By Sergio Silva
02 Dec 2024, 08:52 AM EST
He Real Madrid achieved an important victory against Getafe (2-0) on Sunday, which combined with FC Barcelona’s defeat against Las Palmas (1-2) left the distance between them at just one point in the fight for the top of LaLiga that remains in the hands of the Catalan team.
The technical director of the merengue team, Carlo Ancelotti, highlighted that despite the numerous injuries that the current champion of the Spanish tournament is dealing with, he is managing to stay in the fight for first place in the classification.
“Despite difficulties that are many with injuries, we are fighting there for the lead. We have returned to having a good attitude, having concentration, having spirit and little by little we are going to solve the problems we have”acknowledged the Italian coach in a press conference.
Real Madrid resolved their match against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabéu without a hitch with goals from Englishman Jude Bellingham, from a penalty, and from Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, who has been in the spotlight in recent days due to the rumors surrounding his personal situation that has affected your game.
Regarding the performance of the French attacker, “Carletto” highlighted that his goal has helped the merengue team to “control” the match as well as that the player has remained “very active” in the white attack that on this occasion he did not miss. missing Brazilian Vinícius Júnior, injured.
“He has played very well, he has been active and he has been dangerous as always. He scored a very important goal to control the game well and created chances in the second half by being very active. “It’s what we want from him.”considered the experienced Italian strategist.
“I think the fans understand the moment of the team and the players more than anyone. Mbappé could have done better against Liverpool and they have supported him as was fair. I felt relief because it scored 2-0 and gave us a better chance of winning. It has been for him too”Ancelotti added.
The Real Madrid coach also spoke about the “slump” that the team had during the second part of the match, something that he related to the demanding schedule that the merengue team is playing, which had just played this week in the Champions League against Liverpool that ended in a 2-0 defeat.
“It is normal to have a downturn. We had many opportunities and heads-up to close the game. Taking into account that we played on Wednesday and that we arrived at 6 in the morning, and that we couldn’t train on Thursday, it is normal to have a slump at the end.”hill.
Real Madrid, who still have a match pending against Valencia, will face Athletic Club this Wednesday in an early match on matchday 19 of the Spanish championship before facing Girona on the weekend for matchday 16 of LaLiga.
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