The coach of Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti This Saturday he gave the press conference prior to the clash between the white team and Getafe, scheduled for this Sunday at 4:15 p.m. The Italian has spoken about the team’s form, in a bad streak, and the adaptation of Kylian Mbappéin the spotlight for its poor performance.
“Mbappé’s problem is the problem we all have. We have to bring out our best version, not only of him. Of myself and other players. The problem is not just with one player, it is with a team that, for the moment, has not been able to achieve continuity in the season and its best version,” he assured,
“The idea we have is to try to improve. We do not consider an individual problem of a player who, among other things, is new here and is adapting. He has already scored nine goals, he has participated in the attacking game with assists… He can play better, yes. Like all of us,” Ancelotti said.
“He has not sunk. He is aware that he has to do better. He focuses on him because he missed the penalty, but many of my team have missed it and we have to continue supporting and helping. It is a collective problem and not an individual one. You can criticize me, but the team dynamic is good, it has improved a lot. We have to take into account that we are missing many players. The idea of being patient is the right one,” he analyzed how Mbappé and the team are doing after the defeat at Anfield.
Ancelotti advocated simplifying things to recover the best version of his team: “When there is a moment of difficulty you tend to complicate things, but The easiest way to get out of a bad time is to simplify things. For example, when the team is bad you have to go to base, which is to defend well. And it gives me confidence that the team is starting to defend well, which is something essential in football.”
Furthermore, he acknowledged that he does not know how Mbappé or Vinícius – injured – will divide the place on the field when they meet again: “I don’t know, really. Mbappé is more used to playing inside, and Vinícius less so. “But Vinícius is realizing that inside he is very dangerous, but it will depend on each game and that during the game they can change their position.”
The level shown by youth player Raúl Asencio has also stood out. “When everyone returns, he will fight for the position. In the three games he has played he has deserved to be a starter, playing with confidence, attention, good with and without the ball, well positioned… There is nothing to say. “He has fulfilled in all aspects and deserves to fight for a position with the others,” he stated.