C.Ancelotti: artificial turf field to blame for draw with "Olimpic Xativa" © EuroFootball.com

Real Madrid's coach Carlo Ancelotti blamed the quality of the pitch for the poor result in the Spanish Cup competition.

In the first leg of the round of 16, the "royal" club could not defeat the team "Olimpic Xativa" playing in the third league with a 0-0 draw.

"Of course, we struggled with the artificial turf pitch because we are not used to playing on it. But even in such conditions, we created three opportunities to score.

Yes, this match was not good, but it was not the worst either," said the Italian.