“Hazard and Isco have won the game that has made me the happiest and that has a meaning”, highlighted the Italian coach after Real Madrid‘s comeback in Elche
Carlo Ancelotti took advantage of the favorable situation of Real Madrid’s heroic victory in extra time in Elche to praise his players, especially the scorers Isco and Hazard, and complain about a calendar that he considers “nonsense”. He suffered but breathed when his team sealed the ticket for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, whose draw is held this Friday at the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation in Las Rozas.
“He and Isco have won the match. It has a meaning. Maybe they should play more. The past is the past. I can count on them, I know that. It is the game that has made me happiest. I have an extraordinary template. His professionalism is there. The relationship is with the people who play football, ”said the Italian coach, gratefully.
«I told my players that it could be very long, that you had to be ready for everything. Everything was complicated for us but with 10 the character of this squad has come out ”, Carletto congratulated.
The two controversial plays?: «Marcelo has told me that he does not touch the rival. It was a very difficult decision, like the one at the end. I think it was a clear foul, but they are complicated decisions. I have to believe my captain, but I didn’t see the replay.” With that, he also praised one of his captains. “Marcelo has complied in every way. In attack he has generated danger with Vinicius. In defense he has been good. I can count on him.”
He was asked about the quarterfinals, in which South America could lose the Brazilians Vinicius, Casemiro and Rodrygo and the Argentine Valverde due to the commitments of the South American teams. “What can I say? The calendar is nonsense. It has to change, they must wake up what they do,” Ancelotti snapped.
