“The head coach of “Vershkovy” shared his thoughts after the game with “Swabians”.”, — write: champions.football.ua
The head coach of “Vershkovy” shared his thoughts after the game with “Swabians”.
“We are still trying to find a better version of ourselves. We started the game badly and the opponent won the tackles and took control of the game. We scored early in the second half but he was able to equalize and we had enough strength to sacrifice ourselves and win the game. If anyone thinks that winning matches in the Champions League is easy, then they are wrong.
I played over 200 games in this tournament and I don’t remember a single game without suffering. Real Madrid know very well what it means to win the Champions League with suffering. We have won the last two Champions Leagues by defending well and using the speed of those in front. We need to work more on possession, but we must never forget that the easiest way to cause damage is to get as close to the opponent’s goal as possible.
Last year we won the first game against Union Berlin in the 95th minute and suffered a lot. Same against Getafe. There is nothing new in suffering. In such matches you have to fight, compete and suffer.
You have to choose between building a football or a vertical game. The onus is on the coach who prefers to play vertically. There are times when you have to build and sometimes you have to play direct because we have very fast strikers.
Endrik had courage because the best decision was to take advantage of three to one, but he was convinced to score and he did it very well because the ultimate goal is to score. It was the most difficult decision, but it turned out very well. He is able to do what no one can think of. No one thought that he would bat in such a situation. He has this gift that is very effective and you can see in training that he has something special. It is very effective, with a very strong and very fast impact. I don’t get into his personal life. All I can say is that in these two days he has shown himself to be very brave in every way.
Thibaut Courtois is definitely the best goalkeeper in the world, but I’ve had high-level goalkeepers before. At the moment, Courtois is the best of them all.
A replacement for Lucas Vazquez? The defenders had a lot of duels, and Lucas was already on the card. I preferred to avoid the risk. The defenders worked well at the back. They could have played better in attack,” the club’s press service quotes Ancelotti as saying.
On Football.ua video review of the match Real Madrid – Stuttgart is available for viewing.