Carlo Ancelotti
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Tuesday his team were doing a good job given their packed fixture list, describing the football calendar as "absurd" and "unsustainable". If Madrid progress as far as possible in the Champions League and Copa del Rey, as well as the Club World Cup in the summer, they could play…
18 Feb
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Tuesday his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola was deliberately underestimating the English side's hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16. European champions Madrid hold a 3-2 lead on City, who have struggled this season and are fourth in the Premier League, ahead of the play-off round second leg…
4 Feb
Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappe would miss Real Madrid's upcoming Copa del Rey quarter-final against Leganes with a bruised calf and backed his club's complaints about Spanish refereeing on Tuesday.
29 Jan
Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid "are improving but are yet to show their best" as his side bid to earn automatic qualification to the Champions League last 16 against Ligue 1 club Brest on Wednesday.
5 Jan
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Sunday it would be "difficult" to be Vinicius Junior after the player was sent off against Valencia. The Brazilian winger pushed goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck amid a spat between the two players and was dismissed. Vinicius was mocked by Valencia fans at their Mestalla…
9 Dec
Real Madrid usually deliver in the Champions League when the pressure is on and their trip to face Atalanta on Tuesday is shaping up to be a crucial clash for the troubled holders.
30 Nov
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Saturday superstar striker Kylian Mbappe's struggles this season are due to his team's overall lack of consistency. The French forward missed a penalty as Spanish and European champions Real Madrid lost on Wednesday in the Champions League against Liverpool, their third defeat in five matches in the competition. Mbappe,…
5 Oct
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday that the main factors behind his team's poor play this season are "lack of intensity
28 Sep
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said his team will be able to cope without injured star signing Kylian Mbappe in Sunday's La Liga visit to rivals Atletico Madrid. Los Blancos take on their rivals without the French forward, ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring injury. The Spanish champions are second, four points behind…
16 Sep
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday midfielders Jude Bellingham and Aurelien Tchouameni are back from injury as Los Blancos begin the defence of their Champions League trophy. The record 15-time winners and current holders face German side Stuttgart on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu and are boosted by the return of England international Bellingham…
10 Jun 2024
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said in an Italian newspaper interview on Monday that the newly crowned European champions will refuse to play in the expanded Club World Cup next year.
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The United States on Tuesday expanded visa restrictions over Cuba's dispatch of doctors overseas, a program Havana sees as a source of influence and revenue but which has long faced accusations of exploitation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American and vociferous foe of the communist government in Havana, said the United States will now…
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order putting a halt to refugee admissions in the United States. The ruling by a district judge in Seattle came in response to a lawsuit filed by refugee aid groups, and marks the latest legal setback to the president's efforts to re-shape America's relationship with…
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The first All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus meeting is currently underway at the State House Conference Center, Abuja, with President Bola Tinubu chairing the session. The meeting holding behind closed doors commenced at 07:20pm at the arrival of President Tinubu who is the leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Attending the meeting are the…
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The speculation that the death of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, will bring an end to the crisis rocking the foremost Yoruba group, has been thwarted. The development followed the appointment of Oba Oladipo Olaitan as the acting leader of the organisation by the follower of the late Chief…