Real Madrid won 2-0 over Athletic Jan. 16 in the Spanish Supercup last in Saudi Arabia, yet the creator of one of the Blancos' objectives in that game, Karim Benzema, was out of the crew for the Copa del Rey tie because of injury.
"We're hurt, because we want to win every competition we play," Ancelotti said in a post-match news conference.
"It wasn't our more awful round of the period," Ancelotti said. "A troublesome game, and we realized it would be, yet that's it in a nutshell. We won here in the association (1-2 in December) however it was extreme. This match was even as late as possible.
"We had the game taken care of and we might have had a chance to win in extra time, however they figured out how to score late and they merited the success," Carlo Ancelotti said a short time later. The Real Madrid lead trainer additionally shielded his choice to leave out Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard. "I'm not rebuffing anybody," Ancelotti added. "They all need to contend to play."