The renewal of Carlo Ancelotti, whose contract ends on June 30 and has an offer to coach the Brazilian team, marked this morning’s press conference for the Real Madrid coach, prior to Sunday’s match at the Bernabéu against the Villarreal. In his appearance before the media on Thursday, Florentino Pérez suggested that Ancelotti would continue at the white club. The coach continued along the same lines: “If the club is happy, I am and there is no rush or problem to renew,” he commented.
Later, when asked when would be the ideal time to renew, he remained the same: “The timing is until June 30 because I will be here until July 30, 2024. That is the time I have to deal with the renewal.” “. Other questions abounded on the topic. When asked if the renewal would not be the best possible Christmas gift, he evaded the question: “I already have the gift, which is coaching Real Madrid. Now I only think about finishing these two games in 2023 well. Nothing more.”
If against Union Berlin Ancelotti announced that the goalkeeper was going to be Kepa, this morning he did not decide whether Kepa or Lunin would play against Villarreal: “I have decided, but I have not yet spoken to them and I do not want it to be “Let them find out through the press. First I will talk to them so they can know it from my mouth. What I do want to say is that they make me doubt; they are both very good.”
The coach does not know if he is experiencing one of his best periods in Madrid: “I don’t know. We are managing the season well, despite the problems we have had, the injuries. I feel confident, that’s for sure. A coach must monitor “Always what comes to you, the future; be focused on the horizon, not on what has already happened. This is very long… There are still six months left!”
At the press conference the issue of penalties this season also came up. Madrid has taken four shots so far (three in official matches) and has missed all four: “Last year the first kicker was Benzema. In this one it’s Modric, but since he hasn’t started playing it’s a matter that has changed. Joselu throws them very good, but the same thing happens, sometimes he doesn’t play. He doesn’t catch him on the field. It is true that we are having problems with this; we must fix it and we are working on it, but penalties are not a technical problem. It is more mental. “Of situations that cannot be rehearsed in training.”
Ancelotti was also asked what he thought of Xavi’s words about Barcelona being the most difficult team to coach: “Well, I don’t know which is the most complicated. But criticism of coaches is the order of the day. It’s “a job where only the result is judged, not the methodology. What decides our future is whether we win or not. And we coaches must accept it. Xavi knows this and, for me, he is a great professional, a great coach.”
What Ancelotti did not want to talk about is the European Super League: “We have to wait until December 21, that’s what I think for now. It’s a date that can change the history of current football.”
