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Carlo Ancelotti hit out at the execution of his game plan by his Real Madrid players after they were beaten by Barcelona in the Super Cup final on Sunday.
Despite entering the game in significantly better form than their opponents, Madrid were thoroughly embarrassed Barcelona were 5-2 winners – A scoreline that might have been worse for Los Blancos had Barça not seen goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny sent off early in the second half, when they were already 5-1 up.
It was a very disappointing performance from him MadridAnd Ancelotti argued that it was the exact opposite of what he had drawn.
“We defended badly, it hurt us in the game, they found the goals easily and we didn’t defend well in high pressure or low blocks,” he said.
“At half time I said first we have to try to play football because in the first half we didn’t play football, we hit long balls but that wasn’t the idea, the idea was to play and we didn’t. Told them they could lose the game. But not the way we played in the first half.”
Luka Modric, the only Madrid player to speak to the media after the game, refused to criticize Ancelotti’s approach to the match.
“We have to work now and correct our mistakes,” said the midfielder. “We didn’t play a good game, Barca were better and that’s it.”
Modric continued: “It’s not good when your biggest rival scores nine goals in two games. I think we’ll react, I’m sure. We didn’t think we’d have a game like this and we’re sorry for the fans and .It’s time for us to unite and work hard, I’m sure we’ll bring a lot of joy throughout the season, there’s still a long way to go.
“If we have to lose the final… it better be this one. This is football and in football there is winning and losing. We lost this time. It’s never good to lose, but if we have to choose to lose , it is better in Super Cup BarcelonaBecause they were better and that’s it.”
