Ancelotti after the defeat against Barcelona in the Super Cup Final: “We were knowing before the match”

Carlo Ancelotti expressed his disappointment after Real Madrid lost 3-1 to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final, which was held on Sunday evening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Italian coach admitted at the beginning: “We are not well.”

And he added in the press conference after the match: “The problem is that this loss was not due to poor performance, but rather it was individual mistakes, and we played a very bad match and the opposite of what was expected in a final match.”

He continued, “Don’t worry, we will come back stronger. We’ve made a lot of mistakes lately. Barcelona played better today and that’s it. We have many defensive problems, unlike last season, and we have to work on this matter well, because it was noticeable in the last matches, and that cost us the final today.”

And he continued: “When you concede 3 goals, obviously you have to change something and fix this. We are very saddened by this loss. At Real Madrid you always have to win finals and that’s what we’re used to, but today was not our day.

And he added, “We are in pain because Real Madrid usually wins the finals, and the fans are used to that, as well as the players here, but we lost today because we were not at our best and we suffered a lot.”

On the reason for the defeat, Ancelotti said: “The team was not united and strong in pressing the opponent, and it was not successful in passing the balls in the attack. We lost almost all the duels against Barcelona, ​​and this does not make me happy because this is not the level of Real Madrid.”

He also improved on what he would do to correct the mistakes: “Now I have to think about what I need to do to improve the defense because it is a big problem and it has caused us damage in the last matches. contracts? I do not know, and I answered this question earlier, but I do not know what might happen.

And about how the players felt after the defeat: “The players are very sad right now. They are used to winning and I understand that. But I’m sure we’ll be back better. Real Madrid always comes back and does not give up, and it is normal for setbacks to occur, and you must learn from them in order to come back better again.”

In response to a question: When Real Madrid plays against Barcelona, ​​it loses with great results? Ancelotti replied: “No, that is not the way it is. They won a game like we did in La Liga and we won against them. Football sometimes wins and loses, and this is normal between two teams the size of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​and things are not calculated in this way.

In a message to the fans, he said: “The match was decided by the mistakes we made (individual mistakes). I will work to improve this situation better. do not worry”.

Ancelotti admitted he had expected defeat, saying: “It’s a difficult moment. We don’t have to do many things. We already knew before the game that we weren’t at our best. Today we saw the problems we are already suffering from, and we missed two achieved goals. It’s a crushing blow. But by the way, we will be back.”