Carlo Ancelotti’s press conference before Real Madrid’s LaLiga game against Almería
The sea winds have been relatively calm since the storm at the Cívitas Metropolitano saw Real Madrid lose in another long and heated battle against Atlético Madrid. Ancelotti and his squad have come under fire , but not anything comparable to what could potentially have occurred had the stars aligned in other ways; common sense, it seems, has prevailed at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu as the side have licked their wounds and turned their heads to LaLiga and Europe. Bottom side Almería’s presence on the fixture list is perhaps another reason behind the somewhat extraordinary calm regarding Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey loss : the club that sit on Spain’s south coast have had a torrid time this season, picking up a mer e 6 points since the campaign began back in August. They look adrift, bobbing helplessly up and down on the waves, faces frozen as they contemplate what’s inevitable. “ It’s very important to play at home ”, Carlo opened with before giving his general assessment of how thin...