[Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com) coach Carlo Ancelotti spoke to the media ahead of the club's La Liga game against Getafe at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. Ancelotti spoke about a lot of things, but he was mainly asked about Kylian Mbappé's form, about which he said: "He hasn't given up, he's aware that he has to do better. Many of my players have missed penalties and we have to continue supporting and helping. We have to think that it's a collective problem and not an individual one. You can criticise me, but the team's dynamic is good and we have to understand that we're missing many players, Rodrygo is coming back tomorrow... The idea of being patient is the right idea."
### Ancelotti on the game vs Getafe
"It is a team that has values, because it defends very well. It will be a demanding match. The idea is to try to attack well, have control of the match and play a good match to win it."
### Ancelotti on why there haven't been any transfer movements
"Because I think it's a waste of time to think about signing players now. We'll have 40 days to think about it. Things can change. Alaba is doing very well and will be back soon. We have to evaluate these things, which are a priority."
### Ancelotti on why Mbappé is struggling
"Mbappé's problem is the same one we all have. The idea is to try to get the best version of ourselves, from him, from myself, from other players... The problem is for a team that has been able to have continuity in the season and get the best version of itself. It is not a problem for one player, it is a problem for each one of us. We do not consider it an individual problem for a player who, among other things, is new here, is adapting, has scored eight goals, has participated in the attacking game with assists... We can all do better.
"When there is a moment of difficulty you tend to complicate things, but when a team lacks something you have to simplify things and start from the base, which is defending. It gives me confidence that the team is starting to defend well, because it is the basics of football."
### Ancelotti on what the team is missing
"The coach's mirror is the team. When a team lacks continuity, does not always have a good attitude and is not focused, it is the coach's fault in this regard. We may have lacked some accuracy in some games, especially in games without many opportunities. We lacked some accuracy. At [Liverpool](https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/), with more accuracy in the transition we could have created more opportunities."
### Ancelotti on Mbappé's positioning
"I don't know. I think Mbappé is more used to playing inside or on the left. Vinicius is less used to playing inside, but he is realising that playing inside is very dangerous. It will depend on the games."
### Ancelotti on Raul Asencio
"The games he has played, he has deserved to be a starter. He has shown confidence, he has been good with and without the ball... He deserves to be considered and fight to be a starter."
### Ancelotti on if he thought this campaign would be this complicated
"In many years of my career, only one year has been quite simple, last year. Every other year I have had to solve problems, sooner or later the problems come. It is impossible to think of a season like last year when everything went perfectly. It is better to find the problem in November or December than in April or May, when you are dead. Now the problem can be solved and, as I said, we are going to solve it. We are fighting for the League against a rival that is doing very well. The World Cup is coming, the Super Cup... and above all the injured players are returning. Alaba and Camavinga will be back soon... We must endure the moment with a good attitude and commitment, because good things are yet to come."
### Ancelotti on Fede Valverde
"I think he is a modern midfielder, in the sense that he can be a defensive pivot, an interior player who comes from the second line with a formidable shot... His best position is as a midfielder."
### Ancelotti on whether he's more "serious" now
"I am like Mbappé. I am trying everything to get the best version of myself. The results say that I have not been able to get the best version of myself. I am not happy, but I am worried enough. I am convinced that we will fix it. For the rest, on a personal level, I am very happy."
### Ancelotti on Bordalas
"Jose is a friend, a very good friend, a good person and a great coach for me. I admire him a lot as a person and as a coach. I know that tomorrow will be a demanding match for us as it has always been with his teams."
### Ancelotti on whether Endrick will play tomorrow
"If I think that Endrick is the ideal player to win the game tomorrow, he will play."