Madrid and the lessons for Paris: Marcelo, the pressure, Bale and "the coach's hand"

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In the visiting dressing room at the

, everyone was listening to

.

's first 45 minutes

against

had been a disaster and the Whites were totally outmatched.

Only

and the club had avoided a 1-0 draw that brought

within three points of the lead.

72

round of 16 match

against

, the image was very worrying.

"

", replied Casemiro after the final whistle, asked about Madrid's improvement after the break.

"From the outside he can see another game,

."

Ancelotti's men failed to take the three points from the Valencian Community, but they put together a great second leg of the match, running into the crossbar several times and Rulli several times and leaving enough

to travel to Paris with some optimism.

On the interesting side:

.

And on the downside, the sides:

, outmatched and with symptoms of being far from their optimal level.

The first due to the lack of minutes after his muscular problems and the second due to the inevitable passage of time.

The Brazilian defender suffered with

when Villarreal dominated, with Madrid waiting behind, and put more than one fear into the body thinking of a

on Tuesday.

's recovery

will be key for Madrid.

Ancelotti: "Not very committed..."

Supported by

, after the interval the Whites took steps forward, with intense pressure led by Valverde, and regained possession to launch

in attack.

"In the first half

. We can get behind, but we need more aggressiveness. In the second we were much better, stealing more balls and having more verticality", Ancelotti assessed, "

" after the draw: "We were little committed and with

. And then we had a bit of bad luck, two crossbars, two good saves...", added the Italian, happy with Bale's performance in his

: "He's been compromised, he's been dangerous, and he's had bad luck."

The Welshman was able to put Madrid ahead three times, but he ran into Rulli.

Despite not scoring, his

and especially his second half showed that Ancelotti may have an X Factor up his sleeve given the critical situation the forward is experiencing due to

's injury .

"

", answered Carletto about Bale's ownership in Paris: "We have to wait to see what happens with Karim".

The three games that the Frenchman, top scorer in the League, has missed have resulted in

, the one scored

.

, his substitutes, have found the goal.

"You can't waste energy on that"

Special mention deserves Vinicius, the best of the match after missing the duel against Granada due to accumulation of cards.

More rested, the Brazilian did not stop trying and had tough clashes with

.

One of them clashes became one of the controversies of the meeting.

The Brazilian tried to put pressure on

when he met the Spanish centre-back, who

.

Madrid asked for a penalty for the elbow, but

Martínez did not value it.

"If I had hit him,

. He has collided with my arm," defended Albiol, who was also the protagonist in the first leg due to a penalty on Nacho that the referee did not point out either.

"You have to respect the work of the referees, it's not an excuse," insisted Casemiro cautiously, when asked about another

.

Ancelotti gave advice to the young Brazilian striker: "

", he said about him and his discussions with referees and rivals.

Villarreal requested the

for a hard tackle on Iborra's ankle, but again, as in the previous ones, Sánchez Martínez ruled out consulting the VAR.

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