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And in his statements before a match in which he will make history, as he will become the first coach to lead a team in the Champions League final five times, “This may be the best team that I coached in a final.”
“I think we are in a great moment and we will do our best to win on Saturday, but sometimes your best is not enough to succeed,” Ancelotti told a news conference on Friday.
“Football is about things that are intangible and you can’t control them sometimes. My team deserved to reach the final but winning it is not about what I did before, it’s about what happens on the pitch during the big game.”
The Real Madrid coach said: “We have to show our capabilities in this match. The collective commitment, the individual quality and the influence that the substitutes have in the important moments. The team that succeeds in exploiting and adapting its strengths to the conditions of the match will win.”
Ancelotti said that in his four previous Champions League finals – where he became the first coach to win the European Cup three times with two different teams – Milan’s 2005 loss to Liverpool had been his most memorable match.
And it seemed that Liverpool had lost, but turned three goals behind in the first half to equalize and win on penalties.
The Italian coach is also close to overtaking Bob Paisley and Zinedine Zidane to become the first coach to win the European Cup four times.
“Unfortunately, in football there is unpredictability and you can’t control it. It’s hard to explain.
Ancelotti continued, “Just as it is difficult to explain how we scored two goals in one minute, starting from the 90th minute, against (Manchester) City (to win 3-1 in the second leg of the semi-final this year).
The Real Madrid coach concluded: “These things happen and you have to accept them. You don’t have to think about it too much. Football always offers a chance to make up for it and that happened two years later (when Ancelotti’s Milan won the 2007 final against Liverpool).
Saturday’s match will give Liverpool an opportunity to avenge their loss to Real Madrid in the 2018 final, and Ancelotti does not believe that Real Madrid will have a physical advantage, despite having had time to rest the key players after winning the La Liga title early.
He pointed out that Real Madrid, under his leadership, in 2014 reached the final with many injured players and was able to beat local rivals Atletico Madrid.
“Liverpool will play a strong match,” Ancelotti said. “We have to be ready to respond at the highest level.”
Liverpool have not lost since March, losing only three games this season and have already won two domestic titles, despite missing the chance to win the Premier League title on the last day of the season, while Real managed to win the Spanish League title a month before the end.
