May 9, 2023, 6:40 PM
May 9, 2023, 6:40 PM
The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, stated that “We deserved to win” this Tuesday in the first leg of the semifinals of the Champions League that the meringues drew 1-1 with Manchester City.
“I wanted to win because seen the game, we deserved to win it”, said Ancelotti, at a press conference, convinced that “we left with a good feeling for the return”.
The merengue coach downplayed the fact that his team was dominated in the first leg of the match.
“It’s normal for City to have possessionThis doesn’t have to drive us crazy. The important thing was to control the space between the lines well, because they can get there fast,” he explained.
“After the goal (from Vinicius), we played football very well, controlling the spaces, creating things… We have played very wellHopefully it can be repeated in the second leg”, Ancelotti said.
the italian coach He rejected that they focus only on stopping Erling Haaland.
“More than Haaland, we have focused on the control of the players between the lines, Of Bruyne and Gundogan, and there, the work of Kroos and Modric has been very good”, considered.
“Rüdiger (who was in charge of marking Haaland) has played a fantastic game, clearly it is necessary to emphasize it, but like all, because in the defensive aspect we have done very well, they have not created many opportunities for us, they have scored from outside”, ensured.
Facing the return in Manchester next week, Ancelotti believes that it is necessary to “Being able to play like we played tonight, maybe playing at home they will push a little more”.
