Carlo Ancelotti seemed at a press conference after Barcelona's slender win over Real Madrid inside the 'Clasico' in Las Vegas. The Italian train taken into consideration the absence of his top scorer, Karim Benzema, to be key and highlighted that the group lacked a bit of first-rate on this first pre-season take a look at.
"Karim is the excellent participant within the international and when he doesn't play, you could feel it, something is lacking. Against America he will play 45 mins and he will play more on the thirtieth, in which I will test the group so one can play the Super Cup. There is no one in the global who can replace Karim," Ancelotti said of the French striker.
He additionally had time to speak about Eden Hazard, who performed 45 mins as a fake '9': "He can play in lots of positions and he has to adapt to the false 'nine' role as well. He needs minutes to improve".
Ancelotti explained how he saw his group's sport: "Good sport, accurate depth, particularly inside the first half of. I attempted to position the new gamers in in order that they could adapt to the group's game. It become a disputed sport. I attempted to give minutes to every body due to their bodily circumstance. I appreciated the healthy towards a very robust opponent. Generally talking, we were true".
He introduced: "We we're better on the ball within the 2d 1/2 and defended better on the again, but we lacked a chunk of high-quality, as you could see. We struggled a bit when getting the ball out from the lower back. It's clean that whilst you bring forth Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, it's simpler, however I wanted to bring about the kids. Defensively, they performed very well, but it changed into the first time that they had performed collectively".
On Rudiger's performance, the Italian instruct commented: "I appreciated him a lot at complete-again. I'm no longer crazy and I know it's now not his role, but he is very shrewd. He can play in that role or transfer locations with Alaba. David will play left-returned only out of necessity. I don't need to break up final year's pairing".
Finally, Ancelotti praised the exceptional of his squad: "We have a better squad than last season, the intensity of schooling has improved. The squad is closed, we've lots of players. Ceballos and Asensio do not hassle me. The competition has elevated, however they're players who are doing nicely. It's their decision".
