Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti didn’t really like the decision to award Napoli a penalty on Tuesday night after a cross bounced off and hit the veteran defender’s arm. Rudi Garcia, his counterpart, believes that his team can also complain.
Nacho has had a tough few days after being condemned by fans and media for his horrific move on Portu against Girona, before playing a crucial role in Napoli’s equalizer.
Rudi Garcia believes Real Madrid should not have benefited from the corner that led to Fede Valverde’s strike and Alex Meret’s own goal.
“I won’t talk about the refereeing, there are two doubtful episodes, one per team. There was a foul on Olivera before the corner which made the score 2-3. Ancelotti will talk about the penalty, we will talk about it.”
Asked how Napoli had planned to deal with the threat of Jude Bellingham in the centre, Garcia told Diario AS that he had wanted his team to force Los Blancos to widen their field of play.
“We didn’t protect the axis of the team enough, we had to close the center with the wingers and midfielders, leaving Madrid to play on the wings. We lost a duel through bad luck, the ball passed between the legs of Ostigard, who had a good game and scored the goal.”
