Carlo Ancelotti admitted that he was disappointed with the performance of his merengue team on the occasion of the American tour.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti calls his team’s pre-season tour of the United States disappointing.
Ancelotti admits there is work to do
The Merengue ended their journey in the land of Uncle Sam with a loss against Juventus on Wednesday evening. Ancelotti said after this game: “The team showed two sides. We have to improve on the defensive side. The team is not used to defending with a diamond. Especially in the last two games. Lowering the block can be a solution. I keep the positive. The opportunities we had, the fragility, it’s problematic.
However, Ancelotti does not overwhelm his troops: “ In pre-season it can happen that we are not right. Because the team is tired and we have traveled a lot”.
And as for the absence of a killer at the forefront since the departure of Karim Benzema, he said: “The freshness that a striker must have at the end, we don’t have that at the moment. Today Vinicius handled the post very well, sometimes on the outside and sometimes on the inside, and scored a fantastic goal. I saw a lot of good things. At the offensive level there is no problem, at the defensive level we have to improve”.
“I give a 6 to the pre-season. There are things to try in this period. I think what we need to fix is pretty obvious,” Carletto concluded.
