The team is not at the same level they were before. Modric, Valverde and Rodrygo have had problems this week and they haven’t trained much and they have to focus.
We haven’t reached the level we were at last week. We had problems this week, we have injured players, players who did not train a lot, the absence of Tchouameni and Benzema and we play a lot of matches, the team is tired.
It is a difficult moment. It hasn’t affected us much yet. On Wednesday we have a chance to be first in the group. The goal before the break is to be top of the group in the Champions League and La Liga as well.
At this time of the season it is difficult to have a high level of play and dynamism. In that sense, the match was tough. With a lot of effort, the match was going on the right track and we were going to win and get the three points because the team didn’t give up throughout the match.
There are a lot of matches. It is difficult to recover physically and mentally quickly and in a short time. This happens to all teams, not just us. We will try to keep getting good results and continue the path like the start of the season.
As I said, our goal is to maintain first place in the league and top the Champions League group before the World Cup. We will improve and we will fight on Wednesday to achieve our desired goal.
Santiago Bernabeu floor? I’m not a gardener, I can’t do anything. But we are all worried about that. Let’s hope the lawn will be fixed soon with the renovations underway for the stadium.
In fact, I don’t see any team playing great football at the moment, we are all suffering because of the pressure of the many games, we don’t have much time to recover and the teams that win, win after very big efforts and that affects them over time and that’s exactly what happens with us but We will try to improve.
The World Cup is approaching after three weeks? I think it doesn’t affect the players, but I can’t read every player’s mind and what they think.
We have to focus on the remaining matches before the break until we reach our goal, which is to lead the group in the Champions League and to top the League so that we can be in a good position after that.
