Every day is a learning day for every team and its players and it proves every other day in contemporary soccer, especially when two heavyweights are in front of each other. Last Clasico was one such game that saw two mega giants clashing with other and expectedly or unexpectedly Barcelona overcame its arch rivals in a nail biting finish and sports media all over the world flooded with pros and cons of Real Madrid. The defeat could have easily forgotten had it come against anyone else but if such a triumph helped Barca sustain a comfortable four points edge in domestic front, it could mean a lot for defending champions who were amazing in the last season.
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti seems not in a hurry to draw any conclusion with just one lost, in fact, he is thoroughly confident that Real can still defend its European title along with sustaining a respectable position in La Liga. Calling the last Clasico defeat as the hardest to forget, 55-year-old Italian said, “The defeat was hard, but the sensations were good because they returned to play as we wanted and as we know. That will help us win more in the future. As I always say, the first objective is to reach the Champions League final and the second is overcome the opposition in the final.
“This Real Madrid has all the conditions to compete at all levels in all competitions, so the goal is to win.”
Moreover, he also talked about the remaining ten games of The Primera División and if it can witness a turnaround and added, “We are convinced that it’s by no means decided yet, but we have no margin for error; we have to win all games possible. The team is revved-up, fresh and raring to go. If we compare them to last year, we are going into this moment in better shape. Only Pepe has a slight problem, which will be sorted very soon. We have a lot of games in April; it’s normal to think that we need the whole squad. I’ll try to rotate the team; all the players will be used. We are not making calculations based on the points that Barcelona might drop. Our objective is to win the next ten games – we’ve done it before, it’s not a utopia. I think we can do so again; I believe in this team, in this squad. I see a fully charged group ready to give their all in all the games.”