Ancelotti and Carvahal confident as Madrid host Bayern ucl semi final
Ancelotti and Carvahal confident as Madrid host Bayern ucl semi final
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain
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00:00Good morning, welcome. We'll start the press conference with the coach.
00:10Remember, as always, we'll ask you a question before you identify yourself with your name and the name of the media.
00:16We'll start the press conference with the coach. Remember, as always, we'll ask you a question before you identify yourself with your name and the name of the media.
00:24Good morning, coach. I'm Victorio Calero, live from Real Madrid TV.
00:28Tomorrow is your 62nd Champions League game, against Real Madrid, who have already won two European Cups.
00:36How does the team have to go out and play the game to sign another historic night and play a new Champions League final?
00:45We'll try to do our best, as we always do in the semi-finals.
00:53We're very excited about today, because we have the great opportunity of reaching a final again,
01:03taking into account the difficulties, which are many, as always in a Champions League semi-final.
01:11We're very excited, we're very good, very motivated, and we'll try to do our best tomorrow.
01:19Good morning, coach. I'm Miguel Ángel, from La Cadena Cope.
01:22I think this is the 13th tie between Madrid and Bayern.
01:26It's true that recently there's been a lot of Real Madrid City,
01:30and later on there were also clashes between Madrid and Milan.
01:35You've directed both teams in the qualifiers, both Bayern and Real Madrid.
01:41What do you think of the European derby, and who are you more afraid of?
01:45Madrid against Bayern, or Bayern against Madrid?
01:50I think they're similar clubs.
01:52We've said this before the trip, they have a great tradition, a great history,
02:00a lot of success in the Champions League.
02:06I think we respect each other, it's fair that it's like this.
02:10In a semi-final, you have to respect your opponent,
02:13because they've done very well, and better than us in the first leg.
02:20Good afternoon, coach. I'm José Luis Sánchez, for Juventus de la Sexta.
02:23Speaking of the first leg, pay attention to your players in the back of the press.
02:27What you're most afraid of tomorrow is the excess of euphoria around the team,
02:31as if they were already in the final.
02:34No, no, as I said, we're not optimistic, we're very excited,
02:39because it could be another magical night for us, for our fans,
02:47but there's no optimism.
02:50We're aware of the difficulties we could face in the game.
02:56How are you, coach?
02:57Here on your left, Javier Reyes, for Cadena Ser.
02:59I'm not going to ask you about the eleven, because I imagine you're not going to.
03:03You told us you were going to play the match against Lunin tomorrow, in the semi-final.
03:09If I don't change my mind.
03:11If I don't change my mind tonight.
03:14No, he's going to play against Lunin.
03:16I was going to ask you about the game against Courtois on Saturday,
03:19the stop he made.
03:20The Madrid goalkeeper has to come once and make a stop like that.
03:23I don't know if that stop made him change anything mentally,
03:26or did he see it all the same?
03:28No, it's just that the plan for a player who comes back after such a big injury
03:33changes because of a situation.
03:36We've realised that Thibaut has played because he was very good in training.
03:41Now he's going to have to take his time to get to his best version.
03:49That's it.
03:50The plan changed because of the game he played.
03:55He played a great game, showing confidence and confidence,
04:01but he has to get to his best level.
04:05How are you, coach? Andres Rubio from Televisión Española.
04:08You've already won four Champions League titles,
04:10you've already won all the major leagues,
04:12you're just one step away from going to another Champions League final.
04:15You're 64 years old and you look like you're out of fuel.
04:18I wanted to ask you, what is Carlo Ancelotti's fuel?
04:21What is it that keeps him going in the world of football?
04:31Today is a day that is worth living.
04:35Before a final, with all the excitement in the world.
04:40It's a great motivation to be a protagonist,
04:45to live a day like today.
04:47How can it be more difficult to live it tomorrow?
04:52Of course, it will be before the game,
04:54because, as I've said many times,
04:56there is concern, a little fear.
05:01But living today is spectacular.
05:04Preparing for a semi-final,
05:06with the idea of being able to play another final,
05:09is something very good that gives you a lot of motivation.
05:14How are you, Carlo? Fernando Burgos from Acero.
05:16Ten years will be completed, a decade,
05:18of the tenth of his first European Cup with Real Madrid,
05:23back in 2014.
05:25Since then, Madrid has achieved up to 14,
05:29five more,
05:31and from that final in Lisbon,
05:33only Nacho, Modric and Carvajal remain.
05:36Cristiano, Ramos, Benzema, Gareth Bale,
05:40Isco, Marcelo, Casemiro, Varane,
05:44and Madrid continues.
05:46What is the secret?
05:48What is the magic formula of this team
05:50to continue competing without all those great players
05:52who made history?
05:54I think the squad that started in 2014
05:58is still a part,
06:00not all, obviously,
06:02because time passes for everyone.
06:04But this squad has managed very well this period.
06:08Almost everyone has started,
06:12but the line-up
06:14has always been managed by these players,
06:18by Modric, Kroos, Nacho, Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez.
06:22Now they are managing this transition
06:27that started a long time ago,
06:30I think after Cristiano's departure.
06:32They are managing this transition,
06:34and the young players learn very well
06:37how to behave in Real Madrid.
06:43Hello, Carlo.
06:45Here, in the middle.
06:47Good morning, Olivier Lorenzo, El País.
06:49If your team has been distinguished for something,
06:51it is for being able to come out
06:53airy and victorious in all situations,
06:56or almost all possible situations.
06:58But thinking about tomorrow,
07:00what kind of game is more convenient for your team?
07:03For us, it is more convenient
07:07a game with intensity,
07:10with rhythm,
07:12defensively, offensively,
07:14evaluating the first leg.
07:16I think that defensively,
07:18we could do much more,
07:20and we want to do much more.
07:22There, obviously,
07:24control of the game,
07:26an intense game.
07:30Hello, how are you?
07:31Here, Juanma Sánchez, Radio Nacional.
07:33Congratulations on LaLiga.
07:35I couldn't ask you on Sunday
07:37or congratulate you.
07:39I wanted to ask you about the side you are on now.
07:41You have already said, Miguelito,
07:43that you have been both on the Madrid side
07:45and on Bayern Munich's side.
07:47I think it was in 2017,
07:49when you were on Bayern Munich's bench
07:51and you faced Real Madrid here.
07:53Now, being on the white team,
07:55do you have more confidence in passing the tie?
07:57What you said the other day about history.
07:59They are two similar teams.
08:01But being on Real Madrid,
08:03do you have more confidence in passing this tie?
08:06I have confidence,
08:08because it is Real Madrid,
08:10because we have this squad,
08:12which this season
08:14has always done very well.
08:16I have confidence
08:18in a fans that help us.
08:22We think we are on the good side,
08:24but I think, obviously,
08:26Tuchel also thinks
08:28we are on the good side.
08:30Tomorrow,
08:32as I said,
08:34today we enjoy,
08:36tomorrow we worry.
09:05What did you find here in Madrid
09:07that you didn't find in Munich?
09:09An old story.
09:11I will explain it in two things.
09:13I think that in the end,
09:15we have to do a job,
09:17we have an idea,
09:19we have to have the support
09:21that is fundamental of the club,
09:23because if not, your job doesn't go well.
09:25And when this support fails,
09:27it is better
09:29to separate,
09:31as it has been with Bayern Munich.
09:34I have a fantastic relationship
09:36with Neuner,
09:38with Rummenigge,
09:40with everyone who works there.
09:42This is the job.
09:44When you don't have
09:46the support of the club,
09:48it is better to separate
09:50and avoid problems.
10:03Do you think Jude is right?
10:05Is he entitled
10:07to try to put off
10:09his national team captain?
10:11Is it respectful?
10:13I think
10:15Jude is a fantastic guy.
10:17I think he respects everyone
10:19and he has a really good relationship
10:21with Harry Kane,
10:23I think,
10:25for the national team.
10:27I think
10:29he has a good relationship
10:31with Harry Kane,
10:33I think, for the national team.
10:35There are no problems.
10:37How are you, coach?
10:39Maria Moran for El Golazo de Gol.
10:41You are an expert sailor.
10:43What do you think will happen tomorrow?
10:45A calm sea?
10:47A rough sea?
10:49Big waves?
10:51More turbulence?
10:53I don't know.
10:55I don't know, really.
10:57I don't know.
10:59We have the illusion
11:01of having another spectacular night.
11:29I think that
11:31it was a
11:33happiness control because
11:35we needed to prepare
11:37this game,
11:39we have time.
11:41Now the league is
11:43in the park
11:45and Thursday
11:47we are going to think
11:49how to celebrate,
11:51but for sure we are going to celebrate.
11:59In the first game,
12:01when Bayern was better in the first minutes,
12:03Kroos and Vinicius appeared
12:05to score the goal.
12:07Then, in the second half,
12:09you take control of the ball.
12:11Two plays at full speed
12:13change the direction of the game.
12:15With your experience in the Champions League,
12:17can you control this kind of play?
12:19It seems that in the Champions League
12:21everything goes crazy at some point
12:23and it is more to resist than to play well.
12:25I think there are
12:27two Real Madrid teams, Bayern
12:29and Munich.
12:31The transitions are
12:33very good because
12:35they have players in front of quality,
12:37a lot, and fast.
12:39So,
12:41I think they are the two
12:43most dangerous teams in Europe in this sense.
12:45Can you avoid
12:47the transition? Yes,
12:49with a good balance.
12:53You can manage the risk.
12:57Hello, good afternoon.
12:59Miguel Ángel Ara de Marca.
13:01You came here
13:03in 2017 with Bayern
13:05with a result against them.
13:07You took the game to the limit.
13:09Do you think Bayern is the most similar team to Real Madrid
13:11in the sense of resistance,
13:13that you have to kill it eight times to eliminate it?
13:15Yes, I think Bayern
13:17in this sense
13:19is similar.
13:21They also have players who have
13:23experience in the club.
13:25They know
13:27the character
13:29of this team very well.
13:31In this sense,
13:33if there is an extension,
13:35we will play the extension.
13:37Last two questions.
13:39Hello, Carlos.
13:41If I'm not mistaken,
13:43Madrid has played zero minutes
13:45without Modric or Kroos
13:47this season in the Champions League,
13:49without any of them.
13:51What do the rest of the midfielders
13:53think
13:55about playing without them
13:57in the future?
13:59We will see in the future.
14:01Yes, the truth is
14:03that they have not played together,
14:05but the truth is
14:07that they can do it,
14:09they could do it,
14:11and they will be able to do it.
14:13We are wondering how it will be
14:15without Luka and Toni Kroos,
14:17because at the moment they are here,
14:19they are contributing a lot,
14:21they are the ones.
14:23Last question.
14:25Hi, Carlos.
14:27In this globalized,
14:29tactical world,
14:31where everything is studied,
14:33everything is analyzed,
14:35how would you describe
14:37the tactical philosophy
14:39of Carlo Ancelotti,
14:41which seems to be
14:432000% effective,
14:45but could you give us
14:47a more tactical explanation
14:49and would you like to talk more about football?
14:51I think the philosophy
14:53is that your idea
14:55has to adapt to the characteristics
14:57of the players,
14:59and I don't want to have
15:01a team that has
15:03only one identity.
15:05Thank you very much.
15:07Bye.
15:19We begin now the press conference with Dani Carvajal.
15:21Same procedure, one question per intervention.
15:23Please identify yourself with the name of the company
15:25that you represent.
15:49You have won 5 Champions League
15:51with Real Madrid,
15:53you have played 412 games
15:55with this jersey,
15:5787 of them in the Champions League.
15:59Few people like you
16:01know more about playing this type of games
16:03than tomorrow.
16:05What is the most important thing
16:07on a personal and team level
16:09to be able to be in another final?
16:11Good afternoon.
16:13Very good data.
16:15I feel very proud
16:17to have won so many games with this jersey
16:19and I hope that tomorrow
16:21I will be one more.
16:23I think that in the end,
16:25when it comes to a round,
16:27a semi-final in your stadium
16:29with your people,
16:31there is little more to say.
16:33I think that the motivation of the game
16:35makes your level of attention
16:37to be maximum
16:39and knowing that we have
16:41a great rival,
16:43a historian of this competition,
16:45we will try to surpass them
16:47and reach the final in London.
16:49How are you, Dani?
16:51I am Eduardo Aguirre from El Chiringuito.
16:53There is a euphoria
16:55in the fans,
16:57especially because of what happened
16:59against Manchester City,
17:01you have won LaLiga.
17:03Do you notice this euphoria?
17:05Is there concern in the dressing room?
17:07Or has there been talk in the dressing room
17:09that we are not in the final yet?
17:11There is euphoria
17:13because it has been a great year
17:15and we have only lost two games
17:17and we are very excited
17:19about the European Cup.
17:21We are two games away
17:23from winning it again
17:25and we know it from the dressing room.
17:27We are also aware
17:29that when you go out on the streets
17:31all the Madridistas congratulate us
17:33for the season we are having
17:35and it gives us a lot of encouragement
17:37to move forward,
17:39to eliminate Bayern Munich
17:41and to dream about the 15th.
17:45How are you, Dani?
17:47I am Ivan Martindo, Diario.
17:49A few days ago you won LaLiga
17:51and now you are two games away
17:53from winning the European Cup again.
17:55There are a lot of nicknames for this team.
17:57The Madrid of Bellingham,
17:59the Madrid of Vinicius,
18:01the Madrid of many players.
18:03I want to ask you about
18:05the Madrid of Ancelotti.
18:07How important is Ancelotti
18:09to the team?
18:13I think that both the coach
18:15and his staff
18:17have been
18:19important for our success
18:21this year.
18:23Especially because of
18:25important away games
18:27like Karim's and Marco's.
18:29We have managed to counter those
18:31away games with very good results.
18:33Three injuries of three
18:35starting players of the team
18:37and the data is there.
18:39Only two games lost.
18:41We are, as you say,
18:43two games away from winning
18:45the Champions League
18:47or one of being able to play that final.
18:49I think the coach has been able
18:51to keep practically the whole squad
18:53with his eyes open.
18:55We have all been able
18:57to contribute a few more minutes,
18:59a few less, but everyone has contributed
19:01and that is what counts in the end
19:03for a team to achieve its goals.
19:05How are you, Dani?
19:07Adrian Fouz for El Desmarque.
19:09This morning it was announced that
19:11the Copa de la Liga will be handed over
19:13on Sunday here in Valdebebas.
19:15I wanted to ask you as a captain
19:17what you think and if you would prefer
19:19it to be something else in the Santiago Bernabéu.
19:21Well, after all,
19:23we dedicate ourselves to winning our games
19:25and when they give us the Cup
19:27we will celebrate it.
19:29It is not indifferent to us.
19:31In the end, we will
19:33celebrate the Cup in front of our fans
19:35when the club and we think it is appropriate.
19:37I don't think it will affect
19:39the celebration of the title
19:41much less.
19:43Now we are focused on tomorrow's game
19:45which is of maximum demand.
19:47Hi, Dani, how are you?
19:49Ruben Cañizares from ABC.
19:51Almost 20 years ago,
19:53on May 12, 2004, you put the first stone
19:55of this sporting city.
19:5720 years later, you are two games away
19:59from winning six European Cups
20:01and maybe in the next season
20:03you will be the first captain
20:05of the team.
20:07What would you say to Dani Carvajal
20:09of 20 years ago?
20:11You were talking
20:13and I got goose bumps.
20:15I remember very fondly
20:17all the moments I have spent here
20:19in the first team.
20:21What would I say to him?
20:23Many times
20:25I try to reflect on that Dani Carvajal
20:27who joined the first team
20:29with that enthusiasm,
20:31that desire to burn stages.
20:33And I think that many times
20:35playing like a child
20:37is what makes you free
20:39on the pitch and above all
20:41you have much more confidence.
20:43How are you, Dani?
20:45Miguel Ángel Toribio here.
20:47Live from Radio Marca.
20:49I wanted to ask you
20:51if you could reflect on
20:53that exacerbated self-demand
20:55of Real Madrid.
20:57That self-demand that
20:59being a league champion
21:01takes you to postpone the celebration
21:03when in another club
21:05you are a league champion
21:07and you celebrate
21:09or that self-demand
21:11to lift a Champions League
21:13and almost in the changing room
21:15say you have to go for the next one.
21:17How do you value
21:19that self-demand of this club
21:21that you know so well?
21:23I talk a little about
21:25the best club in the world.
21:27The self-demand is maximum
21:29day by day.
21:31We decided not to celebrate
21:33last weekend.
21:35We didn't depend on ourselves.
21:37We had to wait for the opponent.
21:39And I think that's the best.
21:41We have a vital game tomorrow.
21:43We have time to celebrate
21:45the league on the weekend.
21:47We have a very important competition
21:49that makes us very excited
21:51and that's why we made that decision
21:53to meet that maximum demand
21:55that we have both inside and outside
21:57of Real Madrid.
21:59Dani,
22:01you are a footballer
22:03who likes football a lot.
22:05Can you tell us
22:07what is the role of Dani Carvajal
22:09in Real Madrid?
22:11The role of each player
22:13evolves within a squad,
22:15in the time he spends on it,
22:17the role you can have
22:19both inside and outside,
22:21I am one of the veterans
22:23of the team,
22:25one of the captains.
22:27I try to be an example
22:29for each and every one of the team.
22:31I am a teammate
22:33that can be seen
22:35and talked to.
22:37I try not to
22:39distract the young players
22:41and as it happened
22:43this year,
22:45we are all going in the same direction.
22:47As you can see,
22:49we are closer.
22:53Hi Dani,
22:55I am Antoine Simono
22:57for the team and RTL.
22:59I wanted to talk to you
23:01about a teammate of yours, Vinicius,
23:03who, in my opinion,
23:05is improving a bit
23:07each season.
23:09For example,
23:11I see him with more tranquility
23:13and more precision in front of the goal.
23:15I also see him more fair
23:17in his game.
23:19Do you notice this progression?
23:21How does he characterize
23:23his day-to-day life?
23:25I don't know if he
23:27does individual sessions
23:29after training,
23:31if he watches videos,
23:33if he asks you for advice to improve.
23:35How does he characterize himself?
23:37I think Vinicius has improved
23:39in all aspects,
23:41as you said,
23:43in definition,
23:45when he has to attack the space,
23:47when he has to ask for the ball.
23:49He is one of the best players in the world
23:51and he is proving it.
23:53We know that Vinicius works a lot
23:55outside Valdebebas,
23:57he has his sessions,
23:59both training,
24:01physio and coaching.
24:03All this is making him
24:05one of the best in the world
24:07and I hope that tomorrow,
24:09on the grass,
24:11he can help us
24:13with this.
24:15You were talking about
24:17how important your role is
24:19with the young players.
24:21It seems that this new Madrid era
24:23has young players with characteristics
24:25very similar to the ones you have
24:27and give to this club.
24:29How can you describe
24:31what a young player has to have
24:33to triumph in Madrid?
24:35Because this new generation is achieving it.
24:37They are making this transition
24:39a little lighter.
24:41You are still competing,
24:43winning matches and disputing titles.
24:45It is true that a few years ago
24:47I was one of those young players.
24:49I always try to be with the five senses
24:51in the most veteran people
24:53in the dressing room.
24:55But it is true that
24:57all the young players
24:59come very prepared.
25:01They know where they are,
25:03what this club represents
25:05and I would ask them to be patient
25:07because it is not easy to see
25:09a young player winning a title.
25:11But practically all the players
25:13go through those moments
25:15and you have to take it as a learning experience.
25:17In the end it will make you more complete
25:19as a player and when the opportunities
25:21come you are more prepared.
25:23Dani, this is Eduardo Vidal
25:25for HSM Deportes.
25:27I remember that in the preseason
25:29you said that this new system
25:31that the team is using
25:33requires a different effort from the sides.
25:35You are going through one of your best seasons
25:37How do you think the system
25:39that the team is using has benefited you?
25:41Yes, well
25:43we have a little more
25:45effort from the sides
25:47with more people inside
25:49and it is true that I am contributing
25:51quite offensively this season
25:53but we are all
25:55coming together.
25:57In the end the system is also adapting
25:59to the players, to the elevens that the coach does
26:01and also to the rival.
26:03I think that the main feature of the team
26:05is that we all contribute
26:07in the situation that we have to play
26:09in the position that we have to play
26:11we are giving the maximum
26:13and with the quality that we have inside
26:15we are playing great games.
26:17How are you Dani?
26:19I don't know if you have had time
26:21to watch Ancelotti's press conference
26:23he said that in a day like today
26:25you enjoy it a lot but in a day like tomorrow
26:27there is a little bit of fear.
26:29What is true in that?
26:31In a game like tomorrow
26:33the coach is more and more
26:35scary, isn't he?
26:37It is normal
26:39in the end you are in a game
26:41where you can enjoy another final
26:43against a great rival
26:45but from my experience
26:47I try to enjoy every moment
26:49every training, every concentration
26:51I am hoping that tonight
26:53I can see the other semi-final with my teammates
26:55after dinner, make a dessert
26:57I don't know, they are beautiful moments
26:59that you remember when this is over
27:01and above all that tickling
27:03in the morning when you wake up
27:05when you are with your teammates
27:07enjoying every moment
27:09I will give you an example
27:11I was talking with my wife
27:13last week I travelled with the team
27:15and I couldn't play
27:17and I had a feeling of joy
27:19of enjoying every detail
27:21and if I have the chance to play tomorrow
27:23I want it to be like that
27:25free myself from the game
27:27focus on the game
27:29and don't waste energy
27:31on the nerves
27:59It is difficult to know
28:01the situation of each one
28:03what will happen with each one
28:05we are focused on the end of the season
28:07it will come to me
28:09at some point
28:11I have a contract, I am very happy here
28:13but it is true
28:15that in the end
28:17you have to enjoy every game
28:19I think that tomorrow
28:21hopefully not
28:23but one of my teammates will have to live
28:25his last Champions League game in Bernabéu
28:27I hope we can see a Madrid win
28:29and that we can enjoy it together
28:31because it is what fills us with happiness
28:33Last question
28:35Hi Dani, this is José Padilla
28:37from Defensa Central
28:39The team has won 3 of the last 5 leagues
28:41and 5 of the last 10 European Cups
28:43Do you think that sometimes
28:45there is not enough value
28:47to what this team is doing?
28:49No, no value
28:51I think we go back
28:53to the previous question
28:55I think that there are many RSTs
28:57and fights for everything
28:59that we want more
29:01but we keep looking back
29:03I arrived 11 years ago
29:05to the first team
29:07and I think that we have formed
29:09an impressive decade
29:11in terms of titles
29:13and achievements
29:15and I hope that we continue to expand
29:17from tomorrow