Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti reacts to their 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
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00:00Good evening. We begin at the press conference. We do one question per intervention and you have to identify yourself with the name and the company that you represent.
00:19How are you Carlos? Ruben Cañizares from ABC. I would like you to make a balance of the game. I don't know if today is one of those nights when you can't win a game and a Champions League semi-final game, at least not lose it.
00:32Yes, I think the effort has been great, especially at the end to try to tie the game. We have done it with great effort.
00:42What I think is that Bayern have shown their best version. We have only done very well in some moments.
00:53Coincidentally, the best moment of the game was when we scored the two goals. We had good control of the ball, but they looked for us without balance and scored two goals.
01:07Nothing special. I think it's a good result that gives us confidence for the return. The tie is still open because Bayern have shown players with great qualities.
01:30Mario Cortegana from Athletic. We have just seen Vinicius JĂșnior being the MVP of the game, playing with two goals in a field like the Allianz, something that at the beginning of the season no one would have guessed or thought.
01:46Do you think it is a position in which he can make a career or in which he thinks he can stay or is it more circumstantial?
01:53I think he can play there because now he has also learned to move well, without the ball, to attack the back. He has done it very well.
02:02Obviously, you have to have a midfielder who gives you a pass like that with the cross, but he has learned this very well.
02:11It is enough movement, it is very cold in front of the goal.
02:22More equal than yesterday?
02:27The same as yesterday. There is no surprise for what Bayern have done, because Bayern have this quality.
02:36Musiala, Kane, MĂŒller, a lot of players like SanĂ©, with a lot of quality, who can create damage.
02:45Yes, the pity is that our best moment, we are handling it very well, having had the opportunity with Toni to score the second.
02:53They have looked for us without balance and have scored two.
02:56Then I think we have the merit of recovering the game with effort, with idea and with contribution of what they have entered into the game.
03:26Yes, the plan was to try to recover the game by putting fresh legs.
03:38Only in this way can you explain the change of Toni, because Toni has played a spectacular game.
03:44It was only to put freshness and Luca has contributed, as Camavinga and Brahim.
03:50Berlingham had a cramp and could not continue.
03:54I have resources on the bench and I have to take advantage of it.
04:20We have not a very clear identity.
04:35Today we did not want to play with a low block, but we put ourselves with a low block, but too slow, with little intensity.
04:45This first part of the game, if we have scored in the counterattack, I did not like it.
04:51Because when you have to defend, you have to defend with more intensity, as we have done for 120 minutes against Manchester City.
05:00Here we have done it too soft.
05:03Then the dynamics have changed.
05:15Yes, I think so.
05:22He is going to recover his best version.
05:25I think he has had the injury that has affected him a lot.
05:30Today he has not played his best version, but he will return very soon.
05:37For Wednesday he will be 100%.
05:46Hi, my question will be in English.
05:54The first half started with a lot of tension from Bayern.
06:02In the second half, again in 15 minutes, they could score two goals.
06:06Do you think, especially the first goal with Sané, it was because of the failure of defense and the goalie?
06:12Have you already analyzed with your team, or is it too early?
06:17No, it's not too early, but I don't like to criticize my players.
06:25There was a mistake, of course, because they changed sides.
06:30It was an open pass, and Sané has a fantastic quality.
06:34Of course, we could do better there.
06:43Hi, good evening.
06:47I would like you to analyze Toni Kroos' game.
06:51During the first half, he seemed to be the only one who had the solution for the game.
07:01Yes, it is quite normal.
07:05He is one of the few who has the best solution.
07:07He is one of the best midfielders who has this kind of quality.
07:18There is nothing new in his game.
07:23We wanted to handle it a little better, because it was difficult for them to recover the ball.
07:29He handles the ball like no one else.
07:35Last two questions.
07:39The tie is tied, and now it's time to play at the Bernabéu.
07:43Europe knows how that stadium is, when the team has to win a tie and get into a final.
07:49I wanted to ask you, how do you expect the Bernabéu to be, and what would you say to Madrid now?
07:54The Bernabéu, as always.
07:56I think we got to this point of the season with a great opportunity to play another final.
08:02It will be very difficult, because we played against a great team.
08:11The tie is tied.
08:16The fans will help us, no doubt.
08:19Last question.
08:21The return match.
08:23Do you expect a match in which you have to wait for Bayern, as today they attacked you with the diagonals?
08:35Or a match in which you have the ball because they are waiting for you and you have to propose a game?
08:40I see football as two things.
08:45When you have the ball, you have to attack well, and when you don't have it, you have to defend well.
08:51We will try to do this, because we can't think about having the ball for 90 minutes, as we can't think about defending for 90 minutes.
08:59There are moments, like today.
09:02I repeat, we haven't seen the best version of Real Madrid today.
09:07We can see it next Wednesday.
09:15Thank you.