Carlo Ancelotti on Real Madrid's 3-1 home loss to AC Milan
05/11/2024
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain
05/11/2024
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain
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00:00Good evening. We start the press conference. Remember, as always, we ask a question for intervention, and before that, you must identify yourself with your name and the name of the media.
00:20Hi, how are you, Carlo? Good evening, Fernando Burgos, live from the radio stadium Noche de Onda Cero. It is said that the face is the mirror of the soul. I do not know how you are. The messages you have always sent have been that not everything can be set on fire by one defeat, there are already two in a row. You have to be patient with this team. How far does patience take you after these two consecutive defeats?
00:47Well, it is not so important to be patient or not. The reality is that what is seen on the field, that we are missing something, that the team is not able to show a good version, especially in the last two games, and we have to fix this.
01:04The concern at the moment is normal, the night is going to be very long, the next few nights are going to be very long, but this is what we have to do. Think of everyone, to improve things, to look for, to find again the solidity that we have had for a long time and that at this moment is missing.
01:28I think the problem is mainly there. We have scored nine goals in the last games, this is too much for a team like ours, which has built its strength on solidity.
01:58The fact that you are looking for the left-back is complicated so that you can express the best on paper and the best of beginnings together.
02:29The main problem we have to fix is the offensive position.
02:37It is another game in which, in terms of numbers, the team runs less than the rival. The sum of the kilometers of the players is less than that of the rival. Is it a problem of attitude, is it a physical problem or is it a tactical problem in the pressure?
02:51I think it is a characteristic of the team because last year we were not the first to win the Champions League with these characteristics.
02:59This is not the problem. When there is no solidity, you have to have more order and work together. Individual work. I can't say that my players are lazy, but at the moment we are not able to do effective collective work.
03:29I remain with the problems that we have had. We have to fix them soon because on Saturday there is another game. Obviously, defensively, we cannot be as we have been tonight.
03:59You have said that Madrid is a compact team, that the rival creates many chances, that they miss chances. I wanted to ask you if you think it is unfair, after what you have achieved in Real Madrid, after getting a brace a few months ago, if you think it is unfair to be questioned and if you are convinced that Madrid will end up competing in the Champions League this season.
04:20No, I don't think it is unfair. I think it is normal because when the team doesn't do their best, the coach has the responsibility.
04:31I think it is very important that we all take responsibility with the players because when we win, we all win together. When we have to suffer and fight, we have to do it together because this way we get more strength.
05:01I would like to know why you have retired Valverde at the break. His wife has written on social media that if he said what he thought, they would close his account. She insinuated that she was very angry with that change. I don't know why you have retired Valverde. Can you give an explanation?
05:19From what people say on social media, it is very difficult for me to judge. I have retired Valverde because he wasn't at his best. He had a problem with his back. It looked like he had recovered because he trained well yesterday but it didn't look like he was at his best physically. That is why I have changed him.
05:50I would like to ask you if you have the feeling that your message doesn't reach the players. It is a dressing room that has stopped being as healthy as it was in previous seasons.
06:02No, the dressing room is healthy. Now there is a lot of criticism, especially about the attitude, the training sessions. This is also part of the past. It has happened many times.
06:20We have to accept what the critics say. We have to be sure of the reality that we are not doing well and we want to do better. It is very difficult to get to the end of the season like this.
06:44We have to fix things. As I have said on the first day of the season, we have to defend better because that is the key.
06:57We have to look for solutions in order to have a more balanced and solid team. I don't want to change anything but I think that some tactical details can improve things.
07:27Carlo Bianchi, Football Press. It is obvious that your problem is the defence and that the opposition can easily hurt you. Do you think it is a problem in terms of the men's attitude or is there something you can improve tactically?
07:47I think we have to improve tactically. It is not a matter of individuality because we have to work more as a team. As I have always said, it is about sacrifice, concentration and teamwork.
08:06It is important that we all take responsibility. The players have to be more responsible and take a step forward in this situation. Thank you.
08:21Obviously, yes. All together. I think that the team is very compact and united in this sense. We suffer a lot at the moment and it is fair to suffer. When you are suffering, it unites you more and you can get out of a bad moment as quickly as possible.
08:48It is good that the players are down, as I am down. As I have said, the night is going to be long but it is good that it is a long night so that we can all think about how to improve our version.
09:08After losing to Barcelona 0-4, you said that at the end of the season this team would not be too far away from winning the Champions League. After today's game, do you think that this team will not be too far away from fighting for the Champions League?
09:26I think that if we are down, we have the confidence that this team will improve and compete in all competitions, as it has always done.
09:56This evening, Fonseca said that in Italy it is very difficult to play football because the teams are too closed and play a non-football. Instead, he felt very good here in Madrid because the team plays openly and there is always a good football. I would like your opinion on Italian football. Thank you.
10:15Italian football is a very competitive football. Today Fonseca felt good because we were not too open.
10:46No, I think that every year there are difficult moments that you have to endure, that you have to fight, that you have to think. It is all within normality.
11:00What is not normal is that this team has had a very good run and has fallen very quickly in the last games. This is part of football. When you think that everything is perfect, it falls.
11:21The good thing about football is that you can react very quickly. Fortunately, we have another game in our stadium and we can start to be the team of last year.