{"id":45665,"date":"2022-08-15T04:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T04:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ancelotti-the-freekick-was-going-to-be-taken-by-benzema-or-kroos-but-then-we-sent-on-alaba\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T04:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T04:14:43","slug":"ancelotti-the-freekick-was-going-to-be-taken-by-benzema-or-kroos-but-then-we-sent-on-alaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ancelotti-the-freekick-was-going-to-be-taken-by-benzema-or-kroos-but-then-we-sent-on-alaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancelotti: \u201cThe freekick was going to be taken by Benzema or Kroos, but then we sent on Alaba\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Real Madrid produced a come-from-behind win to defeat Almer\u00eda 2-1 at the Power Horse Stadium on Sunday night and Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with the way his players fought back, blaming the goal conceded in the first half on a one-off error. Summing up the game, the coach said: \u201cIt became a tough game because of a quite simple defensive mistake. But, then we improved. We had lots of corners and chances and then got the goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The winning goal was scored by David Alaba, who took a freekick straight after he came on. Asked how that came about, he explained: \u201cIt was going to be taken by Benzema or Kroos, but Alaba can take it really well from there. So, we decided that he would take it. It wasn’t easy to tell the other two that Alaba was going to take it. No, I’m joking about that last bit!\u201d<\/p>\n
There were several young players in the line-up, such as Eduardo Camavinga and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni, and they didn’t have their best game. On that, Ancelotti said: \u201cThe youngsters didn’t play as they usually play, like I have seen them play in training. Maybe today was difficult emotionally. They didn’t do anything bad, but they could do better. When I took Camavinga off at half time, it wasn’t because he had done anything wrong. It was because we expected more dangerous counter attacks from them in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Eden Hazard having come on and done well, Ancelotti was asked if he’d consider playing with a diamond system, with the Belgian at the tip of it. He replied: \u201cI’d have to think about that. But, we have Vin\u00edcius, who is always going to like to be very wide. Hazard is able to make a contribution even in tight spaces, like today. He’s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marco Asensio didn’t even warm up on the night. Asked if that means anything for his future, Ancelotti said: \u201cAsensio is a Real Madrid player for as long as he’s a Real Madrid player. If he deserves to play, he he’ll play. He scored a lot of goals last season, often scoring the first goal. We’ll have to wait until the 31st to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Real Madrid produced a come-from-behind win to defeat Almer\u00eda 2-1 at the Power Horse Stadium on Sunday night and Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with the way his players fought back, blaming the goal conceded in the first half on a one-off error. Summing up the game, the coach said: \u201cIt became a tough game because …<\/p>\n