By Sergio Silva
Real Madrid took one point during their visit to the Benito Villamarín stadium this Sunday in a match corresponding to matchday 16 of the Spanish LaLiga where the white team tied with Betis (1-1) a result that left the Italian technical director, Carlo Ancelotti, more than satisfied, who avoided complaints.
With this tie, Real Madrid remained the sole leader of the Spanish championship with 39 points, just one more than the surprising Girona who this Sunday will have to face FC Barcelona and that if they achieve a victory it could displace the meringues from the top of the classification table.
“I don’t complain about anything or anyone. “I leave here satisfied because it is a very good point for our position in the table.”commented “Carletto” in the press conference after the match in which Betis avoided defeat with a goal from Aitor Ruibal in the 66th minute.
Real Madrid had taken the lead on the scoreboard thanks to the inspired Jude Bellingham, who celebrated his recent Golden Boy award with a new score in the Spanish championship. The English midfielder continues to establish himself as the top scorer in LaLiga this season with 12 goals.
“It was a good match, very even and competitive. It was played very well by both sides so I think it is a correct result.”continued the Italian strategist, who highlighted that the goal scored by Betis came from a misfortune for Real Madrid.
And it was precisely in a play that featured Jude Bellingham who failed in a pass that led to Aitor Ruibal’s goal play.
“Due to a loss on our part, we conceded the goal when the game was quite under control”commented the coach who added: “For all the effort that Betis made, they did not deserve to lose this match, they played very well like us”.
For Carlo Ancelotti, the most important thing about this result is that it allows him to continue adding and assume the leadership of LaLiga alone despite the fact that they still depend on the Girona result this Sunday to maintain first place in the table.
“We leave here happy because we leave with the lead, this is a quite difficult field but we are going to think about the next games. Sometimes it can happen that things don’t go the way you want, but for me we played a complete game, with mistakes and successes. We have to settle for this result, which is good and allows us to continue in a good dynamic.”he assured.
Already finishing, the Italian strategist of the merengue team showed his calmness after having let two points slip away against Betis. “You can’t always win every game. “So far we have done well and we will do well again in the future.”he sentenced.
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