May 12, 2023, 7:46 AM
May 12, 2023, 7:46 AM
The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, admitted this Friday that on Saturday against Getafe will preserve “tired” players facing around Champions League semifinals against him Manchester Citybut promised “a competitive team”.
“We still have some doubts with players who received blows on Tuesday (against City, 1-1), who still have not recovered: Benzema, Rodrygo, Alaba…”, Ancelotti explained at the press conference prior to the game of the 34th date of the League against Getafe .
“Mendy and Ceballos are back, they can play tomorrow”, added the merengue coach, insisting that “we will evaluate the three in doubt tomorrow”.
“I’m not going to risk it because we have fresh players, but it will be a game that will demand a lot from us, it is a rival that fights not to go down, so It will be a demanding game and we need freshness and energy, and tomorrow’s team will be a fresh team with energy”, he assured.
“Tomorrow’s team will be a very competitive lineup,” insisted Ancelotti, when asked about these eventual rotations with his mind set on the match of the Wednesday in Manchester and the League already lost.
Ancelotti advanced that in the goal “Courtois is going to play and Vinicius too, ‘Vini’ I don’t know if from the beginning”, specified the Real Madrid coach.
The Italian coach added that “wouldn’t understand” that Getafe could feel offended by using less common players.
“There are many teams that choose their matches, we do not choose any party, we will try to win tomorrow with the best possible team”, he said.
“I want to preserve the players who are tired, but the available ones will be. Tomorrow’s team will be very competitive”, assured Ancelotti, without wanting to advance the possible eleven against Getafe.
The merengue coach insisted that Saturday’s game will not have any influence about the one on Wednesday against City.
“The players who have doubts are not going to play and whatever they play, they have all the time to recover. We have four days to recover,” assured.
