MADRID, 6 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, confessed that no player from his squad has come into his “office” to discuss his future, while “nobody has complained because he doesn’t play”, since “everyone is focused on the work”, while insisting that the “challenge” of this course is, at least, to “match” what was achieved in 2022.
“If there is someone who asks me for advice, I will give it to them, but so far no one has entered my office to talk about this (his future at the club). Now everyone is focused on what we have to do, we have many games and I think “The entire squad will be used. No one has complained because they don’t play, everyone is focused on work,” said the Italian ahead of Saturday’s game (4:15 p.m.) against Villarreal.
On the occasion of Three Kings Day, Ancelotti was asked about his requests to the three ‘monarchs’ and joked that at least he has not received coal. “My custom is December 13, Saint Lucia, I’m not used to asking the Three Wise Men for something,” he ironized.
“The challenge is to match what we have done in 2022, and we will do everything possible to achieve it, and even improve it,” it was marked as a wish for the new year, stressing that the Englishman Jude Bellingham was not in his letter for Melchor, Gaspar and Balthazar. “He’s a great midfielder, like Enzo (Fernández), Pedri, Gavi.
Against Villarreal, Real Madrid will start a 2023 full of matches, although the white team is “accustomed to playing every three days”. “It suits us well, we fix it well. The squad has come back quite well after the World Cup, we’ve had small problems, but most of them are fine. Tomorrow is difficult, but we arrived well and we’re confident we’ll play a good game,” he said.
“Tomorrow a fresh team will play, those who did not play against Cacereño will play tomorrow, in a team very similar to last year. Later, I will choose whoever is best for each game. The Super Cup is an important title”, he advanced on the ‘eleven ‘, valuing the “professionalism” of the footballer, who “rests, but trains individually.”
For Ancelotti, Quique Setién’s ‘Yellow Submarine’ is a team that “has changed a bit” compared to the team previously led by Unai Emery. “He has a very clear identity, they play football well. It will be an entertaining match, and we want to do it in the best way, I will bring out the best. I see the squad in good shape, in good physical condition, focused. Setién likes football offensive but with good positioning”, he analyzed.
Rodrygo Goes, an “important player in every game” could appear as a starter against the people of Castellón. “There are no starters, very few at least, I have rotated Vinicius and Benzema very little… It’s hard to say what Rodrygo’s position is, he can play in any position up front, he always makes a difference.
Finally, he valued the statements of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, considering himself a genius. “I consider myself a person who does a spectacular job and who is sometimes right, with the luck of being in the best team in the world. Guardiola is a great coach, he has brought something new and interesting to football and he continues to do so”, he commented. , before remembering his “partner and friend” Gianluca Vialli, who died this Friday at the age of 58 from pancreatic cancer.
