Benzema’s replacement flamed, Ancelotti under the spell

It was an inevitably delighted Carlo Ancelotti who spoke after his crew’s success within the derby towards Atlético Madrid (2-1). “Very joyful after successful the derby, very joyful clearly. We had the double benefit with 0-2 and we had been capable of defend effectively. The thought was to be effectively again and play vertically with balls between the strains. That’s how the 2 targets got here and we accepted that with 0-2 it was time to defend, that was sufficient. »

However Carlo Ancelotti above all displayed his satisfaction at holding Rodrygo, superb this night on the forefront, a superb alternative for Karim Benzema on the forefront of the assault.

“He’s clever, he is aware of the best way to get out of it very effectively and he has a whole lot of high quality. His purpose was improbable. As a result of high quality he has, he can play in any place. He’s not used to taking part in indoors, however he’s so good he learns quick. »

A satisfaction shared by Rodrygo himself who displayed all his pleasure at having succeeded in offering such a profitable efficiency.

“I’ve all the time had confidence, however final season I scored extra late targets and now I’m scoring early too. I’ve simply had an excellent season and I need to proceed like this. It’s inconceivable to exchange Benzema, however I’m attempting and I believe it’s going effectively. Though I need to say that I do various things from him, we modified the type of play a bit.