Ancelotti: The season is still long, and our problem is clear

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti appeared in a press conference, to talk about tomorrow’s confrontation against Real Betis, in the fourth round of the Spanish League.

The coach said: “ I think the fans will help us. We want to show our best version after a fairly complicated match against Las Palmas. The team is motivated to play well again and stay as strong as we were before.”

He added: “Are you worried about the state of the team? Feeling anxious is not a bad feeling, but rather it means that you care about the problem you are facing. We faced a problem in the last few matches, and we did not have a cohesive bloc, and we must improve it through work.” The best collective. We all agree on this. The players believe the same thing. When the problem is clear, it is very easy to solve.

Wazza: “It is not very complicated. We have to defend better and this is a collective commitment and attitude. We have to work together to defend better and recover the ball. The statistics indicate that we have not conceded many goals in five matches, but the feeling is that the competing teams are playing with us a lot between the lines We have to solve it and we will do that.”

He stressed: “What affected us the most is that we were not able to play to our best. The season is very long. It is clear that we are not happy, but not because we are four points behind, but because we are not performing as expected of us.”

And he continued: “Kylian Mbappe is playing well.” Very good, he hasn't scored goals but he's dangerous, he's adapting well, no problem. Defensive work must be more collective, and it is clear that attackers are less involved in this work.”

He noted: “Criticism here is normal, we are not worried about that. We will have criticism until May sometimes. Regardless of what happens.”

He added: “The partnership between Mbappe and Vinicius is good, but it is clear that we can play better and faster, but we score goals in every match. They will adapt.” Mbappe and Fini will communicate better with passes from that time on. Fini and Mbappe alternate in the left wing position, but Vinicius plays more in this position.”

He concluded:” Penalty kicks? It is better to give the responsibility to implement it to both Mbappé and Vinicius, so I prefer that they decide on the field because I have great confidence in them. It will depend on how they are in the matches.”