“The medicine for Mbappé is to be patient”

The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, has assured that despite the defeat the “approach” of the Champions League match against Liverpool (2-0) “was good”, although the result was fair, and he has recognized that It is possible that the French forward Kylian Mbappé lacks “a little confidence”, but he asks him to be “patient” because this way he will “get out” of his current situation.

“Today’s game was not a decisive game; if we had won it would also be very difficult to reach the top eight. We have to reach the first 24 places, as high as possible, and we will arrive in the first 24. And we will compete again in the ‘Champions League’ as in past years,” he declared at a press conference, where he stated that “the approach has been good.”

Furthermore, the Italian coach considered the result in Alfield to be fair. “To be honest, the result is correct, Liverpool deserved to win because they have a good dynamic at the moment, they are plugged in, they play with intensity. We held up very well in the first half, we did the approach well, we defended well , trying to look for opportunities in transitions,” he said.

“We made some decisions in the last pass, but the team competed and fought until the penalty, where the game could have been tied. I think the team competed well, I stick with this. We have to continue like this, this is the path of the team, which has become competitive again, to fight, to sacrifice. Obviously, there are things that we have to improve, and we are going to improve them,” he continued.

On the other hand, he did admit that Kylian Mbappé, who missed a penalty this Wednesday, “may lack a little confidence.” “Sometimes, when you have a moment in which things don’t work out for you, it becomes a little more complicated when you have to play simple. I think now is a bit of that moment, but this moment passes. You can’t judge a player by a missed penalty, he has scored a lot of penalties and sometimes it can happen that you miss a penalty,” he indicated.

“It has happened to me many times that, especially with forwards, there are moments when it is difficult for them to score, when they are disappointed. There is a medicine, which is to be patient. It is a difficult moment for him, especially today, after the penalty failed. Everyone has to support it, it will be out soon,” he said. “Let him work, let him continue fighting and fighting, the moment will pass. He is working well, he is adapting well, things are not working out for him, and at this moment you have to be patient because he is an extraordinary player,” he added. .

He was also satisfied with the work done this Wednesday by Arda Güler and Brahim Díaz. “Brahim has performed in a position that helped us a lot in the pressure, because he swung between Van Dijk and the pivot. Arda has also done a good defensive job; he could be more successful, because he has the quality, especially in some transitions, of make a more appropriate decision. He is young, he just lacks experience,” he stressed.

Finally, Ancelotti did not want to make excuses for the plague of injuries they are suffering this season. “Last year was not very different, we also had this type of problems. Today another player has fallen, we have to endure the moment. Today Camavinga has fallen, the next game I hope Rodrygo and Tchouaméni can return. It is a difficult moment and “We have to endure. We have the experience of last year, which went well, I hope it can go well this year too,” he concluded.