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Miracles do not always take place. Last night, Real Madrid made this terrible observation after its elimination in the quarter -final of the Champions League against Arsenal. Balayed last week at the Emirates Stadium (0-3), the reigning European champion definitively left his crown by again bowing to Santiago Bernabéu (1-2). Throughout the week, the press, the players and the staff had not failed to raise the sauce and to announce that they believed more than ever in a comeback. It was nothing of it and the Gunners trembled in this double confrontation.
It was necessarily the grimace soup for Carlo Ancelotti: “It is a disappointment to be eliminated from the Champions League, this is normal. This is the other side of football. We have known the happy game several times, today it is the other part and we must do it with it. There are three competitions left and we have to focus on them. We must accept it, in both games, Arsenal was better than us. We tried, there was a moment with this penalty that could have changed the situation. But Arsenal defended very well, we did not find any space. We have put intensity, but that was not enough“he deplored in remarks reported by Real France.
A great respect between Ancelotti and Arteta
He then continued: “We must not analyze today, we must accept this match and the blows that arrive. What I said to the players is that you have to keep your head high, we have done very good things in this tournament in other years. This year, this was not the case, in sport it can happen, there are no invincible teams. In terms of attitude, the team gave everything she had to give. We have not always been able to do better than the other team. To change the dynamics of the match, we needed something positive. We needed something that gives us confidence. The team tried. But we could not change the dynamics of the first leg. And that's where everything was played. You have to be honest, Arsenal deserved it on both games. They deserved it. Football has two facets, the joyful and the sad. And there, it's the sad. You have to know how to manage it. It happens. It happens less often than others, but we must know how to manage it to be better in the next games.”
A sadness that necessarily cut with the joy of Mikel Arteta: “I am very happy. This is the third time in the story that we have risen to the semi-finals of the Champions League. And it's not only to be there, how we got there. I realized today (Wednesday) the atmosphere that this stadium can manage. I am very proud. We were good at times when it is difficult to control the chaos they generate. This is the first time I have come here and I understood why crazy things happen in this stage. The ability they have to generate chaos … but we knew how to get out of it, despite our lack of experience. We knew how to stop them.“
Ancelotti hopes that Arsenal will win the C1!
Respect was obviously put between these two European Cadors. Moreover, the Spaniard did not fail to make a superb revelation on the state of mind of his Madrid counterpart at the end of the meeting, with whom he discussed: “Yes, affectionately, he told me that he wanted us to win it“He said while admitting to having spoken with Pep Guardiola before this trip to the Spanish capital:”I called it this (Wednesday) morning. I think, yes, be largely here thanks to him. It is an inspiration. I lived 4 wonderful years with him. Without him, I would not be here.”
Finally, he wanted to thank his family and his players: “To my wife, my children, my family. I know they heard things all week. Then the players. There is no better compensation for a player. This club is hungry to continue doing great things“He explained before concluding on the double confrontation to come against PSG:”This is a team that we faced this year. It will be a beautiful eliminatory.”
To summarize
Last night, Carlo Ancelotti recognized the superiority of Mikel Arteta, allowing Arsenal to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2009. After the match, the Italian demonstrated his class, as Arteta pointed out.
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