Carlo Ancelotti appeared, in the midst of the hangover from the celebration of the league victory and the qualification for the Champions League final, to talk about the match between Madrid and Alavés at the Bernabéu this Tuesday. The Italian confirmed that “The honeymoon continues, I am happy and excited with what can happen. It’s a press conference without pressure and I’m too affectionate with you. I know that sooner or later the stick comes, but now that it doesn’t, I enjoy it. “I’m better than ever.”
Lunin o Courtois
Once again the press conference focused on the choice of goal, where there are still doubts about whether he will bet on Courtois or Lunin for the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. “The objective is to reach the final with the entire squad at its best. Those who have returned on time, like Courtois and Militao, need more minutes. In the week before the final we will make the decision. Lunin and Kepa are also going to play. It will not be to be so simple because there are not many games. We are thinking about it. Lunin has had a great season and Courtois is the best goalkeeper in the world. I think like you. I have to take into account Lunin and I have to take into account that he is becoming the best goalkeeper in the world. He needs minutes.”
Asked about the players who have surprised him this season, he commented: “Difficult to say. The one I knew the least was Fran García, who has done well. Joselu and Brahim have also done very well. There are players who could contribute more if I gave them more minutes. ceballos has not had the minutes he deserved for several reasons. Arda Güler could also have played more if it weren’t for injuries. The squad has surprised me on a general level.”
Carletto also spoke about the future Xabi Alonso that there is in this Real Madrid squad: “There is quality in these players to be coaches due to their knowledge and experience. Then they have to have the desire to do this job. With the difficulties that a football coach has at the moment there are many They don’t want to do it because of the pressure. Carvajal, Ceballos, Kroos, Modric… they all have plenty of technical knowledge to be coaches. But I don’t know if they feel like it.”
The Madrid player confessed his plans for the coming weeks: “This match is important After Alavés I am going to give three days of rest. Then we will have two weeks to prepare for the Champions League final. and to do us the least possible damage.” Regarding Tchoumaneni, he was pessimistic, warning that “he doesn’t have many options to play in the final, but he is not ruled out. His foot doesn’t hurt much, but he’s not out of it yet. We will see”.
And he concluded by talking about the most difficult moment of the season: “The most difficult moment was losing a game (at the Metropolitano), but we were able to understand that something had to change and that made us tweak defensive areas that have been good for us. As a season I have to say that it has been very easy thanks to the players.”
2024-05-13 11:07:31
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