Italian Carlo Ancelotti reveals that his team Real Madrid did not play well against Shakhtar Donetsk, but succeeded in his mission, and explained the situation of his player Antonio Rudiger
Rudiger scored the equalizer for Real Madrid in the last minutes of the match, but he exposed himself to a severe injury to the face and blood appeared
Real Madrid has already qualified for the round of 16, and is preparing to face Barcelona in the Clasico next Sunday
During his press conference after the match, Ancelotti said: “Rudiger has a cut in the forehead, a lot of blood, he is fine and wanted to continue on the field, but he realized his injury, it is not serious, he is conscious, he speaks, he smiles, he is happy with his goal”
He added: “I think it was not a good match, in the first half we dominated without being effective and conceded the goal, everything changed, this team does not know how to give up, we qualified for the round of 16 on a night that seemed bad and this is a good thing”
He continued regarding Shakhtar’s goal: “I am angry, Shakhtar changed their playing system to introduce players who were able to cut our passes between the lines, so we had to play wide, but this tactic didn’t work for us and with them scoring when they did, it made it difficult. For us”
On the collective side, the Real Madrid coach confirmed: “As a group, it was not the perfect night for us”
Regarding the changes, Ancelotti added: “The idea was to involve the players after the 60th minute to renew their activity”
He praised his player, Toni Kroos, when asked about the developments of his contract renewal: “With Tony everything is clear, he will choose to stay or stop his career, he was one of the best”
And he finished talking about El Clasico against Barcelona: “We have to recover, we played badly, but as always we never gave up and as usual we are in the round of 16, now we have two games to try to be at the top”
