The coach of Real Madrid, Charles Ancelottiacknowledge that you are “completely agree with Pep Guardiola” and his statements denouncing an excessively busy calendar, and he assured that to increase the “quality of the show”, the quantity must be reduced, but he regretted that “coaches and players” do not paint “nothing” in the decisions, at the same time that he confirmed into Ukrainian Andriy Lunin in the white goal against Almería this Saturday.
“How can I not agree with Pep (Guardiola)! I am completely. They try to improve the quality of the show by adding more minutes, matches. To improve quality you have to remove quantity, it’s quite simple. The problem is that the coaches and the players do not paint anything“, criticized the Italian coach in the preview of the Almería-Real Madrid of LaLiga EA Sports this Saturday (7:30 p.m.).
For Ancelotti, “those who make decisions” see that football “is not so entertaining and they want to invest more to earn more money.” “But the reality is that they have to reduce quantity to increase quality”, he reiterated about a situation that leaves footballers “affected”, who suffer “more injuries and cannot provide the level of quality”. “I don’t know when it’s going to change, the players are an important part, until they get tired it’s hard for it to change,” he said resignedly, before also criticize the entrance of cameras in the locker room. “The changing room is sacred, and having a camera inside before a game doesn’t make sense,” he criticized LaLiga and his new initiatives for the 2023-2024 season.
And one of the consequences of the current calendar are the “injuries” due to “fatigue”, although he indicated that the tears in the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee of Éder Militao and Thibaut Courtois left due to “bad luck”. “Militao was very good at the level of strength, Courtois, the same. We had no alarms in this regard, sometimes there are players with imbalance in the legs at the level of strength,” he explained.
However, the Italian pointed out that they are “well covered” in the center position, despite the loss for several months of the Brazilian defender. “He has trained with us Marvel, and there are others. As a central room, we will use one from the quarry,” he revealed.
In addition, for the match against the Andalusians on matchday 2 of LaLiga EA Sports, it will be a doubt Eduardo Camavinga due to an overload after training this Thursday. “We didn’t want to take a risk in today’s session. Tomorrow we will evaluate, if the discomfort disappears, he will play tomorrow,” he said of the Frenchman, about whom he said he must improve his “arrival on goal.”
Kepa “is adapting very well”
If finally the Frenchman is low, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric could be from the game. They are very good, they have trained very well this week. The luck of having a week to prepare for a game is unusual, but it’s fantastic. They are ready to play,” he said of the veteran midfielders.
Ancelotti did confirm the ownership of Lunin against Almería, so Kepa Arrizabalaga’s debut will have to wait, although “he is adapting very well”. “He has shown a lot of quality, a lot of personality. Kepa has a very high level, he is young and has experience. Lunin lacks a bit of that experience, I think there will be no rotations when we have games every three days,” argued his decision.
On the other hand, Ancelotti stated that it is “rare” that Vinícius Júnior is not among the candidates for UEFA’s Best Player of the Year. “He is one of the best, if not the best, and all Real Madrid fans think this. And for him this is enough, he doesn’t have to look for something to motivate himself anymore. Nothing surprises me anymore in football. I don’t have an explanation for why ‘Vini ‘ is not on the list, I don’t care much, and I think neither does he. In the last three years he has been the player who has made the most difference”, he highlighted.
Questioned by the possibility that the Barcelona Ansu Fati arrives at Real Madrid, the Italian coach praised the footballer’s youth. “He is very talented, he is going to have a great future, and I am staying here,” he said without going too far, before assessing the transfer policy of the Saudi League. “They are putting a lot of money to improve their League. They have the right to do so, within the rules of the ‘Financial Fair Play’ (FPF). If they can do it, it means that the FPF works,” he said.
Finally, Ancelotti highlighted the “good organization” of Almería, his rival this Saturday. “It will be entertaining, it is not a team that closes behind, they want to play, with fast and quality players. We have to repeat the game in Bilbao, the team was good,” he analyzed, before removing iron from the match schedule (7:30 p.m.) . “We are used to this temperature, it does not change much. The hydration break can help,” he settled.
2023-08-18 10:09:30
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