Ancelotti responds to Raillo: “My four grandchildren have one Real Madrid player shirt and they don’t want anything else”
Real Madrid will meet its counterpart, Real Mallorca, tomorrow, Sunday, in the matches of the twentieth round of the Spanish Premier League. On this occasion, Carlo Ancelotti appeared to answer questions from journalists during the press conference that was held today in preparation for the confrontation.
How do you see Mallorca?
“It’s a club-like team, they defend very well. They are solid. Handling the ball well in front of them will be key.”
How is Militao, Benzema and Alaba?
“Alaba has trained and can play without problems. In fact, yesterday he trained very well. Militao and Karim… they are doing tests now and it doesn’t seem serious. They are left out of tomorrow’s game, but they will travel to the Club World Cup and we’ll see if they’ll be available for the first game or maybe the second.”
How do you see the renewals of Ceballos and Kroos contracts?
“I don’t care about renovations, but to their professionalism. their desire and what they contribute. I only think about this. They will talk to the club.”
Did the club ask you for market advice? About possible offers?
“It is not true that some players have offered to come to Real Madrid. this is not true”.
Did the Super Cup weeks bleed stop?
“In the last matches we did well, we needed to beat Real Sociedad. But we won in Bilbao, the derby… We’re bringing back the good feelings, and we already see that the team is better. The bad thing, is the injuries that hit us; But that is something that cannot be predicted.”
How is the case of Vinicius dealt with? Should we protect him more?
“He will prepare for the match as usual, focusing on his quality. What will happen next, we’ll see. I don’t need to talk to him.”
Will there be a rotation tomorrow?
“It could…but it won’t be because of the Club World Cup. The best team will play, because the most important match is tomorrow. If there is any change, it will not be because of the Club World Cup, but because whoever is not playing needs to rest.”
How do you see Ceballos?
“He works very well, is hard working and has his personality. He is confident of himself.”
Raillo (Mallorca defender) said that if he had to give his son an example of a player, it would be Modric or Benzema, not Vinicius. Is Vinicius an example of a football player for you?
“For me he is a great footballer. Youngsters love this kind of player, he has great quality and is amazing with the ball. All my grandchildren have Vinicius’ shirt, all four have his. They don’t want another player’s shirt.
How is Valverde?
“We can’t think that he has to score every day. He excelled in that aspect in the early part of the season, but apart from that he can give us a lot of energy. For example”
How does the locker room hold up in a month with such a packed schedule?
“Recovery does more than physical labor. Because there is no time for training. We focus on assessing fatigue and for this reason, the work of the physicists is more important at this time than the work of the coach.”
Today, he will know his opponent in the Club World Cup (Al-Ahly of Egypt or the American Seattle Sounders).
“At the moment, I don’t follow the tournament very much. After Mallorca, we will be fully focused. But yes, I know the potential competitors very well.”
Source: As
