Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was happy with his players after their draw at home with Cadiz.
Real were held to a scoreless draw by the LaLiga minnows.
Ancelotti said: "I'm very happy when we win, even if we play badly. If we play badly and lose, I'm not happy. If we play well and don't win, I'm still happy. So I'm happy tonight. We tried everything from the first minute to the last. It didn't work out for us today. We missed a little bit of quality in the final 30 metres, but there's nothing to criticise. Games like these can happen sometimes.
"There's a lot of positives to take from this match. The only thing that's not positive is we didn't get the 3 points. At times you don't deserve to win and you win, we have to move on.
"The team's performance was good. It was a more difficult match in terms of our technical characteristics, more complicated, in which there's no space, they let you play on the outside, we're not the strongest when it comes to crosses because our forwards have got different characteristics. These games are the hardest ones for us, but I'm satisfied with the team's commitment, with how well we did with the ball.
"Casemiro won every ball, we got a lot of players involved when we attacked, I think we have to keep calm and focus on the next game, which is going to be difficult.
"Cádiz tried to do everything necessary for this match, close the lines, defend, play long, and they did what they had to do and so did we. We didn't score, but we tried until the end. Looking at the table, Sevilla are now closer to us.
"They're a team that has a lot of technical qualities, they're committed, and have a fan base that really gets behind them. So, as things stand, we have to say that Sevilla are closer to us and we'll have to battle against them. I'd say that there's a long way to go and some of the teams that are further back will close in too."
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