“When we lost 0-4 against Barcelona we won the Champions League and the League,” Ancelotti

The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelottitried to remain calm after the defeat 4 to 0 at home against FC Barcelonaon the 11th day of the League, in the great Classic of Spanish football.

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We don’t have to throw everything away because there is nothing to throw away. The team has been able to compete for sixty minutes and what we have to do is forget the last thirty,” estimated the Italian coach in the post-match press conference.

A little self-criticism is essential. Self-criticism yes, but don’t throw everything away. We had a good first half. “I’m not wrong, I’ve been in football for 48 years,” he said.

This setback leaves Real Madrid (2º) six points behind the leader Barcelonabut ‘Carletto‘He stressed that the road is still long in the championship.

The season is very long. You have to learn, yes. We learned from our last defeat and I think the same will happen here. There are many games left. The team can do better and I am sure we will do better,” he confided.

The last time we lost 4 to 0 at home to Barcelona [en marzo de 2022] Then we won the League and the Champions League,” he recalled.

For Ancelotti, “The result does not reflect what was seen on the field“because there was a lot equality until Barça got two goals in three minutes towards game time.

It was an even match until the goals. We had opportunities, we played with intensity and we were close to scoring. We could have gone ahead, but when they scored they took all our energy away,” he admitted.

Ancelotti considers that the moment is “hard and difficult“and defended his attacker Kylian Mbappéwho could not score in his first Clásico and who saw how They disallowed two goals in the match due to offside.

Mbappé had opportunities. “He had three or four to score, he simply lacked a little more success,” he said.

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