Carlo Ancelotti was a bit upset after the 1-1 draw between Real Madrid and Manchester City, in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, and it is that in the play in which Kevin De Bruyne scored the equalizer for the English team, it seems that the ball had gone over the touchline.
Ancelotti did not like the arbitration
The strategist claimed the whistling Portuguese, Artur Dias, and he responded with a yellow card, a situation that annoyed the strategist even more, who He considered that the whistler was not fully focused on the game.
“It seemed to me that the ball was out. Before he didn’t see a corner either… the referee wasn’t very attentive, I told him that the yellow ones are for those who are inside the field, not for those outside the field”, indicated in the mixed zone, after the match.
This same message was reaffirmed at the press conference, in which he established that the whistle failed in small, but at the same time several details. “A corner kick for us does not see it. He wasn’t very attentive and the fact that he gave me the yellow card shows it, that he did not play ”, mentioned.
What did Josep Guardiola say?
Guardiola did not leave the Bernabéu very happy either, although not so much because of the arbitration aspect, but because of the development and the score, and that is the objective of Pep’s team was to take advantage to handle the threads of the tie at home.
“When we were better they scored and then when they were better we did… There is no explanation, it’s football. The tie will be decided in Manchester.” said the Catalan coach, who last season was eliminated precisely in the semifinals by the Merengue team.
Making a comparison between last season’s game and the current one, Guardiola considered that the 2022 version looked better. “We played better last year’s game and Madrid came out stronger”mentioned Pep, who did not make changes in the game. “I thought that those who were there were fine.”
On the limited participation of Erling Haaland in the first leg, Guardiola explained that his striker had a difficult game due to the system implemented by the Merengue team, precisely to nullify the Norwegian. “The spaces between Camavinga and Carvajal were not occupied by the centrals, but by the interiors. The centrals were with Erling”, Indian.
