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Carlo Ancelotti was forced to do heart exercises while watching the Spanish Super Cup semifinal match when Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid 5-3 at Al-Awwal Park, Thursday (11/1/2024) / Photo: Collage
Carlo Ancelotti was forced to do heart exercises while watching the Spanish Super Cup semifinal match when Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid 5-3 at Al-Awwal Park, Thursday (11/1/2024). This positive result made the 64 year old Allenatore succeed in highlighting his name as the second coach after Zinadine Zidane with the most matches (263) with Los Blancos.
In this match, Madrid fell behind twice before finally being able to recover and equalize at 3-3 in 90 minutes. The referee decided to continue the match into extra round.
It was in this extra round that disaster struck for Atletico. The reason is, Joselu (116′) and Brahim Diaz (120+2′) succeeded in bringing Madrid to win with a score of 5-3.
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“We didn’t enjoy it (as the fans did), this was a thrilling match. They handled it well in the first half and in the second half we did it better,” said Ancelotti, quoted by Forbes.
“Atleti lacked energy. It was a spectacular match because I thought we had more energy in the second half. Atleti were a very strong opponent.”
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“May the best player win.”
(fly)