Carlo Ancelotti believes that Real Madrid should play a “complete” game if they have to overthrow Rivals Barcelona in Sunday's Clasico.
Madrid comes in the game four points on the drift of Laliga leaders Barca, where the Hansi Flick team knows that a victory will get them closer to a 28th top-flight crown.
Los Blancos has struggled in recent games against their rivals and lost their last three games against Barca in all competitions this season.
Only once in the entire history of the Clasico, between 2008 and 2010 under Pep Guardiola (five), have the Blaugrana managed four or more consecutive victories.
However, Madrid has won four of their last five -matches against Barca and achieved the same number of victories in their previous 19 visits to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Company.
“In this kind of game you have to do things well. Barcelona are used to keep the opponent in their own area, but no team is perfect,” Ancelotti told reporters.
“It is a game where a lot is at stake and to win you have to manage everything well, defend well, attack well. We have to play a complete game.”
With so much at stake against their big rivals, Ancelotti will have little trouble on fire.
“Playing with Barcelona is special. It will be the last 'El Clasico' of the season because Barca is not in the club World Cup.”
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Madrid has won their last four LaLiga matches, but has not achieved five or more consecutive victories in the competition since a series of nine between March and May 2024.
But they also admitted 33 goals in LaLiga 2024-25, their worst defensive record in this phase of the campaign since 2018-19 (38 goals).
And although his team can end the season without a trophy, Ancelotti still regards this term as a decent campaign.
“It has been a good competition and a good season,” he said. “You need continuity to win it, or to be close, explains very well what the game of tomorrow is going to be.
“We both have a lot at stake. Barca will have more opportunities than we do, but if we win, it's still all to play for.”
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