"Even if you're the best team in the world, you can lose"
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti said on Wednesday that he was "very calm", with "a lot of faith", but that on Wednesday "the worries" will come: "Bad thoughts start to arrive, that Haaland might score, that De Bruyne might score from far out...".
"You've got to think that Vinicius will come up with a good dribble, that Benzema will be on point in the box... You've got to be positive, not negative. For a club like Real Madrid it's quite normal, but it's not easy to get somewhere like here", he said in the press conference.
"Courage and personality are very important in games like this, because the press is really high. Even if you're the best side in the world, you may not win, because here, just quality isn't enough, you've got to have character, personality", Carlo Ancelotti added who, like Pep had said before, spoke about his legacy on his side.
The Italian firmly denied speaking about a possible penalty shootout: "We're not thinking about that, because thinking about it would be wrong. Penalties in a semi-final or a final is uselss, it's very difficult to replicate it on the training pitch. We're not thinking about it, we're thinking about winning the game".
May 16, 2023
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