Carlo Ancelotti on Real Madrid 5-2 comeback win against Dortmund
21/10/2024
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Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
21/10/2024
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Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
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00:00Congratulations on the win. We've had many nights like this at the Bernabéu, losing and coming back quickly and spectacularly, but I don't know if today's is different because of something, a little bit because of the feeling at the break, that 0-2 historic at the Bernabéu, because it had been many years since anyone went with 0-2 at the break. How have you experienced it and how has the dressing room experienced it?
00:26We've experienced it calmly, trying to start and change the second half, we've changed the system a bit, the team has been much more intense. I think the problem we've had in the first half is that the team has been shy, we haven't put pressure on the ball, they've had a lot of control.
00:49The truth is that they've scored two goals with little, I think it was quite clear what we had to do. The team has done it very well in the second half, with more intensity, more quality, more pressure on the ball. This season has obviously been the best second half.
01:20I don't know if you see Vinicius as a ceiling, it looks like it's going to be a ball of gold on Monday, but I don't know what else you can say about a player who puts Madrid on his back when the team needs him.
01:31What I can say is that it's rare to see a player who does a second half like he's done. It's been rare to see him in the past and I think he's done a second half. Besides, he's scored goals with energy, with intensity, with an extraordinary character.
01:51Good evening, Melchor Ruiz live from the Copa del Rey match. I wanted to ask you how you can explain what happened in the first half and the substantial change you've had in the second half?
02:06I'll explain. We were very shy, we started the first half with little intensity. I think the team was quite organised, with a low block, no pressure on the ball. They controlled the first half quite well.
02:26The truth is that we've also had other chances, two free kicks, but we were too shy. I think this team has shown that they can play with more energy, sometimes taking a bit more risk, but we have to put pressure on them because we have the physical characteristics to do so.
02:48Alberto Pereira, Radio Estadion 80. Have you ever said that you think Vini is the best candidate to win the Ballon d'Or in just 10 days? After exhibitions like the one in the second half, would it be fair to give the Ballon d'Or to someone who doesn't know Vinicius?
03:09No, I think he's going to win it. Not because of what he did last night, but because of what he did last year. Last year he helped us win the Champions League. The three goals he scored today will help him win the next Ballon d'Or.
03:27José Luis Sánchez, El Chiringuito 80. When you get home, what do you tell your players?
03:44I tell them to focus on the small details. To start pressing hard, not to miss passes, to be a good centre forward, to win duels. These are the small details.
04:09When you win a duel, you make a good pass, the dynamics of the game can change. And when the dynamics of the game have changed, it's when we've scored the first goal.
04:21Manuel de Juan, Diario AS. We came from games in which the team was playing with four midfielders and two forwards. Today you've returned to the system with three forwards. I don't know what conclusions you draw from the first half and the second half, but what conclusions do you draw from this drawing? What makes Madrid different?
04:42What do I draw from this? The system is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the attitude of the players when they play a certain system.
04:56If we played 4-4-2 with this system in the first half, it would have been the same. The most important thing is the attitude that the players put into the game.
05:16Hello, Carlos. Good evening, I'm Olivier Lorenzo from El País. You've mentioned intensity again. It's a word that is used in almost every press conference after every game.
05:30It's been two months, I think this is the 14th game of the season. What does this lack of intensity, which is almost permanent, mean in many moments and in many phases of the team?
05:45It's difficult to say. I think we have to learn from what we've been able to do in the second half, with a very high intensity and a very high pace in the game.
05:58The objective is to start the game like this and not wait for them to score two goals to react like we did. I don't think we can play 90 minutes like we did in the first half, but we have to be more balanced in the intensity between the first and second half.
06:29Hello, Carlos. This is Ruben Cañizares from ABC. Vini said after the game that he wanted to focus on the comeback, but also on how bad the team played in the first half.
06:41He said that in that way you won't be able to hold on, that you'll be attacked like your team did in the first 35 minutes, like you did today.
06:51What would you like the players to do at home today? With the first 35 minutes that can't be repeated, an attitude like you just mentioned, or with the second 55 minutes?
07:03With everything. I think that the second half has taught us a lot about what we have to do and how we have to do it. It has taught us a lot and I think it can be a key moment in our season.
07:22Last two questions.
07:25Hello, Jose Aguada. You said that Vinicius is a great player and that he has won many titles like this. Do you think that Vinicius has the recognition he deserves in Spanish football?
07:36I think so. I think that in the end he's a player that can make a difference. I think that he's stopping this racism issue with him.
07:59I think that he's respected in this country.
08:11Last question.
08:13Hello, Carlos. I wanted to ask you about Lucas Vázquez's game. Maybe in the first two goals he wasn't as good as he could be, but then he recovered and in the second half, apart from the goal, he was creating danger.
08:25And in this moment of the season, where he's going to be the right-back, I wanted to ask you about him.
08:31That's good, apart from the goal he scored. Obviously, we asked him to work offensively and sometimes it's hard for him to defend and be in the right position when we have to defend.
08:46I think that his offensive work gives us a lot of space as a right-back and it's a very good goal.