Carlo Ancelotti, after losing to PSG: “We have suffered too much pressure from their players”

Real Madrid fell by the slightest difference compared to PSG for the first leg of the round of 16 Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti’s team did not show the best version of themselves and suffered pressure from the French team throughout the match. In a press conference, the strategist of the merengue team spoke about the duel played in the Parc des Princes.

“We have tried to start from behind, it has not come out because we have suffered too much pressure” of the rival, said Ancelotti at a press conference.

“We have decided not to press too high, to have a low block, we have defended well and what happened is that with the ball we have had more difficulties than normal”, he added.

Ancelotti denied that it could have been a mistake to have Karim Benzema for almost 90 minutes on his first day after his muscle injury, assuring that “Benzema’s problem was not a physical problem”.

“The problem is that the balls for Benzema that we wanted them to arrive have not arrived, the start from behind has cost us, usually we do not have so many problems”, said the Italian coach.

Ancelotti surrendered to the great game played by Kylian Mbappé, scorer of PSG’s goal, assuring that “he is unstoppable, we have tried to control him, Militao has done very well, but he is a player who can always invent something and he did it at the last minute”.