Valverde, MVP of the match: 'It’s always important to win and regain confidence'

Fede Valverde was named MVP of the match between Real Madrid and Inter Milan in the opening game of the Champions League. The captain, who scored our team's second goal, said: 'We had a great first half. This award is also well-deserved by Courtois. He saved us today and had a tremendous performance.'

'We had chances, but when in the second half we didn’t play our game, we suffered a lot, which shouldn’t happen, especially at home. We should have imposed our game; we rushed too much when it came to finishing plays, to attacking. We lacked the patience to hold onto the ball, to play, and to rest a little, especially those at the back. I think that led to the game becoming chaotic, and we were constantly defending.'

Goal opportunities
'When you don’t score… We had many chances but not by playing our game, rather through counterattacks caused by their mistakes. We created several goal-scoring opportunities, but we also suffered a lot.'

The importance of starting the Champions League with a win
'It’s always important to win and regain that confidence which, sometimes, when we lose like against Betis, can drop a bit. Today we recovered it, but as I said, we need to be aware and self-critical because we didn’t play our best game.'

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