Eight years have passed since the end of the Champions facing real Madrid Y Athletic in Lisbon but it is now when Carlo Ancelotti revealed one of the millions of secrets that left that day.
It all happened as a result of asking the Italian coach in the press room if he would talk to his players about his physical condition and if someone asked him not to put him in the starting eleven because he was tired. What Ancelottiwith his usual grace, has answered that “players are usually not sincere in this aspect because they always want to play”.
And it was to put this statement in context when Ancelotti revealed the secret. “In fact, there have only been two players in my 30-year career who have asked me not to play in a match. One was Seedorf in a game of League and others Pepe in a final of Champions“, which refers to the debate in Lisbon and where the Portuguese is an alternative at the expense of Varana to form a couple with Sergio Ramos in that historic match.
Source: La Verdad
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