Anceplotti: High-level show, I have the world's trust in the game of return.

Carlo Anceplott commented on last night's Real Madrid draw with Manchester City in the first quarterfinal match of the Champions League.

The Italian coach said this confrontation was spectacular, while expressing optimism to move to the semifinals of this race, though the return match “Los Blancos” will be played as guests of “Cizens” in “Etihad Stadium”.

“It was a high-level show, it couldn't be different from seeing the quality of players. It was a good fight, we did what we thought we'd do. We've been doing pretty good for an hour. The match started quite poorly, the first goal was a lack of luck, but then we reacted immediately to”, Anceplotti said after the match for “Sky”, forward “Gazeta Express”.

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“We fought and we were equal, I have the faith of the world. The team loved me very much”, continued “Don Carlo”.

He also spoke of Federico Valverde's spectacular goal, which received a ball from the left of Winnicius Junior.

“Yes, yes, it has achieved a fantastic goal. But they were all great goals, except for the first one. It was a beautiful fight”, the Italian coach underlined.

He held the 200th match in Champions as a coach, while remembering the first game when he was Parma's coach.

The first “was against Sparta Prague, was0 times a few times, so something. Everything opposite to what happened tonight”, Anceplotti concluded after last night's match.