The head of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, has released Pep Guardiola’s claim that Manchester City has only a percentage of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League.
Guardiola was run down at the weekend when he was asked to evaluate the playoff second leg of tomorrow evening in Santiago Bernabeu after the first game in Etihad last week.
Experienced Italian ancelotti says that his side has a “small advantage” and believes that the former Barcelona boss is a little mischievous.
He said, “He really doesn’t think that. Tomorrow I will ask him before the game. He believes that he has more (chance), we don’t believe that we have 99 percent (chance). We think we have a little advantage, but we have to take advantage of it and play the same game as in the first leg, which went well. “
The goal line is not 0-0!
The old saying that the “goal line 0: 0” is before a second leg was also billed by Ancelotti, who says that players know what to do.
He added: “You can tell the players that we do not have the advantage and that we have to approach the game as if it were 0-0, but that is nonsense and nobody believes in them. There is an objective fact, and that is that we have scored three goals and two goals.
“That cannot be changed. What can be changed is the attitude and approach of the team to play without calculations. The goal is to play the same game as a week ago, but we cannot forget that we have the advantage. “
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The team plays well, insists that Ancelotti exists
Madrid has only won one of her last three games, but Ancelotti is not excessively concerned because these games came against Atletico Madrid, City and Osasuna when his team was reduced to 10 men in the first half after Jude was sent.
“The last three games have requested and we only achieved a good result against City War, but the team plays well,” he said.
“That gives us trust and a positive spirit. We have to continue to play well, with quality and above all what has emerged in the last games, was the victim and the collective commitment that we could have. “
Rudiger returns
Madrid increased a temporary back-back back-back back in Etihad last week due to the return of the Key Center Help Antonio Rudiger.
The German defender has missed the last five games with a thigh injury, but will begin against City, so that Ancelotti Aurelien Tchouameni can move into his more common defensive midfield.
“Rudiger can play from the start, Tchouameni can play as a pivot and (Raul) Ascio can play as a central defender,” he said.
