Even when there is no pressure, Carlo Ancelotti puts the pressure on himself. Real Madrid’s boss is arguably one of the greatest football coaches in the world and last night he became only the second coach to win 100 matches in Champions League. He won the competition last season, along with La Liga and is currently untouchable. Real is on a roll, with 8 straight wins in all competition, something which has been done last time in 1968. But Ancelotti just put a lot of unnecessary pressure on himself in a post match conference, and he involved Federico Valverde in all of this.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Benzema can rest, Valverde and Asensio are hereThe Uruguayan midfielder scored a beautiful winner in the 80th minute against Leipzig, before the substitution Asensio made it 2-0 in injury time. Valverde is already known for his strong and powerful shot, but last season he scored only one goal. And his boss jokingly announced that he will tear up his coaching license if the Uruguayan doesn’t score at least 10 goals.“I found it odd he only got one goal last year, with the shooting ability he has. I told him if he wasn’t capable of scoring at least 10 goals in a season, I’d have to rip up my coaching credentials and leave. He’s showing confidence in his quality. It’s not just energy and dynamism, it’s about being smart on the pitch and reading situations well. He’s got a great shot on him. We’ll have to wait a little longer to call him the best in the world” said the Italian after the game.Carlo Ancelotti is only the second manager to win 100 Champions League games 👑 pic.twitter.com/wv5RPHfzZl— GOAL (@goal) September 14, 2022 Even thou Real won 2-0, the fact of the matter is that the team was not playing good and Leipzig had two great chances to score, both from Christophe Nkunku, but in the end, their experience prevailed.“It wasn’t a spectacular performance but to be honest the key thing for us was to nullify their counter-attack because they can be very dangerous. We pushed our lines high up in the first half and we had it largely under control at the back, they only got in behind us a couple of times. We wanted to make sure defensive awareness was central to our game because the counter attack is their greatest strength” admitted Ancelotti.##NAJAVA_MECA_6642942##
