The Real Madrid coach once again closes ranks with the Brazilian: «It seems that Vinicius is to blame. Vinicius is the victim of something I don’t understand.”
Carlo Ancelotti again closed ranks with Vinicius, again the protagonist after another game in which he was targeted by the defenders of Mallorca and the Vermilion Parish. “The question I ask is this: what is the problem, Vinicius? Vinicius’ teammates? What should Vinicius defend against? Here the problem is not Vinicius, but what is happening around Vinicius. It is a problem of Spanish football and we have to fix it. It seems Vinicius is the culprit. Vinicius is the victim of something I don’t understand,” the Real Madrid coach said the day before his team faced Al-Ahly in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup .
“A World Cup for clubs is a very important event. It means you’ve done things right before. We are very excited in a country where we have a lot of fans and we have the opportunity to make them happy and end a great season on a high note and give new impetus to this season where we have many challenges,” said the coach, who hunts for a title that can serve as a balm for Real Madrid.
“Al-Ahly is a team with a great history. They have won many titles, they have experience in these competitions, a good organization, with skilled and fast players. It will be an even, competitive game. They have the same desire as us to to win this competition and we have a lot of respect for them,” Carletto said of the Egyptian team, ten-time champions of the African Champions League and executioner in the quarterfinals of the Seattle Sounders.
Benzema, Courtois and Militao will not be able to make it on Wednesday, but Ancelotti emphasized that they are not excluded from a possible final. “The three are on the list because we believe they can recover for Saturday’s game. We preferred to leave them in Madrid to do their treatment and if they go well, they will come on Thursday before Saturday’s game,” he said.
Ancelotti also wanted to send an optimistic message, despite the setbacks his side has suffered in recent games. “The demand is very big. We have to evaluate well what is happening. I still think the team is growing. We had a defeat that hurt, but despite the injuries we are getting into good physical shape at this time of the season It’s a terrible calendar. We’re confident that we’re going to do well this season too,” he said.
Like his coach, Federico Valverde defended Vinicius strongly. “As a teammate I will say he is an incredible person, with many values. Technically he is different and he enjoys football in his own way, in a cheerful way. If a player makes a lot of mistakes, it’s part of football, but we as teammates defend him. Then the issue of racism and rival hobbies, I think the person isn’t thought about, we don’t think it could be the son of a person sitting in the stands. Everyone should be in the stands watching what they are doing, not paying off with a 22 year old boy. You have to have respect,” the Uruguayan said during his performance for the media in Morocco.
Source: La Verdad
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