After a heavy defeat against AC Milan in the Champions League, Real Madrid will face a perilous trip to Liverpool in ten days. Before this crucial match, Carlo Ancelotti is angry with the Madrid management and is already distancing himself from any poor result at Anfield.
Real Madrid returns to training this week. While waiting for the players who left for the last international break of 2024 to return, Carlo Ancelotti resumes match preparations, notably for the match against Leganés next Sunday in La Liga, with the group including Endrick, Kylian Mbappé, and Ferland Mendy, who stayed in Madrid. Despite the team’s difficulties in recent weeks, the Madrid side should not have much to fear against the modest Leganés team. However, for this final stretch of the year, it is clearly the clash at Anfield against Liverpool that is of concern.
The choices that irritate Carlo Ancelotti
Currently poorly ranked in the knockout phase of the new Champions League format, with two defeats (against Lille and AC Milan) in four matches, Real Madrid cannot afford any mistakes against Liverpool, currently top of the table. Before this crucial match, Carlo Ancelotti’s team is completely decimated. While the injury to Rodrygo Goes, who will likely miss this clash, is lamented, the absences of Éder Militão and Lucas Vázquez are also very worrying.
And while the technical staff strives to find solutions to these absences that could prove costly, Florentino Pérez does not seem willing to make things easier. As we mentioned recently, the Madrid boss, although open to a January signing, prefers to wait and see if the emergency solutions will work at the end of the year, with the use of young reserve players or the repositioning of midfielders in defence.
While he was in favour of the express arrival of Sergio Ramos as a medical joker before the end of the current international break, Carlo Ancelotti has also learned of Florentino Pérez’s categorical refusal. Disappointed with how things are going with the management, the 65-year-old coach is reportedly raising his voice internally.
Don Carlo’s pressure move
According to the latest information, Carlo Ancelotti is beginning to distance himself from the team’s potential upcoming setbacks. Aware that he is under scrutiny in the upcoming big matches, notably against Liverpool’s Reds, the 65-year-old coach is already warning that he will not be responsible for any poor results that may occur in the coming weeks.
While he indicates that he will do everything possible to enable his players to perform, the former Paris Saint-Germain coach seeks to avoid any form of pressure. With a seriously weakened squad, Carlo Ancelotti’s reaction is understandable. Often known for his docile nature in the face of management decisions, the Italian coach seems to be at his wit’s end this time. Madrid fans should not blame him, especially since many were already hoping for Sergio Ramos’s return to the club.
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