Carlo Ancelotti spoke at a press conference at Lille's stadium to discuss the game on matchday two of the Champions League group stage (Wednesday, 9 pm CEST): “In this new format, we have to score points and we're here to do that, considering the quality of our opponents, who play very well and have quality young players. As always, in every game now we have to fight, battle and compete. We're feeling good, we're confident that we can improve and we're ready for it. We want to be at our best at a time of the season with a lot of games, but I think the team looks pretty good. We'll be back to our best very soon.”

“Lille are a great club, they've done very well in recent years. They've produced players of the highest level. They compete very well in France and in Europe. Their director, Olivier Letang, worked with me in Paris and it's a club I'm very fond of.”

The incidents in the Madrid derby
“I respect everyone's opinion. The issue is fairly clear: there was violence at the game, and violent people have no place on a football pitch or in society. The rest and other opinions I try to respect, but everyone has seen what has happened. Violent people have no place on a football pitch and no place in normal, civil society.”

“Talking about other things and not about what happened is a way of deflecting the issue. The point is that violent people should not be on a football pitch. Not just the violent ones from Atlético, but from any team. Football doesn't need these kinds of characters, they're unnecessary. They should remain somewhere else where they're not dangerous. As I said, I'm talking in general, it doesn't matter if they're violent Atlético, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Villarreal fans. It's better if they leave us alone. Talking about Courtois’ behaviour when they shouted, ‘I hope you die’ at him I don't know how many times, is diverting the issue.”

On Mbappé
“He's recovered well, very quickly. He only trained individually yesterday, but he didn't spend a lot of time out, so he hasn't lost his shape. Today, he'll do all the training with the group and then we'll make the best decision together with him, considering that the last thing we want to do is to take any risks. He had a muscle problem. He wanted to travel to play because he feels fine. We'll just have to see how he trains today and, if he's 100% and there's no risk, he'll play from the first minute.”

Midfield
“We're not looking for someone to replace Kroos, we have to adapt to his absence. Modrić played very well against Atlético, in my opinion, he was the best player in the team. Kroos is irreplaceable, we have to find another way to play without him. The team has plenty of qualities, at the moment we haven't shown our full potential, but I'm confident that we'll do so very soon.”

Arda Güler’s playing time
“He's played much more in this part of the season than last year. He's done well, he's contributed to the team and he's progressing. I don't have to tell him anything, he knows all too well what his role is. He knows he has a future and that he's part of the team. Sometimes he plays and sometimes he doesn't.”

What does he think about the Atlético players applauding the Frente Atlético?
“I don't want to comment on the behaviour of other people and other colleagues who I respect very much. I don't want to comment on this at all.”