Carlo Ancelotti thought Real Madrid had learned the lesson from the 4-0 at Bernabéu against Flick's. However, the thrashing has been repeated, this time in the Super Cup final.
The balance now with Barça this season is 9-2 in two matches. At the end of the match, Ancelotti shared his impressions in front of Movistar's cameras:
-"It's been a bad night, we're sad like all our fans. It's a disappointment, there's no hiding it, but this is soccer.
"Sometimes you're able to win and sometimes you have to learn from defeat. We have to look ahead, there's nothing else, we just have to look ahead."
- "We defended poorly, this hurt us in the match, they found the goals easily. We didn't defend well in the high press or in the low block."
What Ancelotti Told Them at Halftime
"At halftime, I told them to try to play soccer because in the first half we didn't play soccer. We played long balls but that wasn't the idea, the idea was to play and we didn't play.
I told them that you can lose matches but not in the way we played in the first half."
He Only Saves Mbappé
"Mbappé was the best. He played a good match, made very good plays, and scored a goal," he finally noted.
The players took responsibility for the result. No one dared raise their voice or answer back to the coach.
They were aware they had disappointed their coach. Real Madrid lost to Barça because they did nothing to win.
Later, in a press conference, Ancelotti said:
-“We have to look at reality. We didn't defend well. They scored the goals very easily."
-“I don't take anything from this match. It was a very good match for Mbappé. The rest must be forgotten to look forward.”
"With the Sending Off, I Thought about a Comeback"
-“I don't want to point fingers. They didn't defend well at the back. The team wasn't compact and we have to defend better.”
-“The match wasn't good from the first minute to the last. We had one more player and couldn't create plays. I'm hurt by the entire match.”
-“I thought thah, with the sending off we could try a comeback. I didn't think about anything else. Absolutely not”.
-“The match was about defending well. We defended poorly and Barcelona deserved to win. They were better than us.”