Carlo Ancelotti has opened up on how Real Madrid seemed to catch out Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga one week after their UEFA Champions League assembly at Stamford Bridge.
Los Blancos superior to the semi-finals with a 4-0 mixture victory in opposition to the Blues in the final eight, profitable 2-0 in every leg.
Chelsea sought to mount an improbably comeback in west London final Tuesday, however regardless of a promising first half, they had been unable to wrestle again management of the tie and Real Madrid scored twice after the break to place the competition to mattress.
But the media in Spain picked up an attention-grabbing element in the times following the match. It was picked up that Federico Valverde was standing simply behind kick-off taker Karim Benzema for the beginning of the second half as if a set routine was going to happen.
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Ancelotti was requested about this in a press convention previous to Tuesday night time’s defeat at Girona, admitting Real Madrid scouts observed that Kepa often started halves standing method off his line, with Valverde primed to lob him straight from kick-off – just for the goalkeeper to thwart their plans and revert to a conservative beginning place.
“We had seen in recent games that Kepa was left at the beginning of the game on the penalty spot and we thought that with a long shot from Valverde we could score,” Ancelotti admitted.
“We tried to work a lot on set pieces, less defensively because we defend in the zone. At this point in the season we can work on it much more than the tactical aspect because it means less fatigue for the players.”
Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday earlier than falling 4-2 to Girona three days later.
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