Carlo Ancelotti has said he and his players are sad and disappointed following their heavy Spanish Super Cup defeat to rivals Barcelona.
Despite taking an early lead through Kylian Mbappe, things went south for Madrid as Barcelona ran riot scoring five goals.
Lamine Yamal drew the Catalans level before goals from Robert Lewandowski, Alejandro Balde and a brace from Raphinha put Barcelona 5-1 up.
Barcelona had a player sent off which saw Madrid pull a goal back through Rodrygo.
“We have to look at the reality and that is that we did not defend well in the opposition half or with the low block,” Ancelotti told the media after the game.
“They scored goals very easily and we didn’t work well either collectively or individually because we lost a lot of duels. We are sad and disappointed and we’ll take that sadness home with us. That’s football.
“Our sadness is our fans’ sadness, but we have no option but to look forward and get back the good spirit that has been in the group until this game.
“The game was not good from the first minute to the last. With an extra man, we were not able to find solutions. I’m sad about the game as a whole. I can’t take anything away from it except Mbappé’s performance, who scored a great goal in a good move. We have to forget about the rest and look forward.”
