Present at a press conference on Tuesday on the eve of the reception of Paris SG in the knockout stages of the Champions League, Carlo Ancelotti displayed an Olympian calm, convinced that his Real Madrid can reverse the trend. He explained how.
“The defeat in the first leg affected us, we are a team with a lot of pride for everything we have done in this competition. The best Real can compete with the best PSG, we are convinced of that. We had the best PSG on the way. I hope we can have the best Real tomorrow.”. This Tuesday, at a press conference on the eve of Real Madrid-Paris SG (8th final return of the Champions League), Carlo Ancelotti set the tone. The Italian explained how his troops intended to do better than in Paris.
“The mental aspect and the desire will be very important. It will also be necessary to take advantage of the support of the public, which will be very important, and to display strong motivation. Its very important. I see the team well, motivated, calm. I’m sure we’ll have a good match tomorrow.”he dropped before adding. “We have worked physically, we are better, we had a bad game in Paris, we intend to play a great game tomorrow”. And to do this, the Transalpine could ask his flock to press high on the ground.
Carletto has the recipe
“High pressing implies increased defensive vigilance against players like Neymar or Mbappé. Public support will be very important tomorrow. We are going to play the game that our public wants. The plan we have is not only for Mbappé but also for Messi, Neymar and all the other great players at PSG.he slipped, convinced that Kylian Mbappé (23), scorer in the first leg, would be on the field despite the bad blow received this Monday in training, before adding.
“I don’t think about what I fear, but about what we can do well, get the ball out well, press well. The day before a game, I think about what we should do, not what we should avoid.”. The recipe, he did not hesitate to give it, without hiding it. “We will have to play as a unit, put on the intensity, manage the 90 minutes well. We must not go crazy, we must win the match, not necessarily score a lot of goals, we must play an intelligent match.. The tone is set.
