Next season, Real Madrid can play up to 70 games in seven different competitions. A calendar saturated to the maximum that causes discomfort in the white team. Specifically, the Club World Cup, the first edition of which will take place in the summer of 2025 and will last from June 15 to July 13. This competition, expanded with respect to the previous format, is in danger according to the words of Carlo Ancelotti, who stated in an interview with the Italian newspaper ‘Il Gornale’ that Real Madrid will not participate in the tournament with the current conditions.
Atlético is grateful to be in the Club World Cup
“FIFA can be forgotten. The players and clubs will not go to that tournament. A single Real Madrid match is worth 20 million and FIFA wants to give us that amount for the entire cup. So the answer is negative,” defended the Madrid coach, who assured that the current European champion will not be the only one who will “reject the invitation” from the body led by Gianni Infantino.
It is worth remembering that next season the Intercontinental Cup will coexist on the calendar, recovering with the annual format of the previous one. Club World Cup, and the renewed version of it, with 32 teams, and which will be held every four years. The other Spanish representative in the tournament will be Atlético de Madrid, who did celebrate leaving out FC Barcelona due to the amount they could win in the US, where the title will be played.
The 2024/2025 season for Real Madrid, which has just brought in Kylian Mbappé, is presented as the most demanding in its history. If it reaches the final of all the seven competitions it will play – League, Cup, Champions, Club World Cup, Intercontinental and the Spanish and European Super Cups – it will reach 70 games.
“The FIFA calendar cannot be sustained”
Such a number of matches will be one of the great challenges to be managed by Ancelotti, who in the past complained about the calendar, especially after the plague of injuries that he successfully overcame in the season that is about to close and in which he has won the League, Champions League and Super Cup.
“It can’t be sustained. Those who prepare it have to look at what is happening. Now we have this problem, but there will be a Club World Cup and a Champions League with more games. The only solution is to reduce the games, but FIFA or UEFA have to come to an agreement, which should talk to the players’ union,” lamented the Italian, who reaffirms his refusal to play more and more games.
“If Kroos thinks about it, we’ll talk in the fall”
In the interview with ‘Il Gornale’, Ancelotti reflected on other topics related to Real Madrid. He responded to the place in his heart of the two teams in his life: the white team and Milan. “Madrid is special. Milan is in my heart: I played, I was a coach, but it is a big part of my professional life. But what is better than Real Madrid? Here there is respect for history, all the footballers of the past are present in the facilities,” reflected the Italian, winner of five Champions Leagues on the bench (two as a ‘rossonero’ and three as a madridista).
Carletto also spoke about the departure of a stronghold like Kroos. “Unfortunately he has decided to stop. He is very German in his convictions, but he will continue to live in Madrid, so I told him that if he wanted to think about it again in the fall, he should call me by phone.“said the Italian with the sarcasm that characterizes him, after unloading himself, without remorse, against the FIFA Club World Cup.
2024-06-10 08:17:50
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