Atlético de Madrid is difficult for Ancelotti, but he has the merengue team as the tenth best team in LaLiga after 23 games played.
Sunday’s draw against Atlético de Madrid (1-1) confirms a trend that is being demonstrated this season and that is that the colchoneros are the rival that has made things most difficult for the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti during his time in Real Madrid.
That result meant another match without losing in Liga of the Real Madrid and places the white team as the tenth best team in history after 23 games played.
Carlo Ancelotti in the derby vs Atlético de Madrid. Getty Images
He touched victory Real Madrid, until in the 93rd minute a defensive error led to Marcos Llorente’s equalizer. The poor defensive coordination of the improvised centre-back pair formed by Nacho and Carvajal, Lunin’s doubts and the last few minutes in which the Real Madrid did not know how to control the game led to the final 1-1.
The white team had clear opportunities to make a 2-0 that would have been definitive and a blow to the title of Liga which is now postponed to next Saturday when they host Girona at the Santiago Bernabéu, but Brahim and Rodrygo failed, Ancelotti He replaced them looking for greater ball control, and he also made a mistake.
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You got it rightCarletto‘ starting Brahim and not Joselu in place of Vinícius, who was injured during the warm-up, but the reading of the game with the changes did not go so well. He gave up play and speed in space for control of the ball, with Luka Modric, and the escape route over the top in the figure of Joselu Mato, but neither had any effect.
Ancelotti is choked by Atlético
A tie at the Bernabéu that closes, waiting to see if they cross paths again Champions Leaguethe balance of confrontations between both teams in two victories for Atlético de Madrid, one for Real Madrid And a tie.
Statistics that, added to the other eight precedents, make Atlético de Madrid the bête noire of Ancelotti at the controls of the white team.
And the mattress makers, according to data from BeSoccer Pro For EFE, they are the team against which they have accumulated the lowest winning percentage in Spain (36.36%), taking into account that they have faced each other on eight or more occasions.
Of 22 games, Ancelotti They have won eight, drawn six and lost eight.
The Real Madrid coach took significance from Sunday’s classic, but he did consider it key to score points before the resumption of the Champions EPA
Only against Barcelona does he have ‘Carletto‘ a higher percentage of defeats (46.67% compared to 36.36% against Atlético), but in this case they have managed to win in 53.33% of the duels; since he has never tied a game against the Blaugranas while directing the Real Madrid.
What’s more, taking into account the league commitments against their two great rivals in Spain, Barça and Atlético, Ancelotti It has a negative balance: six wins, three draws and ten losses.
Outside of his two stages with Real MadridAtlético is the sixth rival that is the worst at Ancelottiin terms of winning percentage, with Manchester City leading this statistic having beaten them in only two of 12 games.
Behind them, Juventus (17.24%), Manchester United (33.33%), Milan (33.33%) and Roma (35.29%).
A tie that does not stain the season
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After the tie, Ancelotti He used his usual normality in the press conferences to avoid falling into drama for leaving two points at home against Atlético de Madrid, and the numbers support his position.
He Real Madrid It is the tenth best team in history in the First Division after 23 games played. Only Barcelona in 2018 managed not to lose a single game until then – the Real Madrid He has lost one, against Atlético.
A classification that Barça leads in 2011 thanks to their 20 wins, two draws and one defeat in which they scored 70 goals and conceded only 12.
Furthermore, analyzing the 33 games he has played this season in all competitions, only on two occasions in his history has the Real Madrid They have managed to win 27 games, tied four and lost two. It was in 2013-2014, his tenth Champions Leagueand in the current one, both with a common factor: Carlo Ancelotti on the bench.