The Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, assured that he will retire once his stage in the white team is over, a decision that he believes makes sense since Real Madrid “is the pinnacle of football.”. This stage in Madrid ends my career. After the whites I leave it. Madrid is the pinnacle of football, it makes sense to end this experience here,” he explained in an interview with ‘Il Messaggero’ published this Saturday.
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After winning the European Super Cup, Ancelotti has won a total of 24 trophies as coach: “I’m not passionate about doing accounts. I will do it at the end of my career, when it makes sense to take stock of my work. After lifting ‘the Decimocuarta’, the Italian coach has not lost his competitiveness and is clear about his main objective for this season: “The ‘Champions’. Because of the history and the degree of difficulty. That is the size of Madrid. It is a special club for this European competition”.
And he made it clear that the team’s locker room is “healthy”, with “humble players” and in which the “human component” reigns. Madrid is a serious team, with humble players in which even the stars have their feet on the ground. The group is healthy, well led by the most experienced: Modric, Casemiro, Benzema. The quality is indisputable.
However, by itself it would not be enough to guarantee results and trophies: the human component is essential.. And this Real is really unique in that”, he assured. Regarding the league season that begins this weekend, ‘Carletto’ sees it as more even than last season.
“More fought than last year, Barcelona has become stronger. Sevilla remain competitive, even after the exits, and Atltico are solid. In Bilbao there is an experienced coach like Valverde and Gattuso’s Valencia brings with him an important city and history,” he said.
In addition, he valued the arrival of his Portuguese teammate Jos Mourinho on the Roma bench, with whom he revealed to keep in touch: “Mourinho has entered Roma’s history very well. We talk often, we send messages. Roma needed a coach like I and I needed the affection of a team like Roma”.
The 2022 Qatar World Cup, which will be held in November and December, interrupt the domestic championship for the first time, something that has generated uncertainty in the coaches, who do not know how their players will return after the tournament. Ancelotti confessed that he is more concerned with the mental state than the physical.
“The postworld is the real question mark. The main issue will not be the preparation to be done, but the mental aspect. Normally, after a tournament of this level players go on vacation, but this time they will have to go back to base and go back to work. They will not disconnect and this is the real question: what will their physical and mental health be when the championships start again?
The Italian coach is clear about his commitment to lift this world cup: “Brazil and France are the strongest teams, then I say Argentina, there is always Messi”, although he focused on three other teams. “Spain is the other big one to watch. I add England and Germany, teams that have begun a renewal process,” he said.
