Madrid (dpa)
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti refused to exaggerate the team’s chances in the Champions League, despite his victory over Inter Milan 2-0 and winning Group D.
Real Madrid only needed to avoid defeat in yesterday’s match to win the group lead, but they won with two clean goals over Inter Milan, the Italian league champion.
Toni Kroos scored a wonderful goal for Real Madrid in the 17th minute, then Marco Asensio added the second goal 11 minutes before the end of the match.
Thus, it is assumed that Real Madrid will have an easier confrontation than that of Inter Milan in the round of 16, which may enhance the chances of the royal team reaching the quarter-finals.
Real Madrid had reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in the 2020-2021 season after being eliminated twice in a row from the round of 16, and despite this improvement, Ancelotti refused to make exaggerated statements about the possibility of achieving the best in the tournament this season.
“We have the capacity to win the Spanish league and compete in the Champions League,” Ancelotti told reporters.
He added: There are no teams that have the guaranteed ability to win the Champions League, but rather have the ability to compete.
He continued: “There will be teams that are more powerful and teams that are more efficient. We do not have the best strength on the defensive side, but we have a lot of potential, a lot of experience and commitment.
Real Madrid’s Luka Modric scored his 100th Champions League participation on Tuesday, and he became the ninth player to achieve this number during his time with Real Madrid, and he scored eight of those participations in the Tottenham shirt.
Modric gave a good performance and participated for 90 minutes, which was a surprise in light of the upcoming confrontation with Atletico Madrid next Sunday in the seventeenth stage of the Spanish League.
There were calls for Ancelotti, before Real Madrid’s match against Real Sociedad at the beginning of this week, to rotate among the midfielders, but Modric will now play the derby against Atletico Madrid after playing for 90 minutes against Sociedad and Inter Milan.
However, the 36-year-old Croatian star was not concerned about it.
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