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Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed his belief that Real Madrid Vinicius Jr should have won the 2024 ball instead of Manchester City Rodri midfielder.
Real arrived at the headlines in October after the club members, including Ancelotti and Vinicius, decided not to attend the Ballon D’O or Awards ceremony after, according to the reports, the star of Brazil did not win the prize.
On the other hand, the influential midfielder from Spain and City Rodri received the prestigious prize after helping his club to another Premier League title and winning Euro 2024, with Vinicius teammate Jude Bellingham in third place.
Until now, Real has not previously talked about his reasons not The Leg Champions League League.
“We did not want to participate because we believed that Vinicius should have won the ball of or,” said the Italian.
“And that does not mean that we do not respect Rodrigo, but we believe he should have won the previous year, not.”
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City V real ‘a classic’
City and Real face a draw of the Champions League for the fourth consecutive time, with a real advance to two of those three previous meetings on the way to winning the competition.
He has led many to bend the encounter of a modern classic in football.
Ancelotti said: “Now it seems like a classic, it will be an entertaining party as before. It is very difficult to predict what will happen because it depends on quality, personality.
“They (the games) have such a high level that you have to get the best version,” he explained.
Ancelotti: face PEP is a ‘nightmare’
Ancelotti beat Pep Gardiola last season, with a true penalty winner in the quarterfinals after a 4-4 draw in the aggregate.
However, despite that, the 65 -year -old man knows that he faces another discouraging task against the Triplet Winners of 2023.
“What I can say is that it seems to me a coach who has contributed a lot to football: possession, attack game, pressing and building from behind.
“Every time we face, it’s a nightmare to prepare the games because it always has ideas that make you think.”
