When Lamine scored the third, a good number of Madrid fans said enough. It was time to go to the subway as soon as possible and tuck into bed. The night was going to be very hard. And cold. Barça’s blow in the Bernabeu It was confirmation of what had been seen in these first ten days of the League. Right now, Flick’s team is far above Ancelotti’s. The “key moment” that Carletto spoke of after the comeback against Borussia is far away, although the Italian sees the glass half full.
«Until the tie, it was an even match. We played with intensity and we lacked success in the first half. When they scored those two goals in a row, we took a risk and it was another game. They had spaces and we have suffered many one against one,” he explained. Ancelottithe only Madrid protagonist who showed his face after 0-4.
Carletto believes it is too early to consider his team dead. He recognizes that defeat is hard, but he distances himself from the criticism that comes his way. To him and his players: «We don’t have to throw everything away because there is nothing to throw away. “For sixty minutes we competed very well and we have to forget about the last thirty.”
Ancelotti assured that, just as they learned from the defeat in the Metropolitan Last season, they will do it from this classic: «The last time we lost 0-4 with Barça we won the League and the Champions League. We are not going to be very far from the titles. Sure”. What is far away, for now, is the best version of Mbappe. The few times he didn’t go offside, he forgave scoring chances that he never used to forgive at PSG: “Sometimes he went offside. It’s normal with Barça’s forward line, but they have had three or four opportunities where they have been able to score. “He lacked some success.”
The only tense moment of the match was caused by the second of Flick, Marcus Sorgin celebration of Lamine’s goal. He went to the Madrid bench and celebrated the 0-3 score in front of them. Ancelotti did not like that: “The assistant was not a gentleman when celebrating in front of our bench and I told Flick, who agreed.”
It was the only blow in a classic without controversy that leaves Madrid, in the eyes of its coach, touched, but not sunk.
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