Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid coach, speaks to the microphones of RadioRai, guest of “Radio too sport”. These are the words of the coach from Reggiolo during the morning discussion: “We started with some difficulties, like all of them, but the team has an excellent spirit and we manage to straighten the game with great character”.
Is Inter a team that can win the Scudetto?
“They kept the structure of last year, changing coaches and some protagonists. He played very well against us, I think he can compete for the Scudetto, I see a very balanced Serie A and Juve have some problems.”
What happened to Juve?
“It’s a team that has lost certainty and is struggling to find continuity, it happens in football. I’m sure it will come back and will be among the candidates to win in the end.”
Many young people who are included in the First Team, in Italy and beyond: are you finally aiming to rejuvenate?
“The economic problems that all companies have have led to more investing in young people, who are showing great quality and I think it will not be an exception”.
Yesterday the first setback for Roma, but Mourinho seems to be the right coach due to the pressures of the Capital:
“Mourinho has found a place suited to his character qualities and I’m not saying it from now. I immediately thought it was the right place for him and in the end it will be”.
What went wrong at Napoli?
“Two splendid professional years, but I know very well how it works and I think it ended in the right way. When there is no harmony between the club and the coach it is right to part ways, Napoli are competitive again this year. If they can win I don’t know, but can compete “.
Spalletti and De Laurentiis have fiery characters, will they be able to get along?
“They are honest people and I think there can be discussions, but in the end we get along well. I got along very well with De Laurentiis and I got to know a splendid square”.
Only Roma and Juve have won in Europe, why are the Italians struggling so hard?
“English football at the moment is slightly ahead of others, it is a discourse that they are also making here in Spain. The English teams play at a level of intensity higher than the others.”
Brahim Diaz exploded, what went wrong for him at Real?
“In Madrid he didn’t have room for a question of competition, he is an important player for us and we are happy that he is doing well at Milan. For his growth it was important to play, he went to Milan not by chance, but because we know the structure of the club and the team “.
Sarri remarked that there is too much play, with a very condensed calendar, and next year even a World Cup in the middle of autumn. Don’t you think the calendars need to be revised?
“It is a serious problem and the pandemic has complicated this too, it is clearly to be reviewed. There are matches that really make little sense, FIFA and UEFA will have to see it again even if at the moment they do not get along in love and agreement”.
What do you think of the World Cup every two years?
“Since we’re at it, let’s do it every year! (Laughs)”.
Is there still talk of Superlega in your area?
“The day I talk about politics will be the day I stop playing football, I prefer to talk about the pitch.”
Are you still thinking of returning to Italy, is the dream always to coach Roma?
“I hope that Roma will win with Mourinho and I hope that Milan will remain at the top after returning. For me here at Real it is like a honeymoon, I hope to stay for a long time.”
Hellas and Cagliari change coaches and at times beat Milan and Lazio. What can be changed?
“The change of coach affects the players’ heads, such a strong decision woke them up. And after the numbness they reacted, now the new ideas of the coaches will enter”.
Real easily expected in the round of 16 of the Champions League: who could be the most accredited opponents?
“I don’t think there will be big surprises, the favorites are always the same and we’ll see in March”.
Right now there is a Spaniard that Iberian football is proposing and will it soon come out?
“Spanish football has lost important players, now at the moment there is Vinicius, who is doing very well and luckily he is playing with us in Madrid.”
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