Actual Madrid won’t be excellent, as evidenced by Rayo Vallecano breaching their defence thrice final weekend, however they’ve turned issues round. Since their damaging defeats to Barcelona and AC Milan, Los Blancos have improved when it comes to work-rate, perspective and outcomes.
The catalyst for that change was a crew discuss held by Carlo Ancelotti. With discuss of the Italian dropping his job, Marca say he reprimanded his gamers two days after the sport, asking them to show issues round. His key message, which he has repeated in public, was ‘Now we have to succeed in Christmas alive.’
Earlier than Actual Madrid’s Intercontinental Cup win over Pachuca, Ancelotti was additionally requested if he had misplaced management of the dressing room. The Italian laughed the thought off, but it surely was an concept that had been circulated by the native press on the time, amongst an array of different gripes that had been serialised after their 3-1 loss to Milan.
Proof that he has not got here from veteran star Luka Modric. The 39-year-old captain won’t be as key as he as soon as was, however he additionally rallied his teammates after Ancelotti’s speech. ‘We don’t let the supervisor fall,’ was his message to his teammates. One they seem to have taken on board.