Real Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti admitted Thursday there was no excuse for his group’s sluggish begin to the La Liga season, regardless of salvaging a 1-1 draw in opposition to lowly Las Palmas with a late VinÃcius Jr. strike.
Ancelotti took duty, acknowledging that the group should enhance its cohesion and vowing to work more durable to raise its efficiency.
“It is clear that we are struggling to find the soundness of last season. But we must not look for excuses. The schedule is tight, and we have to recover quickly because on Sunday we have another game,” Ancelotti informed a news convention.
“I need to have a clearer strategy, to give the players more clarity in what I want. It’s costing us more than we thought. We have to work and concentrate on the path we want to take.”
After just one win in three matches to begin the season, final yr’s La Liga and Champions League winners, Real Madrid, are fourth within the standings with 5 factors, 4 behind leaders Barcelona.
Ancelotti was requested about Kylian Mbappe, who joined Madrid in July from Paris Saint-Germain however has but to attain in La Liga. The coach refused to criticize particular person gamers.
“Our game has been slow. There is not much mobility, and the strikers are receiving the ball with the opposing teams already close. When we don’t have the ball, we leave too many spaces between the lines,” Ancelotti mentioned.
“I don’t think it’s a mental problem because the team trains well. It’s just that sometimes you don’t find the best way to play. Things are not going well, and we have to fix it soon.”
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