Carlo Ancelotti finds the formula to lift Real Madrid, but he has a challenge to win titles: "We have to repeat it every three days"

The Italian has been slow to convince the team that winning this season was about commitment, and not just defensively.

Carlo Ancelotti has had enough of repeating the word "commitment" over and over again. People have been able to listen to him at a press conference, but this leitmotif that he has uttered ad nauseam goes beyond simple words. On the contrary, the Italian has been convinced since the start of the season that achieving good results meant transmitting to his stars that they had to work as a team.

From the moment the planning began, the coaching staff engraved this word in fire. Beyond the tactics, the physical appearance or the obvious talent of their players... Winning meant working as a team, leaving aside the egos of the stars in favor of the collective and that is what they focused the work on. The good game was going to be a consequence of everyone's commitment to win.

It has been difficult for him, but he has achieved it. Ancelotti now proudly sees how his charges do their best to get results. It has been difficult for him, with individual and collective talks. In some of them, practically only the players spoke. With this, the Italian wanted them to realize that they could not go it alone.

The match against Atlético was a change of mindset, as he himself acknowledged in a press conference. "We have spoken about this issue many times. With the whole team. Everyone agreed with this. The chip has changed in an evident way in recent games. Since the match against Atlético de Madrid the improvement has been evident". To achieve this, he had to get tough in the dressing room, especially with Vinicius and Mbappé, from whom he needed more in defense. Since then, the Brazilian and French have shown that their coach was not wrong. That they could contribute more. Since then they have been more constant in pressing and, above all, more effective.

But Carletto knew that it was not only a defensive issue. That in attack, beyond the talent of their players, they could provide more mobility. Said and done. The position changes of Mbappé, Vinicius and Rodrygo work much better now than before and it is largely due to the involvement of all three. It is noticeable in the team's offensive improvement in recent matches, despite the fact that not all of them have been successful in front of goal.

In the dugout they do not let their guard down. He has the most important months of the course ahead of him and a challenge to meet: "Now we have to repeat it every three days". Commitment during a match is useless. It needs to be given continuity and that's what the coaching staff is working on. That the players maintain this level. It is easier considering that practically every game is a final for them.

There is not much left to finish the season. Three months in which the Cup, La Liga and Champions League are at stake. In 2024 the sensations that were breathed did not invite optimism, but everything has changed. At Valdebebas they see that beating them is more difficult every day and that, if they maintain this commitment, all titles are possible.