Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancleotti on their last gasp UEFA Champions League win over Union Berlin
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00:00 Good evening, welcome. We start the press conference.
00:04 We ask a question by way of intervention, please.
00:06 Before that, you must identify yourself with your name and the name of the media.
00:09 Hi, Carlos. Here, on your left, Ruben Cañizares, ABC.
00:16 I wanted to ask you to reflect on this 1-0, which was very difficult.
00:22 And also, something that Xoveni told us in the mixed area, which was very funny,
00:26 that he had challenged himself to score goals, and he said that maybe he's not the most suitable man.
00:32 I don't know if you have challenged Xoveni this season.
00:35 No, I haven't challenged anyone to score goals.
00:40 The match was...
00:42 It was planned like this, a complicated match,
00:48 with a lot of control, with a very low block from Union Berlin,
00:54 who defended very well,
00:56 who left us space to look for a play between the lines.
01:02 We tried it anyway.
01:05 We were good in the recovery after the loss,
01:08 we were good in the ball possession, everything that was planned.
01:13 We could have scored before, yes, we could have scored before,
01:16 but also, I think the fact that we scored at the last minute
01:21 is something important for us, the spirit...
01:24 I'm not talking about the players, nor about me, but the spirit of this shirt is this,
01:29 which allows us to believe until the last second, always, in every match.
01:34 If we had a draw, I would say the same,
01:39 because I think the team has given their all until the end.
01:43 Over here, Carlos, Javi Gomez, Cadena Copes.
01:47 Six games for Berlin already, with the Real Madrid shirt.
01:51 The fans love him, he says he finishes the game with goosebumps.
01:55 What does the English player have to shine like this?
01:58 I imagine Ancelotti, Alagrada and the dressing room.
02:01 I think Berlingham has quality, quality is very, very important.
02:07 It seems that he also has luck,
02:10 because I think this goal is similar to what Alonso del Guetta does,
02:16 with a rebound, he was there, and not another.
02:19 It means that he almost always comes from the second line,
02:25 and when he comes from the second line, he is smarter than the others.
02:29 He has this extraordinary quality and he is taking advantage of it.
02:33 How are you, Carlos? Good evening, Fernando Burgos, Onda Acero.
02:37 There is a script that is being repeated, especially in the Bernabeu,
02:40 in the last three games, and it is that the team is not fine in the first parts,
02:44 and then in the second part it is unleashed, and even if it wins by the minimum,
02:47 you make the rival goalkeeper a hero, or you miss all the possible chances.
02:53 I don't know if there is Ancelottina in the break, or you are very angry, what is happening?
02:58 No, no, we have fixed some things, the truth is quite simple.
03:03 As I said before, the second part is better for us,
03:09 because we play against a team that presses less,
03:12 comparing it with the first part,
03:14 which needs a lot of energy to control the space,
03:18 as the Union Berlin has done.
03:20 In the second part, this energy falls a little,
03:24 and we have more space and more opportunities in the first part.
03:29 The good thing today is that we have not come back.
03:32 One goal has been enough in the last minute,
03:35 this means that we have been much more attentive.
03:40 As I said, we have had very good transpartite pressure,
03:43 we have been very good in the free kick,
03:46 because the Union Berlin scores a lot of free kicks,
03:50 they are very strong in the free kick,
03:53 they are very strong in the second free kick,
03:55 we have done all this very well.
03:58 Hello, Carlos, good afternoon, Olivier Lorenzo from El País.
04:03 You were talking about Bellingham, about his qualities to get to the second line,
04:07 to catch almost all the rebounds.
04:09 I don't know if this is also what Rodrigo is missing.
04:12 Thank you.
04:13 What Rodrigo is missing now, I think,
04:16 for him, these are the games that are a little more complicated,
04:19 because I think that Rodrigo is very good in the open field,
04:23 now, in the last games,
04:26 we have practically had total control in the opposite field,
04:29 so much more reduced space,
04:32 it has cost him more.
04:34 In the open field, he has not had the opportunity,
04:38 he can have more opportunities,
04:41 it is true that today he has also had a bit of bad luck,
04:44 because in two or three situations he could have scored.
04:48 Hello, Carlos, how are you?
04:51 Here, to your left, good afternoon, I am Anton Meana,
04:54 from the Serie A chain, live at Carrera El Deportivo.
04:56 Beyond the numbers, what value does it give you that your team has won all the games,
05:00 with all the changes that were in the team, the departure of Benzema, the signings,
05:03 what does it mean for you that your team,
05:06 in one way or another, playing better or worse at times, always wins?
05:11 What I think today is what I thought before the first game,
05:15 that we have a competitive squad,
05:17 that we can compete and fight in all competitions.
05:21 Today, as I said, a draw could come out,
05:24 but it did not change the idea that I have of this squad,
05:29 which is a very good squad, with a lot of quality.
05:35 Good evening, mister. José Luis Sánchez, from La Sexta.
05:37 Today you have had, especially in the second half, a lot of opportunities,
05:40 maybe you have missed a little one-on-one.
05:42 In this system change, playing with José Lu,
05:44 do you miss Vinicius more or less in this type of game,
05:47 and how much time do you have left to return?
05:49 Well, Vinicius, I think he is among the best strikers in the world.
05:56 Vinicius makes the difference, and obviously we are missing Vinicius,
06:01 because with Vinicius we have something more.
06:04 Having said that, José is doing very well.
06:07 Today he could score again,
06:09 he helps us a lot with the air ball.
06:14 Vinicius, I think, by the way,
06:19 will play next Wednesday,
06:22 let's see if he can be available for Sunday.
06:26 Hello, Carlo. How are you?
06:30 Congratulations on the victory of Juanma Sánchez of Radio Nacional.
06:33 You said before the game that you had to be patient.
06:36 After a more complicated first half,
06:39 I don't know what you told the players during the break,
06:41 not only that they should be patient,
06:43 but that they should not get nervous when the 90-minute mark comes,
06:47 or when Juke Bellingham comes,
06:49 and the ball doesn't go in.
06:51 How do you convince them to say,
06:53 "In the end, it will go in"?
06:55 Maybe the other day it didn't.
06:57 I think the idea was to be patient.
07:00 We have been patient, not too much,
07:03 because if you don't score, we have been too patient.
07:06 Patient, today not.
07:08 These are games like this,
07:11 which can also be a cheating game.
07:14 We remember that we are in the old Sheriff,
07:18 where we lost at home,
07:21 in the second game of the 14th,
07:24 which was this type of game,
07:27 where you are down, and they look for a counterattack.
07:30 I think that's a merit, to avoid counterattacks.
07:33 I think Rudiger's game was outstanding.
07:37 They did well in the back,
07:40 because we didn't have any danger.
07:43 Carlos, I'm Martin from Hockey Diario.
07:47 The game against José Lu,
07:50 which is the first time he's missed a goal as a Madrid player,
07:52 in the Santiago Bernabéu.
07:53 I wanted to ask you, José Lu,
07:55 how much does the squad improve,
07:57 how is it, how does it fight?
07:59 And taking into account where it comes from,
08:01 that maybe that figure is missing,
08:03 what improves the team right now?
08:05 I think it's quite evident that it improves
08:08 in the air game.
08:11 We are more dangerous than before,
08:15 because it's not just José Lu,
08:18 but the arrival of Bellingham from the second line
08:20 is another important option.
08:22 When we get to the centre,
08:24 something can happen.
08:26 It happened today,
08:28 in the first minute,
08:30 a header out of the blue,
08:32 in the second half, a post.
08:34 So, the danger in the air ball
08:38 is there.
08:40 Good evening, Pablo Polo de Marca.
08:44 Today, Juan Modric, as he said yesterday,
08:46 then in the second half, Kroos came on.
08:48 It gives the feeling that
08:50 it's going to be very difficult
08:52 to do that generational relief
08:54 that we talked about last year,
08:56 last season, and that you also want to do.
08:58 But it gives the feeling that
09:00 it's going to be complicated,
09:02 because it still brings a lot.
09:04 Obviously, yes.
09:08 This is a topic...
09:14 I don't say complicated,
09:18 I don't say complicated,
09:20 I say it's a good topic.
09:22 Because if you have 11...
09:24 If you have a...
09:26 a lot of midfielders,
09:28 they're all very good.
09:30 I can't think of
09:32 a midfielder
09:34 from the squad I have
09:36 staying on the bench four or five games in a row.
09:38 Because that doesn't make sense.
09:40 I think that
09:42 each one can contribute.
09:44 Whether they do it from the start of the game,
09:46 whether they do it in the second half,
09:48 it doesn't matter.
09:50 I think that
09:52 it's not so easy
09:54 for a player to understand that he's not going to play.
09:56 But it's not so complicated
09:58 to understand that in the second half
10:00 he can contribute more.
10:02 Because, as we said before,
10:06 you're going to find
10:08 a rival who's a little more tired,
10:10 who has less energy.
10:12 But in the second half,
10:14 he can contribute more.
10:16 We'll take the last two questions.
10:18 Hi, Carlo. This is Abraham Romero from El Mundo.
10:20 Xoameni said
10:22 in Zona Mixta that he'll have to talk to you
10:24 because he said City
10:26 is the Champions League's favourite.
10:28 Camavinga also said
10:30 that Madrid is his favourite.
10:32 Is mental strength
10:34 the team's greatest virtue
10:36 or are you too crazy to think
10:38 they're the favourites and not the current champions?
10:40 How do you manage all of this?
10:42 I think that
10:44 saying we're favourites
10:46 or not doesn't mean anything.
10:48 It doesn't mean anything
10:50 because I don't think it makes much sense.
10:52 Because every game,
10:54 like today's, you have to fight,
10:56 and I think saying
10:58 we're favourites
11:00 doesn't mean anything and doesn't take anything away.
11:02 So it's better to think about other things.
11:04 Last question.
11:06 Hi, Mr. Fernando Sánchez
11:08 for El Diario AS.
11:10 I wanted to ask you about Brahim.
11:12 What do you think about his start to the season?
11:14 Because every minute he has, he's contributing a lot.
11:16 And if he continues like this,
11:18 do you think he'll give him more chances?
11:20 One of the players has been affected
11:22 in this first part of the season,
11:24 more than another, because every time
11:26 he's played, whether it's five minutes or ten minutes,
11:28 he's contributed
11:30 to the team's qualities.
11:32 Obviously, the idea
11:34 is to give him more minutes.
11:36 Thank you very much.
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