Real Madrid face Girona, this Sunday (23), at 12:15 pm (Brasília time), for the Spanish Championship
The face, this Sunday, at 12:15 pm (Brasília time), for the Spanish Championship, but the coach could not escape the questions suffers the classic with Atletico Madrid, for the round of 16 of the Champions League, at this Saturday’s news conference interview .
The Italian coach knows that he will have a quarry ahead and said he expects another confrontation for Diego Simeone’s team. “Difficult, as always. It will be a beautiful, fun and balanced elimination. The quality of the two teams is similar, ”commented Ancelotti.
The coach also ignored the provocation of the rival, who has published on his social networks an ironic booklet with Real Madrid’s “basic instructions” before the classics, such as pressing arbitration. “The tweet? I have difficulty understanding what a tweet is. I don’t get into these things, ”he said.
In one of the rare interviews in which he was not asked about Vinicius Júnior or Mbappé, Carlo Ancelotti also spoke about the probable changes that will promote in midfielder Real Madrid in Sunday’s match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, by the Spaniard. Bellingham, suspended, and Valverde, worn out by the sequence of matches, will be out of combat.
“Alaba ready to enter the starting lineup. It is not discarded that Valverde rest, ”announced Ancelotti, who also addressed the suspension of the English midfielder. “We have to accept this decision (from the Royal Spanish Football Federation). The club will appeal to try to shorten the suspension of two matches. ”
Regarding the controversy regarding Spanish arbitration, Ancelotti defended Real Madrid. “I maintain my opinion. I want the competition to be as clean as possible, ”he said, praising the quality of the Spanish Championship. “There are three teams disputing (the title) at the moment, at a very high level. This does not happen in Italy or England. ”
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
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