Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has promised his team will look different in a month’s time, once he has a fully fit squad to choose from again. The Italian coach felt his team did as well as they could in the 3-2 victory over a strong Atalanta.
Ancelotti’s team has had a disappointing performance this season, but led by Jude Bellingham, they are beginning to show green shoots of growth. After being nine points behind in La Liga at one point, it looked like the title race could slip away from Real Madrid, but they will go top if they win their remaining game against Valencia.
“If we make it to Christmas alive in all the competitions, things will go well because we will recover players. Now we have to wait until Christmas, there is no other option. When we recover players there will be more competition, but what will not change is that I am going to put the best possible team to win each game,” he told MD.
“This team is stronger than it was.”
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Ancelotti believed that Real Madrid were back to their best in Bergamo.
“We have shown our best version because if you don’t do it here you can’t win. We have competed, fought and worked very hard, with a good approach and a lot of mobility from the forwards. The game went well.”
Los Blancos will face Rayo Vallecano in Vallecas on Saturday and then travel to Qatar to play in the Intercontinental Cup next week, before closing the year at home against Sevilla. Ancelotti and company will be desperate to win and start the new year in control of La Liga.