The unusual vacation is over and Carlo Ancelotti, after a month and a half break, appeared in front of Spanish journalists to comment on all current topics, related to Real Madrid, but also other things – whether Lionel Messi is the best player in history of football after winning the world title, among other stuff.”It’s hard to say, I don’t know if he’s the best ever. It’s not even fair to say that, because every era had very good football players. ‘Messi is the best in history’ will not come out of my mouth. I enjoyed many players. I train every day with the Ballon d’Or winners (Luka Modrić and Karim Benzema, ed.). And I also watched Cruyff, Maradona play…”, Ancelotti answered.Speaking of the World Cup, let’s continue with the impressions from Qatar. For example, the referee’s added time, which by order of FIFA, lasted longer than usual, sometimes ten minutes even.”I don’t know exactly how they calculated, but I believe that eventually, sooner or later, football will start to measure the effective playing time”.##NAJAVA_MECA_6911549##Another impression from the World Cup, especially in the Iberian Peninsula, is the early elimination of Spain, whose tiki-taka style first delighted, and then turned out to be fruitless against Morocco. Does that mean it definitely ‘died’?”Noooo. Possession is very important in football, but to win it is important to do other things. Sometimes you can’t win games with just possession, you have to play on the counter or do something else”.Okay, let’s talk about Real Madrid. And the upcoming January transfer window.”Everything is closed because we have a great team. I don’t know just because of the departures, maybe some players with less playing time will want to leave… But I think we are better than we were and although it is difficult – why not be even better?” Ancelotti asked.Carlo Ancelotti: “Messi did a great job. He’s a great football player but I can’t say who is the best… There are so many great players. Maradona, Di Stéfano, Cruyff… I don’t know. They have been very important players of every era. ” pic.twitter.com/q6wXPdUaBr— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) December 29, 2022 Los Blancos did finalize a deal with one new player, but 16-year-old Endrick will join the team only in 2024. But the biggest reinforcement should be the recovered Karim Benzema.”He came back from vacation on December 10 and came back pretty fit. He trained with the team, played friendlies for the first half an hour, after 45 minutes. He will show his quality. The important thing is that he recovered. Everyone is rested… And the calendar is very complicated. Spanish Super Cup, Club World Cup… No more time to rest. Until February 19, we play every three days”.Ancelotti hopes that after the disappointing World Cup, Eden Hazard will show in Real Madrid’s shirt that he is not an ex-footballer.”He is better than before the World Cup. And everyone will play for me”.Four of Real Madrid players up for saleAs for potential departures, Marco Asensio and Dani Ceballos have not yet extended their contracts that expire in the summer.”I’m not worried about that, because I see that everyone is close to each other. Several players are in that position, but there is time until June”.And the defense? Real Madrid conceded nine goals more than Barcelona and that’s why they are looking at their backs in the La Liga standings…”It is not Curtois’ problem, it is a problem of all of us. In the rest of the season, it is necessary to defend better”.Does this sentence also mean that there is no truth in the stories from Brazil that Carletto is the new Selecao coach?”If they are interested, they didn’t call me. And if they call – I will thank them for considering me. My situation is clear. I am still here and I will never tell Real Madrid that this adventure is over”.The Club World Cup is a big problem for Real Madrid
