Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti refuses to talk about the upcoming La Liga title, because he believes in superstitions, in his press conference before facing Espanyol.
Real Madrid and Espanyol meet tomorrow, Saturday, in the La Liga competition, and if Ancelotti’s team draws or wins, he will be officially crowned the Spanish League title “La Liga”.
And the Spanish newspaper “AS” published Ancelotti’s statements during the press conference, and talked about the formation and the players’ readiness.
He said: “I usually talk to the players, whose opinion is important, but I decide, I did not find many players who tell me that they are tired, the player’s opinion is important, but it is not the most important, the decision is made by the coach, and we have the medical evaluation.”
“I had a lot of faith, I know the players well,” he added. Karim Benzema If he didn’t score 50 goals… Vinicius and Asensio scored a lot, Kroos and Modric contributed too… Rodrygo didn’t score many goals, but he made a difference in many games, in many phases of the season we were good in defense and in attack we were good very”.
“After the match against Manchester City, the players were already thinking about Espanyol, great tennis players, when they have the match ball, they win it, we are a great team and we have to hit the ball, I hope we can do that tomorrow.”
“We have worked a lot, but I don’t think there can be relaxation, we have to prepare as best as possible, I am very satisfied, it was a simple task because I had the support of the club and the players, they accepted all the decisions I made, the team performed well,” the Italian said. So far, we’ve played and won in almost every important stadium.”
He went on to lead La Liga by a large margin over his closest rivals: “No one thought that we would now have a 15-point advantage. The team did a very good job, winning in very complex stadiums: Seville, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Barcelona… We made the difference.” .
On being the first coach to win titles in the top five European leagues, Ancelotti replied: “I don’t like to talk about it because I haven’t won it yet, I’m superstitious… and I prefer to say how I feel when we win it.”
Reported coach real madrid: “I don’t know if this is an old school coaching excuse, coaches have to travel through time and I don’t consider myself an old man.”
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He continued: “To say that football 20 years ago was not like that, because the rules and football have changed, you have to adapt and football will continue to change.”
Regarding the title, he stressed: “We know that we are very close to winning the title, but we have to get points in these matches because it is not over yet.
Regarding the preparations for the celebrations, Ancelotti explained: “We did not think about the celebrations, if we win we will celebrate like everyone else. But we will win first.”
The Real Madrid coach was asked about the importance of David Ancelotti, his son and assistant, and replied: “A complex question, David is strict, efficient, serious, professional, calm. Francesco Mori also works with him. We must also highlight Luis with goalkeepers and Antonio Bentos in physical terms.” .
“It’s a very young team, it’s not easy for me to talk about this, because I also have the familial and emotional side, the fact that David is my son helped him show that he is here because he is competent, he can be a very good coach.”