The reunion of Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid on rival sides marked Carlo Ancelotti's press conference in the preview of Sevilla-Real Madrid tomorrow, Saturday at the Sánchez Pizjuán. The Italian coach only had words of praise for the Andalusian centre-back: I will love to see him and greet him. I have a special affection. If I am here today it is because of Sergio Ramos. If he doesn't score the goal in the final (Lisbon in 2014), he probably wouldn't be here. "If he scores a goal and hopefully not, he can do whatever he wants," he noted.
The Madrid coach spoke with some reluctance when asked what he thought of Jan Laporta's statements talking about sociological Madridism: "I have listened to him and I say what I said when talking about racism (due to the incidents with Vinícius in Mestalla and what was he said from Valencia). We do not have to divert the shot. It is a very serious scare and the Justice is investigating. We have to let them work and decide what they believe is right. All this is a way of diverting the shot and at the judicial level it is not good "he assured.
Ancelotti was also asked if he would like to renew (he has an offer to coach the Canarinha in the summer and in Brazil they take it for granted) and he did not want to answer clearly: "I'm a little selfish because I think it's always necessary to do well." your job. I'm not talking about my future. My future is tomorrow and Wednesday. There are many rumors but I think everything will be clarified soon."
Ancelotti knows that the Sevilla game will be difficult: "Obviously Sevilla will demand a lot from us. They have changed coaches, it will be complicated. But I am more worried that we will forget the good things we have done before the break," he said.
Throughout the last break, several players like Rodrygo and Camavinga have said that they have played in positions that they do not like. Ancelotti put it into perspective: "It is important to know where the player wants to play and I have never put anyone in a position that they don't like. Sometimes due to team demands someone has to sacrifice themselves... Like Tchouaméni, Camavinga, Rodrygo himself did. .. He is a complete forward, he can do many things. My idea is the demands of the team and then the individual. No one has told me that he cannot play in the position that I tell him. I once put Ramos as a pivot and he didn't care. I liked it, but it was the team's demands. This is a very well defined word, it's called altruism," he commented.
Ancelotti commented that Arda Güler still has a couple of weeks left: "He is not happy because he wanted to start in a different way, but he is young, he has all the time in the world. He has to be ready to show his enormous qualities. He is quite good. , but he lacks a bit of condition. We have ten days for him to be at his best. He is an offensive player, he is not a center forward, he is more of a playmaker like Bellingham, or as a winger with a changed leg."
