Madrid’s Ancelotti: “The errors we’ve made, big one!”

Real Madrid’s trainer Carlo Ancelotti had a press conference before tomorrows match against Athletic Bilbao.

The match against Villarreal: “We took into account everything that happened in the match, of course. The reaction was very good. The return to playing effective soccer and changing the big mistakes we made in the first half. In these days we have evaluated everything, because there is no other way to do it. We can’t train, we just have to recover, watch videos to avoid mistakes. They have been quite clear and then evaluated and hopefully they will not be repeated.”

Facing the match against Bilbao: “Tomorrow is a difficult, complicated, very complicated match. We need a match like the second half, with intensity, ideas and, above all, not to give away what we have given away in recent matches.”

Veterans: “This squad is untouchable. There are players who give it everything like Ceballos and Asensio. Kroos and Modric are untouchable. That doesn’t mean they have to play in every game. But these players are making history and will continue to do so at this club.”

Players permanence in the team: “They‘ve shown that they can be decisive in matches and then it’s up to the coach to decide whether they should start from the beginning or come on later. I can see that the players are very motivated and they’ve shown it. We have to see what happens. There are players whose contracts are up this year, but they’re motivated. That doesn’t affect anything.”

Tchouameni incident: “He apologised publicly – to his teammates and the fans. He’s a young lad and may make mistakes.  That’s the end of the matter. We’ll get him back soon, for next week.”

Things to work on: “There’ve been some positioning mistakes, some misreads, sometimes the lines aren’t together, sometimes we don’t press when we have to. Soemtimes we take individual decisions that affect us and we have to control them. Our area is our friend, not an enemy. Whatever goes behind the lines is a danger and we have to control the back line before we press.”

Copa del Rey: “We want to play the best teams. That’s how the draws work. Atlético is a team we respect highly. It’ll be a great game because it’s a derby.”

Can Real Madrid redeem their self in the Copa del Rey from the Supercopa disaster? How will Real Madrid preform in the rest of the season?