Ancelotti on Madrid form and injuries before admitting he is an Everton fan ahead of Liverpool game
26/11/2024
Anfield stadium, Liverpool, UK
26/11/2024
Anfield stadium, Liverpool, UK
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00:00We'll begin now the press conference with the coach.
00:10Please remember to identify yourself, and it's one question per journalist.
00:15We'll begin now with the coach.
00:17Please remember, it's one question per journalist.
00:19Please identify yourself, and it's one question per journalist.
00:30Hello, coach.
00:32I'm VĂctor Calero, live from Real Madrid TV.
00:34Tomorrow you'll play Real Madrid and Liverpool,
00:36or what is the same, 21 Champions League, 21 European Cup on the pitch.
00:41Which do you think are the keys to this game?
00:45Well, it's going to be a very entertaining game,
00:49as it has always been for Real Madrid and Liverpool,
00:53the historic clubs of this competition.
00:57Each one has its own characteristics,
00:59as a team,
01:01and we'll see who has the character,
01:03the personality, to impose these characteristics.
01:07Liverpool is always a very, very competitive team,
01:11very, very dangerous.
01:14Before with Klopp,
01:16and currently with the new manager,
01:18they're just as dangerous,
01:20just as entertaining.
01:26Could we just ask about Vinicius injury?
01:30At the end of the game,
01:32it seemed like he was OK.
01:34He had a run in the last minute of the game.
01:36How is he?
01:38He's injured, got injured towards the end of the game.
01:41It's not important when Vinicius got injured,
01:43it's important that he got injured.
01:45It's not so important that Vinicius is injured.
01:47The important thing is that he gets well soon,
01:49he recovers quickly,
01:51and think who is going to replace him,
01:53and who will be featuring in the games in between time.
01:57Hello, how are you, Mr. Javier Rai, from Cadena Ser.
01:59It's been talked about why Mbappé played less,
02:03Vinicius played the whole game.
02:05Are those things about football,
02:07or in the end, when Mbappé played last minute,
02:10this happens in football,
02:12when you play to the national teams earlier in the week,
02:14what do you think about when that happens,
02:16the injury?
02:18I think that,
02:20with a lot of advice today,
02:22after the event,
02:24he's played 1,300 games,
02:26and made lots of changes in that experience.
02:29I've played 1,300 games,
02:31and made lots of changes in that experience.
02:41How are you, Mr. Andrés Rubio,
02:43from Televisión Española.
02:47I wanted to ask you,
02:49you said on various occasions
02:51that you were still training
02:53and achieving lots of things,
02:55but I wanted to ask you
02:58how are you, Carlo Ancelotti?
03:00I'm fine, as is the team.
03:02I think the last two games
03:04have gone very well.
03:06We've found a good level of play,
03:08we're more solid,
03:10we have good feelings,
03:12and we have the same confidence
03:14as always for this game,
03:16against a very demanding opponent
03:18who is playing very well.
03:20But we have confidence,
03:22we consider it a great opportunity
03:24for us,
03:27to show what we can do,
03:29and I have total confidence
03:31that it's going to be a great game.
03:37We don't know what's going to happen,
03:39but I know the team will be ready
03:41and we'll be competitive,
03:43that's the main thing.
03:45The other day,
03:47Valverde played a right back
03:49in Leganes,
03:51and after Lucas and Carvajal,
03:53he was the best right back in the world,
03:56I don't know if he's going to continue
03:58Valverde or try Lucas,
04:00what are you going to do with Carvajal?
04:02Valverde played really well,
04:04I don't have any doubts about him
04:06in that position.
04:08That was an emergency,
04:10he was forced into it.
04:12Lucas came back
04:14in training yesterday,
04:16there'll be another training session now,
04:18he's an option.
04:20It is a possibility
04:22that,
04:25we didn't have that chance
04:27to play either of them.
04:54I think we have to wait a little bit,
04:56because it's a new competition,
04:58a new phase of the group,
05:00it's a little bit different
05:02to the others.
05:04Talking about the game of tomorrow,
05:06I think it will still be
05:08a fantastic game,
05:10an important game.
05:12We have to make points,
05:14this is very true,
05:16we have to be able
05:18in these four games
05:20until the end of this phase
05:22we have to try to reach
05:24the most possible points,
05:26to be in a good position
05:28at the table.
05:30I don't know if we are able to reach
05:32the first eight,
05:34it could be good,
05:36but we lost two games,
05:38so it will not be easy,
05:40but we have to try to make points.
05:44Carlo, good to see you back on Merseyside.
05:48Obviously a lot of the talk around Merseyside...
05:50Oh, sorry, Vinny from Sky Sports.
05:52But a lot of the talk
05:54around Merseyside has been
05:56about the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
05:58Are you able to tell us how concrete
06:00the interest is in Trent
06:02from Real Madrid, and aside from that,
06:04you said to me before the Champions League
06:06final in Paris, tomorrow is a derby.
06:08Is that again how you feel about this game,
06:10and if so, why do you still feel that way?
06:12I'm sorry, but I cannot
06:14think about Alexander-Arnold,
06:16he's not my player.
06:18I have a good memory
06:20of Everton, of course,
06:22but I consider Liverpool
06:24as usual, with a lot of respect.
06:26It's a fantastic club,
06:28fantastic supporters,
06:30but I'm still
06:32an Evertonian.
06:42Hi Carlo, good afternoon.
06:44Miguel Ăngel DĂaz from Cadena Cope.
06:46I've noticed
06:48you're upset about the answer
06:50you gave before.
06:52No, I'm not upset.
06:54A few months ago you said
06:56that your players must be responsible
06:58and that when they're tired
07:00they must raise their hands.
07:02I'm not saying that just because of Vinicius,
07:04but I wanted to ask you
07:06if a player feels
07:08any discomfort,
07:10if Vinicius was feeling something
07:12when he was playing.
07:14I think
07:16nowadays players
07:18are very professional.
07:20I know it sounds not right,
07:22and they cannot
07:24give the staff
07:26a guide as to whether
07:28they feel fit to play.
07:30I was talking about
07:32a really valid professional player.
07:34We would check on players
07:36to check their fitness levels
07:38if they're ready to play on Sunday.
07:40We need them to Valverde
07:42and Vinicius were both fit to play.
07:44And that's it.
07:46Sometimes players
07:48can get injured during games,
07:50even when you're prepared and know
07:52that they were fit to start.
07:54We all know why.
07:56Because there are too many games.
07:58Hi Carlos,
08:00Mike Stewart here, TalkSport International.
08:02Liverpool and Real Madrid have met many times
08:04in the Champions League over the last few years,
08:06including a couple of finals,
08:08but Liverpool haven't been able to win any of those games.
08:10Obviously the two teams are expecting
08:12to be in the latter stages,
08:14but do you think a win in this game can influence it?
08:16If perhaps you do see each other
08:18in the later stages again this season?
08:22I think it's an important game.
08:24Every victory gives you
08:26more confidence and more belief
08:28in the future, of course.
08:30Liverpool is doing
08:32really well until now, better than us
08:34in the domestic competition.
08:36But now we are back
08:38and we hope to
08:40play a good game
08:42tomorrow with a strong rival.
08:44But for the future,
08:46it's too far.
08:48The end of the season is too far.
08:50And hopefully,
08:52we hope to be there, as usual.
08:56Hi Carlos, how are you?
08:58Fernando Burgos, Onda Acero.
09:00You said that you don't know
09:02why players get injured.
09:04In three months,
09:06your team has had 11 muscle injuries.
09:08Vinny said yesterday,
09:10the crazy calendar.
09:12Is there more than the crazy calendar
09:14in which your team has had 11 muscle injuries
09:16in three months?
09:18Yes, we have had seven cruciate injuries.
09:20I think that,
09:22yeah, we have had muscular injuries,
09:24but cruciate injuries as well.
09:28It's a bit of a complicated thing
09:30to try and think about.
09:32It's not just a problem in Real Madrid,
09:34it's a general problem.
09:36In football, in England,
09:38I've got a high amount of injuries.
09:42I think that everyone
09:44deals with their situation
09:46differently,
09:48different methodologies,
09:50different ways of dealing with them.
09:52We just have to
09:54put up with it
09:56and make do with the situation.
09:58I think,
10:00like we did last year,
10:02this is a great opportunity
10:04for us to keep being
10:06the best team.
10:08I don't think
10:10the latest injuries
10:12of Lucas Vasquez
10:14and me,
10:16Val,
10:18and the others,
10:20has changed the dynamic
10:22of the team.
10:24I don't think it's a coincidence
10:26that you had said a few weeks ago
10:28that you had found a solution
10:30to the team's problems.
10:32Obviously, in the last two games,
10:34the team has looked much better.
10:36Courtois and Lunen haven't had to face
10:38a shot on goal,
10:40so you've been able to limit
10:42the transition opportunities.
10:44Jude earlier was saying that
10:46it's the attention to details
10:48that have made a difference.
10:50I'm curious to know what you think
10:52those attention to details are.
10:55I think the difference
10:57was that we were able
10:59to play
11:01more compact
11:03together
11:05with the collective effort
11:07and sacrifice.
11:09That was the key
11:11tomorrow and also
11:13in the next games.
11:15Two last questions.
11:25This is the Champions League,
11:27the best European competition.
11:29It's a very difficult
11:31and complicated field.
11:33How do you see this game?
11:35I see a mature player
11:37with personality.
11:39I don't see him
11:41too nervous.
11:43He's always well-focused.
11:45He's done well
11:47in the last two games.
11:51I'm sure
11:54he's going to have a good performance tomorrow.
11:59Hi Carlo.
12:01You mentioned you're still in Evertonian.
12:03The club have had a few problems
12:05since you left
12:07a few years ago.
12:09Did you envisage what would happen at Everton?
12:11How much do you hope for the future
12:13of the club?
12:17Of course I follow Everton,
12:19what happened with the club,
12:21but call me
12:23tomorrow after the game
12:25and I will talk to you about this.