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Before the upcoming "El Clasico" match, Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti urged his players not to relax. According to the Italian, the fluctuating form of the Barcelona team can be deceiving. "It's good to fear opponents, because you can't enter a match thinking you'll face a cat, when in reality you'll be facing a lion. Anxiety sometimes arises before a match or after a training session, when you think the team isn't fully prepared. It's a good feeling. I'm not talking about huge fear – there are worse things in life than losing a match," Ancelotti clarified. "These are great competitions and the quality of the match is very high. It's the same feeling as in matches like Milan vs Inter or Chelsea vs Tottenham. Yes, teams change, but it's always a great match. We are improving physically and we don't know how far players like Fati or Vinicius can go. We only know one thing – the matches will always be intense."
