This time, Real Madrid could not do anything. Eight days after the slap received on the lawn of the Emirates Stadium during the first leg, the Merengues were left for a new humiliation, this time at home. While they dreamed of a comeback, the Madrilenians were indeed beaten before their audience (1-2) and never seemed able to overthrow the situation as hoped for.
Questioned at the end of the meeting, Carlo Ancelotti easily recognized the superiority of the Gunners. “If we are honest, even if this evening we were much better in terms of intensity, we must accept and recognize that Arsenal was superior on the two matches. They defended very well and we had difficulty finding spaces ”he thus entrusted at a press conference in remarks relayed by L'Equipe.
And the Italian coach then pointing the finger at the shortcomings of his team. “Even if at the attitude level, the team gave everything she could tonight, it was not the case all the time this season. Compared to last season, we have sometimes sinned in the collective attitude ”, He launched, regretting once again the lack of defensive investment of his attackers.
“The club can decide to want to change”
Unsurprisingly, Carlo Ancelotii is on the saddle at the end of this elimination from the quarter -finals. Especially since Real is also distant in La Liga, four points behind Barça, and will not be a favorite of the King's Cup final against the Blaugrana. “If we consider that I am the only guilty of this elimination, I don't care, he objected on this subject. What interests me is to prepare the next Liga match well and win the King's Cup. ”
Asked about his future, Carlo Ancelotti already seems to be preparing at the end of his adventure at Real. “I don't know and I don't want to know. The club can decide to want to change. It can happen, I don't know, he blown. It can happen at the end of the season or next season. But there is no problem. The day it stops here, I would only do one thing: say thank you. Whether tomorrow, in a month or a year. Nothing more. But I never thought that I was no longer the appropriate coach for this team. »»
