Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Valencia, making their bid to defend their La Liga title even more difficult, but Carlo Ancelotti is not giving up and will fight until the end.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has insisted his side will fight for the La Liga title until the end despite falling further behind Barcelona following Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat to Valencia.
‘We created a lot of chances, we almost scored, maybe because we were not efficient in the fight, but we lost the ball very little. It’s true เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา that the opponent doesn’t need much to score against us at the moment. We took risks to try to win. A draw is not useful for us and we were hit on the counter. We did well in attack, but we lacked efficiency a bit.’
‘Valencia played their game with a great performance but Madrid deserved the win without a doubt. Can things be improved? Of course they can. It’s not about attitude. You can criticise whatever you want but I have the right to see what I see.’
‘We deserved to lose, but it wasn’t deserved today. There was no lack of attitude today.’
“The fight for La Liga is now more complicated, but we have the idea to do well until the end. We have other options except after this game, but we will fight until the end. We lost the chance to fight for the league stronger. The game against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey will be different. They will be more offensive and we will have to defend better and be more effective in attack,” Ancelotti said.
The Italian coach also spoke about Vinicius Junior’s missed first-half penalty and explained why the Brazilian forward took the penalty despite missing the last time out against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
‘This season has been very complicated with penalties. Bellingham, Mbappe and Vinicius have all missed. I tried to give him confidence and he missed in this game as well.’
Ancelotti also spoke about the fans who booed Vinicius for his missed penalty and poor performance in the first half, saying: ‘Vinicius is focused on what he is doing. He may play well or badly, but he is focused on what he is doing.’