Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted his team had a problem in the first half in their Champions League group stage opener last night.
Football of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League group stage, Group F, first leg on Tuesday night (Tuesday 6 September 2022) Celtic, the top team of Scotland, managed by Ange Postecoglu, open Celtic Park. Received the visit of the former champion Real Madrid ‘s coach Carlo Ancelotti, which the results of the competition appear. The reigning champions showed their seasoned second half as they beat Celtic 3-0.
This game “Green-White Zebra” plays well, but the ending is not sharp. Meet the decisiveness of Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric, who dropped the top pinky side before Eden Hazard , a substitute who comes down to replace the injured Karim Benzema, will close the box. Leading the team to three points before next week’s return to the Leipzig clash following the game, Real Madrid boss Ancelotti admitted his players had problems before scoring in particular. In the first half the whiskey champions had good chances of scoring several times but luckily survived. And the veteran coach was relieved to win his first win as a coach on his trip to Glasgow.
“Celtic are a good team. We are worried about the UFABET game because we know what they did with Rangers. We had some problems in the first half but it’s normal to have a hard time coming here. The atmosphere at the stadium was great. We are happy to show good football to these supporters.” As for his concerns in the first half, The Italian coach said “I’m not angry I can’t be angry with this team. It is true that we have a problem. But we finally got there.” “The second half we played well. Any team can get into trouble including us. But in the end we were able to stay calm and stay in the game.”
There was another concern for the visitors as Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema limped off the pitch after half an hour and replaced by Eden Hazard. And the former Chelsea forward scored his third goal before the end of 13 minutes. “For now (Benzema) there is nothing to worry about. From the first assessment, it wasn’t too harsh. We will wait and see what the results of the health check in the morning. We still don’t know if it’s a muscle or not.” “Today there were a lot of winners especially Eden. Hazard’s goals and assists were accomplished. He’s very motivated to play. It wasn’t easy for him to play because we had problems in the first half. But we coped better in the second half.”
Eder Militao also limped off the pitch, with Real Madrid ultimately extending Celtic’s home goalscoring record in the Champions League to seven out of 10. Chelotti said: “ Militao wants to continue playing. But we don’t want him to risk it. Overall our game in the second half was good. we can control the ball and when necessary We were able to play fast in the second half. So overall it’s good.”