The debacle of Real Madrid against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has once again placed the Italian coach in the spotlight
Florentino Pérez publicly ratified him after the Copa del Rey final, but Emilio Butragueño was not at all forceful about the future of the merengue coach after the elimination from the Champions League
He was, without a doubt, one of the main targets of the Real Madrid debacle against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium (4-0). Carlo Ancelotti he did not pass his particular exam in English lands. The Merengues fans did not understand his approach and his starting lineup, without Antonio Rüdiger who had shone in the first leg; the Italian coach’s ability to react also left a lot to be desired. Europe does not forgive and exposes all the shortcomings when the moment of truth arrives. A period of reflection has already begun in the Spanish capital.
A week and a half after Florentino Pérez publicly assured, after the Copa del Rey final, that “we are delighted with Ancelotti”, Carlo is questioned again. Nobody puts his hand in the fire in favor of the continuity of the mister merengue. The statements of Emilio Butragueno they started the discussion. “Ancelotti is a great coach who has won everything with us and has a contract. It’s a bad night, we are very sad and we must recognize the superiority of City”, said the director of institutional relations after the elimination from the Champions League, as if the contractual relationship were the only reason that ‘ties’ the Italian to the white bench.
All the Madrid media agree when it comes to leaving Ancelotti’s future up in the air. According to ‘MARCA’, the technician is “in the spotlight & rdquor; after his team “did not make an appearance & rdquor; in the most important game of the season; ‘Relevo’ adds that the sports management merengue will take advantage of the final stretch of the season to analyze how the course has gone and “evaluate alternatives & rdquor;; “There are few coaches at Real Madrid who come out unscathed after a defeat like this,” Antonio Romero recalled in ‘El Larguero’ on ‘Cadena SER’. for now, the ‘dance’ of names as possible substitutes has not yet begun.
The debacle in Manchester has caused the ghosts around Ancelotti’s future to return to the Santiago Bernabéu. Important players from the white squad such as Luka Modric, Vinicius or Kroos “wet” in favor of the Italian’s continuity and he himself recalled at a press conference that the club publicly ratified him after winning the Cup, but we will see if the painful of Real Madrid against Pep Guardiola’s City has important consequences in the direction of the Merengue team. The ball is in Florentino Pérez’s court.