Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti – “What I'm asking for is fewer games for more attractive competitions”
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti sent a clear message to FIFA and UEFA about their management of the fixture list, clearly pointing the finger at them for Los Blancos' injuries. In a season that could include 10 extra games for Real Madrid this year, Ancelotti has called for action.
Once again Ancelotti worked on how to deal with fresh absences this week, after Brahim Diaz was ruled out for the next 2-3 months. Eder Militao only trained on Monday, but Ancelotti noted that he was fine.
He was asked if he had been looking for more solutions to his injury problems, and he indicated
“We are looking for what can be done, but it is not in our power. The schedule is too demanding. A new competition is coming and no one knows how it will be. It may be more fun, or not. But what is certain is that we have two more games.”
“If the governing bodies do not start thinking that the players are injured because they play too much, we have a problem. I pray that they stop and think about reducing the number of matches, to have more attractive competitions.
He was always asked if he had maintained the same enthusiasm for him Champions League after many years in office.
“The excitement is the same. For me the Champions League is very special. And day by day, being there, talking with the players, preparing the training sessions, enduring the problems that arise. I consider myself very patient.. . because every day there is a problem. And many times it is not problems that we consider. I like the day to day.
Ancelotti has been vocal about equipment congestion in the past but joins many of his players in Dani Carvajal, Thibaut Courtois and former player Toni Kroos in pointing out that there are too many games for players. It seems that there is no other logical solution than to do so, but often the money sees the logic change the form, and this is what drives the new competitions and the increase in the number of games, or at least the belief that the two go hand in hand. .
