Talks, fights, tension… Anything goes when trying to fix extreme situations. Real Madrid does not escape them and the match against Dortmund It is the latest proof of this. The reaction came under the pressure of being up to your neck in water.. It is not ideal and it is something that coaches do not like, but it happens and you have to be ready to face it.
A Ancelotti Work is piling up in this regard because in the last four days he has had to work hard on a couple of occasions for his players to wake up and overcome two difficult moments. It happened against Celta and was repeated against Dortmund. Two very busy breaks that ended in two very important victories.
Group and individual ‘therapies’
Vinicius leads another epic comeback for Real Madrid, who trailed 0-2 at halftime and ended up scoring.
That’s when it comes to group ‘therapies’. But at the individual level, measures have also been taken. Militao and Rüdiger They have been the protagonists. Two unquestionable players, especially with the team’s distressing situation with the centre-backs, but who were not at the expected level. The German is far from his performance last year and the Brazilian is still in full recovery after the serious injury suffered. The team needs them at maximum revolutions and Ancelotti has had to open their eyes with different gestures that have reminded them of the urgency of involvement at the highest level, something that appeared again against Borussia Dortmund.
He Real Madrid he felt vertigo before him Borussia Dortmundsufficient stimulus for the white team’s footballers to react and show that character, pride and football that they seemed to have forgotten since the season started. Since the campaign started in August, the ups and downs have happenedand the only certain thing is that the team’s image had not been what was expected no matter how much the results were good.
Worried about Ancelotti
Ancelotti has tried to find the reasons to apply the solutions. And in an extreme situation such as the confrontation against the German team, the technician fled from the fight at half-time to lean towards making the footballer see what he was doing and the need to look in the mirror and see that Real Madrid was being unrecognizable. A ‘paternal’ Ancelotti but at the same time demanding to the maximum.
The footballers were the first to recognize mistakes and in the same Bernabéu locker room they talked about stand up for your coach at what they were doing on the grass and knowing that Ancelotti would be in the spotlight. “We can’t let the coach fall,” was the message, worried about the future of the coach and hurt by the criticism he had been receiving for the team’s play. Vinicius recognized it and they understood that it was time to do something more, to end apathy. “You have to run, fight and do what you know. Vini and Mbappé, score”the coach commented to his team. A complete conspiracy with the aim of making the comeback against Dortmund a turning point for the rest of the season.
The fight before the derby, that of Lille…
The coach surrenders to the Brazilian’s efficiency.
There are several talks that the Real Madrid coach has had with his team. The laziness of the summer, looking back and seeing the conquest of titles, changes in scheme… Everything seemed like apologetic arguments that did not quite convince the Italian coach. Alavés, Lille and Celta They were rivals and parties that altered the nervous system of everyone in the white locker room. In the case of Alavés, Ancelotti raised his voice at the end of the match to put a stop to the relaxation that almost cost them the game. But not all the fights have been the coach’s, like in the Champions League match in France against Lille, with Carvajal raising his voice and making things clear. In Vigo, new chapter for bring order to the tactical mess.
Now the question that remains to be resolved is whether the change in the second half against the Borussia Dortmund Has it come to stay or has it only been a product of the motivation of the Champions League, the adrenaline of a new comeback, the wake-up call from the Bernabéu whistlers or the concern that they may be letting the coach down.
