Real Madrid achieved a very important victory on Saturday when they came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 in La Ceramica. It is a result that for the time being the top of La Liga sends them, although they can be overtaken by one of Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, who will meet on Sunday.
For each Diario ash, Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti expressed the performance against Villarreal much proud of the performance, especially the efforts that was made only three days ago against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
“The team was able to resist the difficult moment, which was in the first part of both halves. Then we started to go the ball better little by little and we looked for opportunities. Two goals came from Mbappe, and some counterattacks that could have been better in the second half.
“I am very proud. It was a fall game, because of everything that happened, because of the hours of rest and because of the power of the opponent, who are a good team, but we have weakened physically. The team was exhausted, it's very normal. It is a victory that says a lot about this team and the resources of this team. “
Ancelotti was very unhappy with the fact that the Villarreal match was played on Saturday, because it meant that his side had less than 72 hours between the two games. He made it clear that this can no longer happen.
“The explanation is that this team has something special, character, dedication, they can't always do it, sometimes I even get angry with them. We have to thank these players for their enormous effort since January 3. Even more today. It is the last time we started playing before 72 hours. We will never do it again. We have asked La Liga twice to change the schedule and nothing has happened. This is the last time we played a game without 72 hours of rest. We will not play when it happens again. “
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