‘We’ve got quality’
Updated On: 09 April, 2024 07:45 AM IST | Madrid | AFP
Real Madrid boss Ancelotti believes his team have the courage and personality to win tonight’s quarter-final v Man City, who beat them in semis last year
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Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham (third from left) trains with teammates on the eve of their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester City in Valdebebas, near Madrid, yesterday. Pic/AFP
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday his team played without courage or personality when Manchester City knocked them out of the Champions League last season, ahead of another showdown with the English champions.
5-1 drubbing in 2023
Pep Guardiola’s side thrashed Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in last season’s semi-finals and Ancelotti called on his players to show more mental strength this time around. Record 14-time winners Madrid host reigning champions City at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday in a mouthwatering quarter-final first leg clash. “We played without courage, without personality—courage and personality are fundamental in this type of game, we lacked them in the second leg,” Ancelotti told a news conference.
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