Ancelotti Blames Real Madrid's Sluggish Start to the Season，并tant了excuses

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti expressed disappointment on Thursday regarding his team's slow start to the LaLiga season. Despite their struggles, Real Madrid managed to salvage a 1-1 draw against Las Palmas, with Vinicius Jr scoring a crucial goal in the latter stages of the match. Ancelotti emphasized that there were no excuses for their lackluster performance and expects improvements going forward.

Ancelotti said he expected his team to play better together and blamed himself, saying that he needs to work harder and do a better job.

"It is clear that we are struggling to find the soundness of last season. But we must not look for excuses. The schedule is tight and we have to recover quickly, because on Sunday we have another game," Ancelotti told a news conference.

"I need to have a clearer strategy, to give the players more clarity in what I want. It's costing us more than we thought. We have to work and concentrate on the path we want to take.

After only one win in three matches to start the season, last year's LaLiga and Champions League winners Real are fourth in the standings with five points, four behind leaders Barcelona.

Ancelotti was asked about Kylian Mbappe, who joined Madrid in July from Paris St Germain but has yet to score in LaLiga, but the coach refused to criticise individual players.

"Our game has been slow. There is not much mobility and the strikers are receiving the ball with the opposing teams already close. When we don't have the ball, we leave too many spaces between the lines," Ancelotti said.

"I don't think it's a mental problem, because the team trains well. It's just that sometimes you don't find the best way to play.... Things are not going well and we have to fix it soon."