LA LIGA - Real Madrid boss Ancelotti: "We need the attitude we showed in latest games"

Attending latest Real Madrid press conference, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti addressed the media in an online press conference ahead of Wednesday’s LaLiga Matchday 6 encounter against Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu (10pm CET) and previewed the match in the following terms:

“If we manage to show the same attitude as we have been in recent games, things will work out for us. You've then got the quality of the team, but clearly our spirit is the basis of the results we've achieved. We always fight until the last”.

The most important thing is to win. You’ve got a better chance of winning if you play well. You've got to ask yourself what does playing well mean? In the game there's also a team that doesn't have the ball. It also means defending well. The key term in football is balance: to perform well with and without the ball.

Defining the style of a team is a very complex issue. I'd need a lot of time to explain it. The coach needs to consider the history and tradition of a club, assess the players' characteristics and suggest a style that takes that into account, as well as their quality and the club's history.

I have to assess what sort of state the players that have played are in and whether they've recovered properly, but I’m considering making a few changes. I’ll see how today’s training session goes and then make a decision, but I think we’ll make a few changes.

All of the players know what I think. It’s difficult to pick the line-up. Asensio may not be happy, but that’s to be expected and it’d be odd if a player who isn’t playing was happy. Asensio isn't happy and that's good, Isco isn't happy and that's good and Jović isn't happy and that's good. All of the players who aren’t playing should be unhappy, but all of the players who aren't playing are training well. It gives me more issues when all of the players are on it in training. Asensio, Isco and Jóvic will get game time. I don't like players who aren't playing and are happy.

Hazard felt fine after the game and put in a good performance. Given his history, he’s one of the players that we have to assess. We need quality minutes and not the quantity of minutes. From my experience, you face problems every season, either sooner or later. Everything’s going for us right now, but the problems will come and the only thing that we have to do is work hard to solve them”.