Ancelotti show, the spicy ironies against the judge who addressed Madrid

If there was one thing about the match between Sevilla and Real Madrid at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, it was a high dose of controversy. Without going any further, not even 10 minutes had been played when Madrid already had two goals disallowed. One by the VAR and another by a decision by the controversial referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who decided to stop the game against Madrid so that Argentine Lucas Ocampo could be treated. The point is that the play transcended so much that it ended with a goal by Jude Bellingham, logically disallowed.

Asked about this situation, Carlo Ancelotti put on a real show at the press conference. As he said, to avoid being sanctioned he has used pure ironies in order to agree with each and every decision that the referee has made. “I am very happy with his performance,” he said first. “If I say what I think, many games fall, that's why I use irony. What I like the most is sitting on the Real Madrid bench and to avoid suspensions I don't say what that I think and use irony,” he expressed.

“It was an even and competitive match. We played the first half better than the second. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities and then Sevilla played well, with intensity and it cost us more. The tie seems correct to me. The controversy? “I think the referee got everything right and did a good job, a high-quality match,” he analyzed.

"I think the referee played a good game, he stopped the counterattack to preserve the player's health," Ancelotti explained about the play that ended in a goal by Jude Bellingham. And he added about the yellow card for Vinicius: “It wasn't just Vinicius in the fight, 15 players, and the referee was very good.” Show Mister's total! "I only asked him why he cautioned me at the end of the game," he said at the end.

Madrid suffers these points: Barça could come close in La Liga

Real Madrid reached the 25-point line. If Girona beats Almería (last in the La Liga positions), they will also have 25 points. But this does not matter so much for the merengue, who only wants to see what happens with Barcelona. Xavi's culé receives Athletic Bilbao in Montjuic and if they win they will reach 24 points. And a separate prayer for Atlético de Madrid: that if they beat Celta they will grow in the table and be 3 points behind Madrid with one less game played.