In the pre-Salzburg conference, the Italian coach wanted to shed light on the rumors that wanted him out of Real at the end of this season. Mbappé: “Am I shy? No, humble. But now it clicked…”
A laugh to bury a radio invention. In the night between Sunday and Monday Onda Cero assured that at the end of the season Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid by his own decision, and that Xabi Alonso will arrive in his place. The Casa Blanca coach had already denied this to us privately yesterday, today he did it publicly.
away with Florentino
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They asked him the question about the alleged news, “Is it true that he decided to leave at the end of the season?”, and Carlo started laughing. Then he turned off the fake news tap: “No, no”. A pause, then serious: “I want to be very clear, I will never decide my exit date from this club, ever. I know perfectly well that that day will come, but I don’t know when and I won’t decide it. It can arrive tomorrow after the game against Salzburg, or in a few games. Or in a year, or in 5, it depends. And it’s impossible to say now. But I have an advantage: we have Florentino (Perez, just re-elected ed.) here with us as president for another 4 years: my goal is to follow the same path with him, so we organize a great farewell together with all the affection in the world ”. Everyone laughing with Carlo, number one also in communication.
Kylian Mbappé is a spectacle off the pitch too. He presented himself at the press conference and in his perfect Castilian spoke about himself with commendable honesty, showing remarkable leadership qualities. Let’s imagine Ancelotti’s face, who with Kroos retired and Modric approaching 40 is desperately looking for someone to lead his dressing room of stars. They asked the Frenchman what his initial shyness came from. “No, I’m not shy and I never will be. But you arrive here in a team that won everything in the previous season and what do you do? The first day you start saying, ‘Hey, pass me the ball!’ to those who have just won the Liga and Champions League. Football doesn’t work like that. You have to go slowly, calmly. This is why shy is not the right word, the correct term is humble.”
the turning point
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And on his long adaptation period: “I didn’t play well because I thought too much. And if you think too much it’s not good. I was thinking about where to stand, how to get away, whether to go left but Vini was there or right but Rodrygo was there. Over thinking. And then I was sorry because coming here was my dream and I wanted to do well. And I was sorry to play badly, it touched me. At a certain point after the Bilbao match I said ‘Bam’, enough. It was a mental issue, not a physical one. I was fine with the group, it was up to me. I knew I had to and could do more, I didn’t come to Madrid to play badly, and I started playing better. And now I feel great, and we have the whole second half of the season ahead of us with a lot of things on the line. We are ready.”
how many goals
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“The goal of goals? As much as possible. If I have three chances in the match I hope to score 3 goals. You say 40 goals? If there are more, it’s better. Now I’ve done 18 and I don’t set limits for myself.”
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