In his interview with The teamCarlo Ancelotti returns to a last season marked by defensive difficulties and many injured. He evokes the impact of these absences on the composition of the team and the way in which they influenced the establishment of a solid collective, while highlighting the efforts and adaptation of the players confronted with these constraints. The Italian coach recognizes that it was terribly stressful as a season.
“”It was complicated. We did not obtain the desired successes. We also deplored too many defense injuries and it was difficult to set up a solid team and support the offensive quality we had. Militao, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal… that makes a lot of important players. There were matches where we only had two real defenders and one of them, Raul Asencio, just out of the training center, even if he was good».
