Ancelotti: Everything against Barcelona went perfectly

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti believes that his team played a “perfect match” against its host and arch-rivals Barcelona on Wednesday.

Real Madrid achieved a landslide 4-0 victory over Barcelona, ​​​​in the second leg of the semi-final of the King’s Cup, at the Spotify Camp Nou stadium, to reach the final match of the competition, after it managed to compensate for its loss against its opponent in the first-leg match, which was held at the (Santiago) stadium. Bernabeu) last month, with a clean goal scored by his Brazilian defender Eder Militao by mistake against the white team.

Real Madrid faced an arduous task during its match with Barcelona, ​​​​which sits at the top of the La Liga table, 12 points ahead of the royal team, as it had to compensate for its loss in the first-leg match.

The Brazilian international wing, Vinicius Junior, opened the scoring for Real before the end of the first half on Wednesday, before the veteran French star, Karim Benzema, assumed the starring role, after scoring 3 goals (a hat-trick) for the royal team in the second half.

Real Madrid set a date in the final match of the King’s Cup against Osasuna on the sixth of next May.

Ancelotti was happy with his team’s performance in the second leg against Barcelona, ​​telling reporters in his post-match press conference: It was a perfect match. When you win 4-0 here, everything works out.

Ancelotti added: We played a great match. The first goal changed the dynamics, and we found more space in the transitions.

He explained: (It was) a bit difficult at the beginning, but in the second half we performed well. We didn’t panic when they pressured us and knew how to take advantage of spaces in transitions. We played a typical match.

Despite the decline in Benzema’s level this season compared to his amazing performance last season, which contributed to his crowning of the (Golden Ball) award as the best player in the world last October, due to his suffering from several injuries, but he regained much of his luster after he scored a hat-trick for the second match in a row in various tournaments. After the international break last month.

Benzema raised his goal tally this season to 25 goals in 31 games in all competitions.

And Ancelotti believes that Benzema gave his best in the meeting, as he said: He did a very good job in the (international) break, and he found the optimal condition and his competence makes the difference, without a doubt.

The Real Madrid coach continued his talk about Benzema, saying: He is still one of the best players in the world, without a doubt. If he’s fit, he’s one of the best players.

Ancelotti confirmed: He can win the Ballon d’Or again because he is one of the best strikers in the world.