Ancelotti: Thank you for the criticism; Bellingham makes us forget he's 20 years old

Regardless of Barcelona's away performance against Granada (Sunday, 10 PM EAT), Real Madrid will go into the international break as the leading team in the Primera Division. Madrid played brilliantly against Osasuna at their stadium and recorded a 4-0 victory for their 10th win in 11 games this season. They were only defeated by Atlético in the city derby (1-3), and after that, they won three matches in Primera without conceding a goal and beat Napoli away in the 2nd round of the Champions League 3-2.

Carlo Ancelotti came with a smile on his face after the victory over the visitors from Pamplona, pointed out that lessons were learned from that meeting with Atlético and praised the great Jude Bellingham who was a double scorer tonight, so now he has 10 goals in 10 games this season.

"He makes us forget that he is 20 years old. He is very mature and a fast learner. He is content, he enjoys the moment, but he still stands firmly on the ground and shows seriousness and professionalism," said the Italian.

Bellingham 10/10 - Jude is better than Cristiano

Luka Modrić also received praise, who also played a great game. It was mentioned that the experienced midfielder is dissatisfied with the number of minutes he has played since the beginning of the season, but even if that is true, he was not distracted against Osasuna.

"Luka is always the same when it comes to quality and commitment. It's normal that he received a standing ovation from the stands for what he showed today, as well as for everything he did for Real Madrid."

Ancelotti also spoke about the performance of the entire team.

"We played well and controlled the game. The difference was made by the first goal, which allowed us to play more confidently. In the second half, we used the extra space we got and solved the question of the winner," explained the trophy-winning strategist.

Rodrygo also came under scrutiny at the press conference. The Brazilian started on the bench this time and played the last twenty minutes.

"During the time he spent on the field, he did his tasks well, he tried to score a goal... He was not a starter because we wanted to introduce a player with different characteristics and gain freshness".

Real had problems with injuries at the beginning of the season, but the situation is improving.

"We can be satisfied. Mendy played a good match today... Now we will try to rest well and avoid new injuries during the international break. Then we have three tough games (away against Sevilla, Braga and Barcelona)".

The fans of the Madrid club who came to the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, 71,000 of them, went home satisfied because of the excellent game of their team.

"We play good football, Real always play good football, it just depends what you mean by that. Tonight we played well both with and without the ball. Tchouameni played a great match as a stopper... We improved a lot from that Atlético defeat. Criticism helped us, so yes, thank you for the criticism," Ancelotti said jokingly to reporters.