The goal disallowed against Real Madrid at Mestalla at the last moment and the red card for Bellingham flew over the press conference for Real Madrid’s preview against Lepizig, in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 that the whites face tomorrow, Wednesday. at the Bernabéu with the 0-1 advantage they brought from Germany. “I don’t need to talk to Bellingham about what happened. He is a player who tries to give everything on the field. The red card was wrong. He was frustrated but he didn’t insult him,” said Carlo Ancelotti. Asked about the referee of the match, the Italian Davide Massa, the coach was conclusive: “I would like not to have to think about the referee after the games.”
Ancelotti is not sure if it is good for referees to appear after matches to explain their decisions: “The truth is that I don’t know what is better or worse. I don’t know if it is good for referees to have to explain… there are better people than me to say what is best for them.”
Despite the 0-1 in the first leg, the Real Madrid coach is not confident: “We know how dangerous they are and we are prepared. They are very dangerous especially in transitions. Rüdiger is back. Only a complete game will make us win.”
And he added: “We are facing an important opportunity to continue in a special competition for us. We have to bring out our best version. The tie is not over.”
The coach did not want to give clues about the lineup and whether the second center back will be Nacho or Tchouaméni: “I’m not going to give clues. Nacho has the same opportunity to start as a starter.” Nor is he worried about Rodrygo’s scoring drought: “It’s good “For what he contributes to the team, for what he does for the team. If it hasn’t worried us before, it won’t now.”
Ancelotti once again defended Real Madrid TV and its videos against the referees: “That is freedom of expression. Real Madrid TV expresses an opinion, as you do.”
Eduardo Camavinga spoke after the Italian coach, who showed his surprise at the disallowed goal against his team in Mestalla: “I don’t understand this sanction against Bellingham and the other thing is very strange, I had never seen it in football. Very, very strange.”
The French midfielder denied having spoken with Mbappé: “Do you want me to tell you the truth? I haven’t spoken to him. He is a PSG player and I don’t know what he is going to do next season.”
