Courtois hammers his teammates and Ancelotti after Barça loss
He said Madrid offered an "unacceptable image" as they were smashed 4-0 by Barça
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said his team offered an "unacceptable image" as they were smashed 4-0 by Barcelona on Sunday and criticised Madrid's attitude for "not fighting in the second half."
Courtois told Movistar: "Today we gave an unacceptable image for this club. There are players missing, but you didn't notice that it was them that played Thursday (in Istanbul). They found a lot of space. We weren't compact and weren't able to keep the goals out. For the first goal, they anticipate better at the front post and we're not switched on for the second either. After the break, we think we can come back, and after 10 seconds Ferran Torres is one on one with me..."
At first, Courtois did not want to criticise the decisions made by the coach Carlo Ancelotti, but he later referred to the decision to play without a recognised striker in the absence of Karim Benzema.
"We will have to talk about the tactics internally," he added. "They haven't worked at the start of the game or the second half... we have to discuss it internally, not here.
"We played with a false nine in the Copa and hardly had any shots and it was the same here. We started OK, we had a chance with Fede Valverde which Marc ter Stegen saved well, but from there we dropped off. We didn't find the free man playing out and that makes it hard. Then in the second half, we cannot start like that. This badge demands that you fight and in the second half we did not. We could have lost by even more."
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