After the Spanish Super Cup final with a dominant victory for Real Madrid, the two coaches distinctly showed contrasting emotions in the press conference.
This year’s Spanish Super Cup final witnessed the dominance of Real Madrid. ‘Los Blancos’ didn’t take much time to consistently score goals against Barcelona. In the end, Real Madrid secured a convincing victory in the El Clasico with a scoreline of 4-1, claiming a well-deserved title.
In the post-match press conference, Coach Carlo Ancelotti expressed his surprise at Real’s early goals: “I was genuinely surprised that we consistently scored early in the game. The players capitalized well on the high-speed counter-attacks.
Attacks like these are Vinicius’ strength, and he utilized it very well. This match was a difficult one. Considering Barcelona’s style of play in this match, I think we had a much better result than expected.”
Meanwhile, Coach Xavi couldn’t hide his disappointment with Barcelona’s heavy defeat. He apologized to the fans, saying, “Not just as a coach, but putting myself in the shoes of a Barcelona fan, I am genuinely very sad. That’s all I can say. I apologize to you all, sorry to the fans, and Barcelona will come back strong.
Speaking about the match, the coach shared, “We couldn’t enter a final with a 2-0 deficit like that. Barcelona was too terrible in defense and high pressing. We later got a goal back, but Real Madrid’s penalty was not accurate. It wasn’t a penalty.”
Xavi referred to the situation involving a collision between Araujo and Vinicius inside the penalty area in the 37th minute. This was a rather sensitive situation. The main referee believed that the Uruguayan defender had pulled down the Real Madrid forward, and that impact was enough to award a penalty.
Regarding Real’s goals, Xavi added, “In this match, our defense was too poor, we couldn’t prevent their runs. Despite training a lot to counter-attack, our players still allowed two such situations. We knew that was Real’s strength, but we couldn’t resist and conceded 2 early goals from what we had anticipated.”
