On Saturday, Real Madrid suffered a disappointing defeat in this difficult season, because they lost 2-1 to Valencia at home. It is a result that sees them three points behind Barcelona in the La Liga title race, but a victory for the Catalans later on Saturday that would rise the gap to six.
It was a tough afternoon for Real Madrid, and according to Diario ALS, head coach Carlo Ancelotti thought about the defeat. He also gave his thoughts about the title race, which he now sees more difficult.
“We have created many opportunities, we were very close to scoring goals. It may be that we had no effectiveness and when repairing the ball, but we have admitted very little. It is true. It is true that opponents do not need much at the moment to score on us.
“It is much more complicated to fight for La Liga now, but we have the idea to do well until the end. We have options, except after this competition, but we have to fight until the end. We have lost the chance to fight more powerfully for the competition.
Vinicius Junior missed a first half of a penalty that came back to cost Real Madrid, and Ancelotti revealed why the Brazilian took the spot kick despite missing his last, who was in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid.
“It is a complicated season with punishments. Bellingham, Mbappe and Vinicius have all missed … I tried to give him confidence and he missed it too.”
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