Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has commented on his team’s departure from the Champions League because of Manchester City.
On Wednesday evening, a fiery meeting took place, which brought together the Royal Club with the counterparty team. Manchester England, second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
Manchester City’s stronghold, Al Ittihad Stadium, hosted an exciting encounter with the Royal Club as the latter managed to equalize a Champions League final qualifier to face Italian side Inter Milan. .
The hosts won at the expense of the guests with a difference of four goals, Bernando Silva scored two goals, Eder Militao scored a return goal, and Julian Alvarez added a fourth goal.
And Los Blancos has already met with his counterpart Setiens on the territory of the Santiago Bernabeu, the stronghold of the royal club, in the first match of the same round, and the match ended in a goal for the same.
Ancelotti’s first comment after saying goodbye to Real Madrid in the Champions League
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, head coach of the Merengue team, spoke at a press conference after the match against Manchester City, explaining the reasons for parting with the Champions League.
Ancelotti said: “It makes no sense to me to evaluate what has happened now. This is a hard night. Sometimes you can find yourself with an opponent who plays better than you. This is football, anything can happen. Now is the time to think about next season.”
And he continued: “My future? Nobody doubts me. The President made this very clear 15 days ago.”
He continued, “We didn’t do what we planned, but we don’t need to film the drama. This team has done well this season and will do very well next season.”
Regarding his future, he said: “Is your future determined? I won’t talk about it anymore. I’ll wait for the president to tell me in private later.”
He emphasized: “Evaluate the season? All in all, it was a good season. Reaching the semi-finals again is a success. We lost to an opponent who was better than us. The motivation was great but we have to come to terms with this defeat, it’s another step towards winning next year and we will learn from what happened tonight.”
He continued: “These players beat City last season and won the Champions League. We demand respect.”
And he concluded: “What did he tell me? Vinicius? I don’t know, I don’t remember.”