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The clash between Real Madrid and Barça on Sunday in the Spanish Super Cup felt like déjà vu. A little less than three months after a first disaster at home in La Liga (0-4), the Merengue have sunk again. The Madrilenians may have opened the scoring after just five minutes of play thanks to Kylian Mbappé, but they then seemed completely overwhelmed.
The Spanish champions notably lost their footing at the end of the first period, conceding three goals in just over ten minutes. The fate of the match was sealed and even the exclusion of Wojciech Szczesny after returning from the locker room was not enough to revive the Madrilenians. Questioned after the meeting, Carlo Ancelotti took the blame and did not spare his players in front of the microphones, except Kylian Mbappé, a rare Madrilenian to emerge from the doldrums.
“Kylian Mbappé had a very good match, he scored”
“This evening, I remember nothing except Mbappé’s match. He had a very good match, he scored,” said the Italian technician after the match, adding scathingly: “As for the rest, we must forget everything and move forward. » The former midfielder particularly pointed out the defensive generosity of his troops, incapable of containing the Barcelona waves.
“ We defended poorly, whether in high pressing or low blocking. This allowed them to score too easily,” he pointed out, claiming to have raised his voice during the break: “I told them we could lose matches, but not like we did in the first half. » If Kylian Mbappé is also spared by the Madrid press, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouameni have, on the contrary, been strongly criticized, the two men having been completely ignored.
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