The humiliation in the Clasico has sown doubts in the minds of the Real Madrid management. Florentino Pérez met Carlo Ancelotti to set him his end-of-season goals and also reassure him.
Real Madrid’s astonishing qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League is already a distant memory. Well almost, because it also conditions the future of Carlo Ancelotti. Except that since Karim Benzema’s magical night against PSG, Casa Blanca took a huge slap in the Clasico at the Santiago Bernanéu (4-0) that not many people saw coming. Since then, a wind of uncertainty has been blowing over the capital.
Arrived last summer to replace Zinedine Zidane, the Italian coach failed to convince everyone at the club, even if he is not worried. The round of 16 going to the Parc des Princes (1-0 defeat) had already given some people a heads up, but the humiliation against Barça added another layer. There is like a doubt with Ancelotti and this feeling is shared in high places, as by Florentino Pérez.
Ancelotti is not in danger but…
According to a journalist from Gold in Spain, which is confirmed by all the press, the boss of Real Madrid even invited the 62-year-old technician to take stock with him. The two men met at the training center this Friday at the start of the afternoon and spoke about the difficulties of the team. The meeting still lasted 1h30, a relatively long time, proof that there was a great need to discuss.
Pérez also caught up on Benzema and Mendy, both injured, and set the roadmap for what’s next. Ancelotti is not in danger for the end of the season and should even be kept in case of victory in La Liga or (and) in the Champions League. AS adds an element that he finds troubling. This interview at the top comes the day after Italy’s elimination from the Cup and Ancelotti has been cited to take over from Mancini…
