Real Madrid won the important game against Athletic Bilbao! The team dominated Athletic for a whole game.
The coach is very proud of the team
Proud of this team repeated the players and the Real Madrid coach at the end of the match against Athletic, the one that certifies that virtual winter championship, but above all a fortress tested for viruses and injuries. Nobody from the Madrid entity has questioned the team’s participation in the last matches in the middle of the outbreak of covid 19 in Valdebebas. “We will play with those who are and with the quarry, that is what it is for”, they affirmed from the club days ago when the casualties were multiplying. And football has proved the Madrid leaders right.
Ancelotti speaking about Real Madrid
Ancelotti served as spokesperson for Real Madrid during the week. Not a complaint about the casualties. On the contrary, he said it was a good time to see what the squad was capable of. The result is there, three points and a great response from everyone, including Peter, a kid from the quarry who in just ten minutes had a chance and attended, showing impudence and that desire that those who look out from the lower categories always have. The Italian coach has not taken refuge at any time in the specific circumstances of each game. Since the day he returned to Valdebebas he has defended the squad and his only objective has been to prepare everyone equally for when he had to pull unusual players. He did it with Mariano at the time, then with Jovic and in San Mamés he again made it clear that he knows what he has in hand and how far they can go. And that is why he does not hesitate to end the year imbued with happiness for what his players have done. This barrage of casualties allowed Hazard to return to the starting position and feel part of a team that seemed lost.