The Italian coach to Real Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti Justified on Monday about pushing Iker Casillas as a key in the
Champions League, due to his characteristics of "professional, serious and
ability."
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti
stressed that Casillas will play from the start in front of the Turkish
Galatasaray, he explained the reason of his intention to payment Diego Lopez in
the Spanish league and the leader of the team in the Champions League. He said:
"Simply because I have two very good goalkeeper enjoy wonderful behavior.
In my opinion, Diego deserves to play in the league and Iker for his
professionalism and seriousness and ability, deserves to play in the Champions
League."
About Casillas, Carlo Ancelotti
added: "He has great experience; I see him quiet and will present a great
match. He has all the necessary capacity to withstand the pressure."
Ancelotti also spoke at the press
conference that precedes the face of the Turkish team at home at the beginning
of career Champions League, what may be provided by Welshman Gareth Bale for
the team: "He can play in several positions, although he is not explicit
striker . He loves to play on the right side, and therefore I pushed him by
there in his first day. "
The Italian coach did not hide
his papers and said: "the same team that participated against Villarreal
will play to a great extent," although that Real Madrid was far in that
game for the expected level and barely equivalent to 2/2.
He said all the starting XI that
will play in Istanbul: "Arbeloa Ready, we'll see how exercising. However
with Bale we have to be careful in view of the difficulty of his preparations
for the season."
Ancelotti said that the match
against Galatasaray will help him to find out where Real Madrid can access
after a volatile start to the season.
He said: "The Champions
League is the most important competition in the world. It is very equal. Our
team has a great deal of skill. It is the weapon in order to provide the best
in this tournament. Tomorrow a very good test to get to know the personality of
the team."
With regard to the problems
suffered by the defense Real Madrid at the beginning of the season, the Italian
admitted that the team it "to defend better, but it is not a problem the
rear wheel, it is a matter of balance, the commitment of the best locations in
the stadium."
Ancelotti also described as
"good news" Renewing Cristiano Ronaldo's contract until 2018, because
"Real Madrid can rely for many years on the most important player in the
world."
Finally he talked about Karim
Benzema, one of the most vulnerable players to criticism with the beginning of
the season: "I'm not worried about Benzema. We need to improve his sentences
with Bale, the newly entrant.
In turn, the midfielder Isco asked
by reducing the pressure surrounding the team, about the absence of his tenth
title in the continental tournament and called "not obsession with the
Champions League."
With regard to Galatasaray, the
midfielder stressed that the Turkish team "at home, be double
strength," but he hoped that the Real Madrid tries to provide performance
because it "is the most important thing."