Carlo Ancelotti believes in a Real Madrid UCL comeback vs. Arsenal: ‘Something happens in the Bernabeu’

London – Three goals down when they return from the Emirates Stadium to lick their woundsMany coaches can recognize privately that they were out of the Champions League if they had just sustained the care that Real Madrid has inflicted. However, Carlo Ancelotti knows that everything can happen in football. Especially when the stage is set in the Santiago Bernabeu.

Mikel Arteta knows so much. When he returned to the dressing room, his players already reminded each other that it is just the peace in the draw. They may drive high afterwards Declan Rice’s stunning free kicks they set up for a 3-0 win That will fall as the biggest night of the Emirates Stadium. However, they know that Tuesday’s cheers would acidify if something would go wrong in eight days. They will undoubtedly agree with Ancelotti’s assessment of the draw.

“If you look at the game tonight, there is no chance,” he said. “But football changes. Nobody expected rice to score two set pieces. That did tonight. Football, everything can happen. Often something happens in the Bernabeu.”

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In the history of the Champions League, only three teams have destroyed a shortage of three goals in the first leg on their home country. It is remarkable that Madrid, given their well -deserved reputation for high drama, is not one of them. Indeed, only when beating Wolfsburg 3-0 in the quarterfinals of 2015-16, did they make the two goals that they admitted in the opener. In the meantime, every goal they score against Arsenal will be their first after three meetings with the Gunners.

That might have been different if Kylian Mbappe had converted one-on-one with David Raya in the first half, but Arsenal outlined their early mistakes while the tie was wearing, so Ancelotti was not impressed by his side inability to raise their level while the game was wearing.

“It has been very difficult for us,” he said. “We thought the team went strong in the game. In the first half they were organized, and after the two goals we had admitted out of free kicks, the team struggled mentally, physically. It was difficult to finish the game that way. Normally this team raised their level until the end of the games. It wasn’t bad.”

The biggest challenge of Arteta could in theory keep the feet of his players on the ground, but they seemed to do that work for him. ‘They were talking about it [being half time in the tie] Immediately, “said Arteta.” You know, great, enjoy it and let’s prepare now on Saturday [at home to Brentford] Very good and then we have the time to prepare the next challenge in Madrid. But they are all very excited. “

Arteta and his players had kicked little with some suggestion of their underdog status before the game. Although they were never dragged into expressing their self -confidence, no one who saw them prepared for one of the largest competitions that the Emirates stage saw in a decade would think that the moment intimidated them.

“I was very convinced because I could feel in preparation that we were really working on it, that we had that faith and that we could create Madrid many problems,” Arteta said. “But then it was the theme of the game, let it happen. Then you have to let it happen, but you have been able to happen that mentality and that faith. And we have delivered today; it is only half, but we are very happy.”