Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said his team would be back for more silverware with the same hunger next season after claiming a record-extending 15th Champions League trophy at Wembley on Saturday.Los Blancos held off Borussia Dortmund and then struck twice through Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior to secure a 2-0 victory.”Here there’s no danger of our stomachs being too full… tomorrow this club will enjoy another fantastic day with our fans, then to rest, the players will go to the Euros, the Copa America, then we will return with the same desire and hope as ever,” pledged Ancelotti.UCL: The King is back on his throne! Real Madrid win their 15th European title!The Italian lifted the trophy for a record-extending fifth time as a coach and his players jubilantly tossed him into the air during the celebrations.”This competition gave me fantastic happiness, as a player, as a manager,” continued Ancelotti, who turns 65 on June 10.”My target is to try to repeat the same emotion that we (have) the week after this game, this is the target.”I have the luck to the be at the best club in the world.”Carlo Ancelotti is the first person in the competition’s history to win seven European Cups (player and coach). 🏆🇮🇹#UCLFinal • #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/dilaub8bSh— The Coaches’ Voice (@CoachesVoice) June 1, 2024 The coach said he rated the team’s performance this season as “10 out of 10″ after severe injuries to several key players including David Alaba, Eder Militao and Thibaut Courtois, the latter of whom started the final.Madrid, who completed a La Liga and Champions League double for the fifth time in their history, are Spain’s dominant force.That advantage may be further increased by the signing of France striker Kylian Mbappe at the end of his Paris Saint-Germain deal, a move expected to be announced in the coming days.##NAJAVA_MECA_8139609##Madrid will lose German midfield metronome Toni Kroos, retiring from football after Euro 2024.”What will happen now? Something will happen. We lost an important player, we will have other players to take over,” said Ancelotti.”As we have always done, we adapt to the characteristics of the players that we have, to be competitive.”Ya son 15, madridistas. Vamos a disfrutarla. Hala Madrid y Nada Más!!!! #CHAMP15NS pic.twitter.com/4HxpYveAOl— Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti) June 1, 2024 Ancelotti said coming back to Madrid for a second stint in charge was a “gift” for him, having returned in 2021.The Italian said he was delighted to be at a “family” club, with his son Davide Ancelotti operating as his assistant.”We’re a family, Real Madrid is a family, a football family,” continued the coach.”There’s a healthy, clean environment. Working in a family is a lot better than working in an industry.”Obviously he helps me a lot because he can tell me things that nobody else can tell me.””This competition gave fantastic happiness to me” 😍Carlo Ancelotti reacts after winning his fifth Champions League as manager 🏆 pic.twitter.com/kqgWL6D8LC— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 2, 2024 Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic praised the “brilliant” Jadon Sancho after the England winger impressed again.Returning to England for the first time since he came back to Dortmund on loan in January after a miserable time at Manchester United, Sancho was a major factor as the Germans threatened to take the lead before going down to two second-half goals at Wembley.”The last six months Jadon has been brilliant for us. Of course it took time to get back into shape, but you can feel there’s quality and his skills are going to improve our game straight away,” Terzic said.”He didn’t improve only his game, but he improved players all around him.””We don’t know yet but I’m very happy to work with him”Edin Terzic is unsure whether Jadon Sancho will come back to Borussia Dortmund next season 🟡⚫ pic.twitter.com/NHt1x6Iqdg— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 2, 2024 In his first four years at the Westfalenstadion, Sancho scored 50 goals and laid on 64 more in 137 games. He won the 2021 German Cup shortly before joining United for a fee of 85 million euros ($93 million).But at Old Trafford, he scored just 12 times in 82 appearances and fell out with manager Erik Ten Hag earlier this season, who banished him to training with the reserve team.Dortmund offered Sancho a lifeline and he returned to Germany in January having not played first-team football since September.Sancho’s six-month loan officially ended after Saturday’s game and while Dortmund have said publicly they would like to keep the player, the 24-year-old’s future is uncertain.Ultimate respect 👏Jose Mourinho consoles Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic after the Champions League final 🖤💛#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/L7ZSUtluHI— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) June 1, 2024 Terzic dodged questions about where London-raised Sancho would play next season but predicted a bright future for a player who has returned to form and rehabilitated his reputation at Dortmund.”I didn’t speak about the future because we’re taking about the present. We played a Champions League final in his home town and I’m really happy he’s with us.”You can feel the joy he receives in the dressing room and that he brings into the dressing room.”I’m very happy to work with Jadon. We don’t know yet what the future will bring but for sure it’ll bring him another Champions League final.””It was emotional inside the dressing room”Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic discusses his side’s defeat last night in the Champions League final 🟡⚫ pic.twitter.com/9ru866NE0J— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 2, 2024 © Agence France-Presse
