Karim Benzema will not play Real Madrid's last game before the break for the World Cup, third in a row in LaLiga and sixth matchday in fourteen of the season, which has led to the suspicion that he has reserved for the big event in Qatar, to which Carlo Ancelotti replied calling it "nonsense"
"I think the first to be disappointed in this situation is Karim, who is going to get to play a World Cup without the minutes he needed to be in good condition," he said at a press conference.
"Those who say that it has been erased, I don't believe it, it's nonsense. He has had a problem, it has not been serious, he has not stopped, he has trained individually and the sensations are not good. The first to suffer is Karim who comes to a World Cup as Ballon d'Or with few minutes in the legs", he added.
Ancelotti was not upset with his player and only regretted the number of games that the French striker has not been able to help Real Madrid, unable to maintain his decisive leadership from last year.
"What has bothered me is that Karim hasn't been able to help the team in these games with his quality. He has tried but hasn't been able to come back from an annoyance which is a small thing. He has tried to be available but hasn't been able to", clarified.
Despite Benzema's muscle problems, Ancelotti assured that he "never" could have thought that the World Cup was at risk for him. "After the first injury, which was important, he recovered. The last two discomforts are not important things. He has never thought that the World Cup was in danger because they really are small things".
Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid's Italian coach, acknowledged that the Brazilian Vinícius Junior must improve his reaction to provocation but defended that he is not "a provocateur" and that he receives "more fouls, slaps and shoves" than any other player in behaviors of rivals away from "fair play".
"It is happening that it seems that Vinícius is a provocateur when the reality is that he is the player who receives the most fouls, slaps and pushes," Ancelotti denounced this Wednesday at a press conference.
"It is reality, quite the opposite of a provocateur. Protecting all the players so as not to disrespect them, not only in football but also personally, is an achievement that football should have with everyone, not just with those who have more quality like Vinícius. There is a word that is not so common here, 'fair play', which is the most important thing in football. It means playing correctly", he added.
Despite the complaint from 'Carletto' after the last chapter lived in Vallecas, where he had to calm down his player after receiving a yellow card from the referee so as not to be expelled for his protests, the Italian coach sent a message to Vinícius convinced that he will improve his response to provocation.
"There you have to improve," he admitted. "You enter the field to play football, not to provoke, also with words, not only with your legs, but the player has to improve in this aspect."
"He is very young and he is sure to improve. But he likes football, he loves it, he tries to play it as well as possible but he has to learn that provocation in the world is not usual, it is not correct, one cannot teach to avoid provocations. I cannot teach Vinícius how not to get into this", he sentenced.
