Ancelotti : We played a very bad football
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti sent a sorry message to all Real Madrid fans, he believes his boys played very badly in their Champions League match,although they are now through to the next round but it was a disappointing result.
"I'm very sorry, everybody saw we played really
badly...this is not good for our image and the image of the club. I'm
very sorry, I think we deserved the booing that we got from the fans."~ Ancelotti
"We have to say it loud and clear - we are playing really badly, it is quite incomprehensible after all we have done until December. This is quite incomprehensible...but well, this moment we have to do something to change it." ~ Ancelotti added
Cristiano Ronaldo rescued Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (March 10) with two goals in a pulsating 4-3 defeat to Schalke that saw the holders squeeze through to the quarter-finals with a 5-4 victory on aggregate.
Real's first scare of the night came when Schalke's Christian Fuchs opened the scoring in the 20th minute, only for Ronaldo to head an equaliser for the hosts five minutes later from Toni Kroos' corner.
Madrid then made three defensive errors in a row that culminated in Klaas-Jan Huntelaar hitting the post in the 40th and scoring seconds later after connecting with Madrid 'keeper Iker Casillas' clearance of a Max Meyer shot.
Ronaldo headed home again five minutes later to set an all-time record of 78 goals in UEFA club competitions, one more than former Real Madrid forward Raul Gonzalez, and settle nerves at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. It was also his 75th goal in the Champions League, where he joins Lionel Messi as the top scorer between the group stage and the final.
France striker Karim Benzema then dribbled past two defenders before calmly steering home Madrid's third goal in the 53rd minute.
However, Schalke's Leroy Sane curled a superb shot over Casillas in the 57th to level on the night before former Madrid player Huntelaar made it four for Schalke in the 84th. One more goal for the German side in the final minutes would have sent them through on the away goals rule.
"I'm very sorry, everybody saw we played really
badly...this is not good for our image and the image of the club. I'm
very sorry, I think we deserved the booing that we got from the fans."~ Ancelotti"We have to say it loud and clear - we are playing really badly, it is quite incomprehensible after all we have done until December. This is quite incomprehensible...but well, this moment we have to do something to change it." ~ Ancelotti added
Cristiano Ronaldo rescued Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (March 10) with two goals in a pulsating 4-3 defeat to Schalke that saw the holders squeeze through to the quarter-finals with a 5-4 victory on aggregate.
Real's first scare of the night came when Schalke's Christian Fuchs opened the scoring in the 20th minute, only for Ronaldo to head an equaliser for the hosts five minutes later from Toni Kroos' corner.
Madrid then made three defensive errors in a row that culminated in Klaas-Jan Huntelaar hitting the post in the 40th and scoring seconds later after connecting with Madrid 'keeper Iker Casillas' clearance of a Max Meyer shot.
Ronaldo headed home again five minutes later to set an all-time record of 78 goals in UEFA club competitions, one more than former Real Madrid forward Raul Gonzalez, and settle nerves at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. It was also his 75th goal in the Champions League, where he joins Lionel Messi as the top scorer between the group stage and the final.
France striker Karim Benzema then dribbled past two defenders before calmly steering home Madrid's third goal in the 53rd minute.
However, Schalke's Leroy Sane curled a superb shot over Casillas in the 57th to level on the night before former Madrid player Huntelaar made it four for Schalke in the 84th. One more goal for the German side in the final minutes would have sent them through on the away goals rule.
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