Carlo Ancelotti stated his Actual Madrid gamers “had been struggling” throughout their document sixth UEFA Tremendous Cup conquer Atalanta on Wednesday.
Ancelotti watched on as his aspect struggled within the opening exchanges, registering simply three pictures within the first-half with an anticipated objectives (xG) whole of 0.38.
Madrid’s greatest likelihood within the first 45 minutes noticed Rodrygo rattle the crossbar, however a much-improved show after the interval noticed Federico Valverde and Kylian Mbappe strike to safe the win.
Ancelotti, who drew degree with Miguel Munoz because the Madrid coach with essentially the most titles (14), was delighted with the end result, however acknowledged the problem of the encounter.
“It’s an honour and a privilege to reside these nights right here,” Ancelotti stated. “We had been struggling, combating and successful too.
“We suffered a bit within the first half, as a result of Atalanta pressed loads and play very properly defensively. They received extra duels than us and we had extra difficulties.
“The sport opened up a bit within the second half, they felt drained and we had more room. With that house, Rodrygo, Vinicius and Mbappe are very harmful.”
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Ancelotti’s success in Warsaw was his fifth within the Tremendous Cup, taking him away from Pep Guardiola (4), with three of these titles coming with Los Blancos.
However a lot of the noise surrounded Mbappe’s debut, turning into the primary Madrid participant to attain on his aggressive debut for the membership since Jude Bellingham did so towards Athletic Bilbao 12 months in the past.
Mbappe contributed 44 objectives and 10 assists in his ultimate season with Paris Saint-Germain and focused a haul of fifty in his debut season in Madrid, with Ancelotti believing the Frenchman can surpass that whole.
“He has the standard to attain loads of objectives, greater than 50,” Ancelotti stated after full-time.
“We’ve got to search for the stability of the workforce and at this time we had it, though within the first half the sport was troublesome. However the workforce performed an incredible sport defensively.”
Madrid now flip their consideration to the opening match of their 2024-25 La Liga marketing campaign. Ancelotti and his gamers head to Son Moix on Sunday, the place they are going to tackle Mallorca.
