It was a match played in very difficult circumstances. Real Madrid Even on Wednesday after extra time and penalty shootouts, he eliminated the local rival Atletico in the Champions League, and on Saturday he had to face the fifth in the Villarreal table. And although for full 90 minutes This “yellow submarine” had a clear advantage, thanks to the goals of Kylian Mbappe and the intervention of Thibaut Courtois “Królewscy” won 2: 1 and at least until Sunday they took the lead in La Liga with a advantage of three points over Barcelona, which, however, has two more matches to play.
Real Madrid won and Carlo Ancelotti is in danger. “We won't go out on the pitch”
After the final whistle of Jesus Gila Manzano on the face of Real players, there were signs of great exhaustion after 120 minutes on Wednesday and another 90 on Saturday. Therefore, after the meeting, coach Carlo Ancelotti was very bad that the match against Villarreal was not able to postpone the match.
– The explanation is that this team has something special: character and commitment. They can't always do it and I'm angry with them. We must thank those players who have made a huge effort from January 3 to today, especially today – said Ancelotti. – I think this is the last time we play a match with less than 72 hours of rest; We will never play again. We asked the league to change the date twice and nothing happened, but this is the last time.
Real Madrid's club television announced before the meeting that the club would even ask FIFA for legal protection in the event of the next match at a distance less than 72 hours from the end of the previous one.
And although Carlo Ancelotti should be understood in a sense – the Real Madrid schedule is overloaded to the limit, not only because of the league, the Champions League and the King's Cup, but also participation in the Super Cup SpainSuper Cups of Europe or the Intercontinental Cup. What's more, just after the end of the “Royal” season, the new World Club Championships in the USA with 32 teams are waiting.
Only that there is also the other side of the coin. The regulations say that the team between two matches It must have two full days of rest, or how he plays on Wednesday, the next match can play on Saturday, etc. And 72 hours of rest between the ending of one and the beginning of the second match is not even in UEFA competitions, as evidenced by the upcoming eliminations of the world championships, where the teams can count on at most 72 hours between the start of two subsequent matches, and some even do not. The rival of the Polish Lithuania national team will play his first match in Warsaw on March 21 at 20:45, and on March 24 at 18:00 she will take Finland.
What's more, if the demand for Real Madrid should be used to all cups, playing the champions league match on Wednesday at 21:00, the team could not play on Saturday at all. This, in turn, means that all teams from the League of the 1st Europa League would have to play only on Monday. There are no such cases in any league And from time to time every cup must face less rest than 72 hours.
That is why coaches use rotation in their teams, and in this respect there are also many reservations about Carlo Ancelotti, who compared to their rivals from European cups makes a small number of changes in the starting eleven, without sparing their best players.
Real Madrid will play his next meeting on Saturday, March 29 at 21:00, when Leganes takes up at Santiago Bernabeu.