In Spain, Ancelotti is killed, who apologizes to the fans: "I failed"

Criticism of Real Madrid coach after humiliation at Clasico.

In the SS they wrote: "The angular decisions accelerated the disaster."

Courtois: "We did not understand him"

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21/03/2022

Monday, 21 March 2022, 00:44

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Shock at Real Madrid after the 4: 0 home defeat last night (Sunday) in the Clasico by Barcelona.

The Blancos came away with great momentum of five straight wins in all competitions and also a streak of five wins in encounters with the big rival, but all of that was interrupted while a resounding slap from Xavi’s side.

Pierre Emerick Obmiang scored a double (29 and 51) and added a brace for Fran Torres (47), Araujo was the one who doubled (38) when Osman Dembele scored the first two goals in the Catalan celebration.

The Spanish media killed Real when coach Carlo Ancelotti received the most criticism.

"Barcelona are back, Real Madrid are leaving," was the headline given to the game in the AS, where they wrote of Ancelotti: "The Italian's angled decisions accelerated the whites' disaster. Xavi's team danced with that of Ancelotti."

In Marca, Real's defeat was called "humiliation."

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Real Madrid coach

said at the end: "What happened is my responsibility, I apologize to the fans. Everything we tried to do went the opposite. It's the simplest thing there is - Barcelona were just a lot better than us."

The Italian continued: "I did not prepare for the game properly. I failed. I do not like to be too dramatic, but we really drowned. We lost an important game, and I apologize to the fans."

Blancos goalkeeper Thibaut

: "The coach tried to make changes in the half, we did not understand him, and so it turned out that Fran stood in front of me one on one 40 seconds from the start of the second half."

said at the end: "The result today says it all, we played horrible and terrible. We came too calm in light of the big advantage we have in the table. The championship is still up to us, we must finish at the top and win."

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* This was the first loss of the Carlo Ancelotti Clásico after winning four of the last five encounters between the two big rivals in which he took part until last night's game, when in the fifth game he finished in a draw.

* The defeat to Barcelona interrupted Real Madrid's second straight win for Clasico.

Until yesterday, the Blancos had won five consecutive games against Barcelona, ​​with the best streak achieved between 1962 and 1965 and standing at seven.

* This was the fifth time that Barcelona meets Real Madrid when they are without Karim Benzema, with the balance in these meetings being two victories for each side and one draw.

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