Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that Real Madrid looked at Edererson on Wednesday during their 3-2 victory over Manchester City.
City was 2-1 on the way to the last two minutes thanks to a brace from Erling Haaland, while Kylian Mbappe had scored for Madrid. However, things fell apart at death, because late goals from Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham mean that Madrid will take an advantage of one goal in the second stage.
The goal of Diaz came after a bad pass from Niererson led to Madrid's attack, while he was lobed by Vinicius Jr after having hurried to meet him so that Bellingham could poke the winning goal.
And Ancelotti has explained that Madrid deliberately pointed Edererson with their high press during the competition. In his press conference after the game, Ancelotti said: “We looked at High when Edererson had the ball, and to fall to a middle block when he didn't, with the attackers inside and our midfielders don't want to push.
“With the ball we wanted to create width, get the most out of our quality, use the ball well and not get frustrated by long balls. In the end it all worked out.”
However, Stadsbaas Pep Guardiola delivered an avid defense from his goalkeeper when he was asked about his role in the equalizer of Diaz. “Eddy decided to play a long ball, it wasn't a good kick and they scored,” said Guardiola.
“Maybe we played briefly and they scored and you say you play for a long time. Players make a decision at the moment – sometimes it works, sometimes not, but it's not today, it often happened.
“Think after and think and maybe it won't happen in the future and be brave for the next games. The previous games, the way we played, we had to win for a big margin and it didn't happen. Today was tighter.
“Madrid had opportunities and played well with the ball when it did not happen in the past. In the moments that we should have the situation, we could not manage it, but we arrived in the last minutes with a good result and we could It doesn't stay. “
The second stage takes place on the Bernabeu next Wednesday, where the city must destroy the shortage of one goal to keep their hope to win the Champions League alive.
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