Carlo Ancelotti post-match interview after Braga Champions League win
The Italian coach spoke to the press after Real Madrid secured their ticket to the round of 16 in the Champions League with a win over Braga.
Real Madrid secured their passage to the round of 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-0 win over Portuguese side Braga in Group C.
Goals from Brahim, Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo sealed all three points in a game which could have turned out very differently had Lunin not saved an early penalty for the hosts. Real Madrid were without Jude Bellingham due to injury but in their end their quality showed and they did not miss the Englishman who had scored 13 goals in 14 games.
After the win over Braga, Carlo Ancelotti spoke to the press and summarised the game in simple terms, calling it “good” and saying he was “happy”. The manager admitted that after the penalty, Madrid “took control and in the second half we transitioned well”.
The name of Brahim was on everyone’s lips ahead of kick-off as the starting XI revealed that he would play in the ‘Bellingham role’, just behind a front two. Ancelotti characterised his game as having “enormous quality and sacrifice. He could have played more over these months, it’s true. But Bellingham was in his position. Today he replaced him well.”
Ancelotti admitted that he may well have have been unfair with Brahim, saying that “there’s no problem saying it, for pointing out that he could have had more minutes”.
Before the game, ex-Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué had set social media ablaze, saying that “nobody will remember Real Madrid’s last Champions League”. Ancelotti was asked about these quotes and responded by saying that Piqué “lives in his own world, one that’s not the world of Real Madrid. I assure him that not one single Real Madrid fan has
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