Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid’s Spanish coach, revealed the extent of his team’s ability to achieve victory and always come back in matches, following the victory over Manchester City.
On the field of Al-Ittihad Stadium, City’s stronghold, the two teams tied positively with a score of one to the same, with Rodrigo Goes scoring for Real Madrid, while Kevin De Bruyne scored for the landowner.
Then the fiery confrontation between the two teams resorted to penalty kicks after the end of regular time and the two extra periods in a draw, with Los Blancos winning by 4 kicks to three.
Thus, the Spanish team reserved its place in the semi-finals of the 2023-2024 Champions League, setting up a fiery match with its German counterpart, Bayern Munich.
Carlo spoke during press statements after the match, saying: “We started well, then we defended, fought, suffered, and sacrificed ourselves. We wanted to play differently, but we dropped the blocks a lot and City had more control. “They always have more control, but I think we defended very well.”
He continued: “We have seen Real Madrid do this exercise several times. It is the shield that leads you to achieve the unexpected. In the penalty shootout we were convinced of qualifying. I like it when I see a team fighting and sacrificing. “To win here, it could only have been done this way.”
He added: “Guardiola congratulated us on qualifying and wished us success.” “He was a gentleman, as he always was, and as City are.”
He continued: “We are in very good condition. We do not suffer from any physical problems. The fatigue was great, but we have time to recover for Sunday. We will realize that we have done something very good. Everyone thought we were dead, but it happened. You can’t give them ‘Madrid is dead, because Madrid never dies’.
The Merengue coach concluded: “Defensively, we performed very well as we have the best defender in the world, Rudiger, and had it not been for his presence tonight, we could have been defeated.” “City creates a lot of problems for you and you have to deal with a lot of things defensively and we did that very well.”
Real Madrid striker and Seleção star Vinicius Junior also commented on his team’s qualification to the Champions League semi-finals after winning against Manchester City on penalties.
The Brazilian posted a tweet on his official account on the X website, commenting: “Here we are among the top 4 teams in Europe!!! once again!!! “It seems easy.”