Real Madrid: Arbeloa believes they can come back in the quarterfinals against Bayern
In the first leg of the quarterfinals, Real Madrid fell to Bayern and will look for a comeback in Munich.
Madrid.- Álvaro Arbeloa, coach of Real Madrid, was optimistic facing the second leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League that will be played against Bayern Munich in Germany and pointed out that if there is a team that can win at Bayern before his audience, that is his.
He Real Madrid was defeated 1-2 at the Brenabéu with a great night from Manuel Neuer and now he will have to overcome the tie to reach the semifinals. Arbeloa He declared at a press conference that his players have already told him that they are going to win at the Allianz Arena.
“We could have been luckier in the second half. We faced a great team. We had two mistakes, two losses that we had to avoid, we had to be tighter. If you make these mistakes, you pay for it. We scored a goal that gives us hope. It’s not going to be easy, but there is a team that can win in Munichthat is the real Madrid“, said.
“I have players with a lot of personality. The first thing they told me is that we are going to win there. We are Real Madrid“There is no fear, we know the difficulty and the context and we are going to go for it,” he added.
He also talked about the game he completed Kylian Mbappéscorer of his team’s goal and stopped on several occasions by Neuer: “I have seen a Mbappe very committed to all tasks and capable of unbalancing. He is the best in the world, a constant threat. It is the Mbappe what we want to see, a Mbappe who wants to be Mbappé every day.”
Furthermore, he regretted that Aurélien Tchouaméni saw a yellow card that, in his opinion, was not fair, and said that a player from the Bayern Munich He deserved a red card for a tough tackle on Mbappe.
Asked about the things he clings to in order to win at Munichindicated that his players are his main asset and explained that during the first leg some mistakes that were mentioned before the game punished his team.
“There have been situations with 1-2 in which there has been a desire to tie. You have to have a cooler head, a 1-3 would have been more difficult. It’s a shame not to have taken advantage of some more opportunities, but I am very confident of going to Germany and winning“he explained.
“We talked at half-time that when you recover the ball after running without being fresh, you have to give the holder options. If you don’t do it, you are constantly defending. It’s not easy. The players press aggressively, we need players who want to, ask for it, rest with the ball, threaten them and we did better in the second half. That has been one of the keys to the improvement,” he noted.
“All goals are errors, 99 percent. And not one, several. These are situations that we had talked about when you try to get the ball and they press you, you have to be careful because there are going to be losses. You have to be prepared to close yourself off very soon and not have many people in front of the ball. It has happened, we did not have people to close the loss. Sometimes the loss is not important, but how you react to the loss. If you are very open in a loss, they score goals,” he added.
Likewise, he had words to Jude Bellingham: “He is a player who has been away for a long time. It’s not that I want to leave Bellingham on the bench I’m not suspicious of him. We have talked a lot about his return to the team and recovering his best level. I wish I could have played 90 minutes every game since I’ve been a coach with Bellingham. We need their energy to escape the pressure of rivals. “I see him much better and I’m sure he’s going to help us a lot.”
Finally, he highlighted the difficulty that Alvaro Carreras to defend a rival like Michael Olisewho he said is one of the best footballers in the world: “He is a winger who is having a spectacular season. Carreras’ confidence remains intact. He has a great present and a great future. He will learn from today’s confrontation and it is the challenge for any full-back. Defending this type of player is not easy and help is necessary against a player who comes in from the inside with a lot of talent. A lot of confidence in Álvaro,” he concluded.
EFE
