Sergio Ramos’ return to the Bernabéu with Sevilla, three seasons after his departure from Real Madrid, marked Carlo Ancelotti’s press conference prior to tomorrow’s match. The Italian coach hopes that Real Madrid will receive with great affection what he defined as one of the best captains he has coached in his career: “Ramos has been a true captain, fantastic, with character, personality… I have had lucky to have some like him, like Maldini (AC Milan) or John Terry (Chelsea)”.
Ancelotti sees tomorrow’s game as very important because he does not see the League already decided despite the advantage over Girona (6 points) or Barcelona (8 points). “We don’t do the math. There are thirteen games left and we have an advantage that must be taken advantage of. We cannot fail. The league is in our hands and each game is very important. The sooner we reach 80 points, the closer we will be.”
The future of Kroos, who this week announced his return to the German national team and still has not renewed for Madrid, and Luka Modric’s future were also discussed at the press conference. Asked if Ancelotti had advised him to renew the German, he said: “I’m not going to advise Kroos on what he has to do. He’s not my son. He has all the mental capacity to decide on his future. He told me that he was returning to the national team. and that is not going to affect his performance with us, which is very high here. He will only want to stop when he sees that his level has dropped: he is very responsible.”
Regarding whether he had offered Modric a position in his staff for next season, Ancelotti did not want to go into details: “I don’t talk about personal things with the press. Modric is a fantastic player and I think Modric’s future is going to be better.” choose himself.”
Without Mbappé’s name coming up, Ancelotti was asked if Vinícius could change positions. He plays as a winger on the left, the position the Frenchman likes the most: “I think Vini can also play inside, I’m not saying as a single center forward, but with a couple. He is very comfortable playing on the outside and has “It’s been good to be on the inside to uncheck. I want to put him where he feels most comfortable, which at the moment is the left wing,” he commented.
Ancelotti commented that Rüdiger returns tomorrow: “He is very good and will start. Tchouaméni has done very well but Antonio returns and that gives us confidence.”
Ancelotti also spoke about Endrick, the young Brazilian already signed from Palmeiras: “When he comes (in the summer) he will be with the first team, that’s for sure. You talk a lot about the future and that makes me happy, but the only thing I think about is tomorrow’s game. I don’t know what’s going to happen this Monday,” he concluded.
