Losing the game in the last few seconds
It feels like a bomb that causes a long silence. Of seconds that seem like minutes. Because nobody expected that Ancelotti, in the runrún of the league debacle, would sow doubt about the VAR. “We are going to Madrid with doubts about the offside (of Asensio). In the Club World Cup, with the semi-automatic, everything seems clearer. Today I am left with the doubt”. Two more questions and he was gone. Xavi was caught by surprise by the event: “Ancelotti surprises me.” But so it was. The Italian coach, when asked about the League options, was concise: “We are going to fight.” And he made it clear that he is satisfied with his team’s game: “We did very well; we did not deserve to lose”.
How did the club give up?
“We are further behind than before and it is even more difficult, but we are going to play until the last game. The drawing has not changed with the changes, only the individual characteristics: cards, fatigue… the game was won”.
Do you regret not making the changes sooner?
“The first part was very good, so it was absurd. I made changes in 60′, when they were needed”. Sad, but proud. We have to keep fighting.” It took him 15 minutes to make the triple change. Why not before? “Because making five changes in the 60′ seems too much to me! I went for something more offensive at the end. It was a complete game and we didn’t win because… there is an offside that we still have doubts about. We are going to Madrid with her”.