“The fans woke us up,” says Ancelotti

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said he understood fans booed him and his team during their 5-2 Copa del Rey win over Celta Vigo.

Real were beaten 5-2 by rivals Barcelona last week and then blew a two-goal lead against Celta – before winning in extra time.

Parts of the crowd made their feelings clear as two late goals – including an injury-time penalty from former Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso – clinched the tie beyond 90 minutes.

But Real responded with a win as teenager Endick scored twice in extra time to book a place in the quarter-finals.

“I see it as a wake-up call from the fans to the team and their coach. It’s an acceptable wake-up call after what happened in the game against Barcelona. “The team reacted well after that,” said Ancelotti.

“The fans booed to wake us up and later, because the team started making a game difficult, we were on our way to winning 2-0.”

“But then the fans started putting pressure on us and when that puts pressure on Santiago Bernabeu, it’s something very special for us.

“It’s good that we played well in extra time and won the game, so it was all good in the end.”

Ancelotti was unhappy with his team’s goals conceded and urged his players to stay focused in the final minutes of games.

“At the end the tension subsides. “We made two mistakes and let the opponent back into the game, we left it open in a game that was practically over with a two-goal lead,” Ancelotti said.

“We gave our rivals two late goals when the game was almost over. First we made a serious mistake putting the ball into play and the second goal was the result of poor defensive positioning. We played really well for over 70 minutes.

“Of course that can’t happen. We have to try to train more to avoid such mistakes and not to slow down at the end of the games.”

Real face Las Palmas in La Liga on Sunday afternoon.