“We reject the Club World Cup; A Real Madrid match costs 20 million and they give us that amount for the entire tournament” | Relief

Carlo Anchelotti He traveled for many years with excess luggage. Blame for the trophies that he wins season after season and which are getting heavier. Figuratively speaking, a technician always travels with them. He wants them to be as close as possible. And they are. In his memory. This season he has accumulated another Champions League, now five as a manager; another league, the sixth of his career; and the first Spanish Super Cup. And together with them today he will raise a toast to his 65th birthday. He is in Vancouver and in the last week of June will travel to Montana, to Yellowstone National Park, which he fell in love with many years ago because of the television series and where he will enjoy nature and horses, his other great passion outside of football. To buy one for himself, he had already bought a cowboy hat.

Carletto He was always a man of good principles and the best customs. One of those who has even maintained friendships going back three or four decades since his days as a player with half a dozen veteran journalists from his country. He talks to them often and, if necessary, meets for lunch or dinner. And he talks about everything. About the divine and the human. About football and family. From the past, present and future. Under the pretext of a name day and a good alibi, a few days ago he gave an interview to one of the chosen ones, Tony Damaselli, journalist of Il Giornale, in which he examined his life in the broadest sense of the word. word. . He talks about football and also about feelings. It’s not hidden.

When, at the end of the question-and-answer exchange, the journalist raises the question of the next season with the coach, which will end with the first Club World Cup (from June 15 to July 13) with the participation of 32 teams. , Carlo launches a counterattack. “FIFA forgets that clubs and players will not participate in this tournament. One Real Madrid match costs 20 million euros and they want to give us that money for the whole competition. Negative. “Real Madrid, like other clubs, will decline the invitation.” In a nutshell, the white coach confirmed Relevo’s report that this new invention by world football’s governing bodies was not received very favorably at the Bernabeu.

Throughout the interview, Carlo comments on various aspects of his life. When it’s Real Madrid’s turn, he speaks with admiration. “When I was little, I belonged to Inter because my cousin Amedeo Curioni gave me a shirt. Nerazzurri. My idol was Sandro Mazzola, but part of my heart also belonged to Boniseña. Also, Milan is in my heart because I played and trained there. Real Madrid came into my life when I had to face this as a footballer. When it comes to great European rivals, the first name that comes up is Real Madrid. Now this is something special for me. What does Real Madrid mean? The present is the present. What could be better, what could be better said? There is respect for history here. All the players from the past are present in the photographs of Ciudad Deportiva. In Spain and England they have great respect for history. History is not the past. History is history.”

In the interview, he also admits that the white club never stops. He just scored a double and is already thinking about the European Super Cup, the Intercontinental that comes back to life, the Spanish Super Cup… Mbappe arrives and players like Modric (38 years old) and Endrik (18 years old) will coexist. “Modrić is a unique example of quality and individuality. Unfortunately, Kroos left.. In his choice he is German, but will continue to live in Madrid and I have already told him that if he changes his mind in the fall, then with the help of a “phone call” he will give me, we will start again.“.

On your 65th anniversary Carletto He assures that he does not feel the burden of age. “When I was a child, I was 65 years old, I seemed old, and I once said this to my children. But now I don’t consider myself an old man, I don’t feel those years. This is mature youth. I was fortunate to grow up and live in a peaceful environment. The family had no money, but the atmosphere was always calm. There were no quarrels or strange quarrels. He was an ordinary child who went to church hand in hand. his grandfather, then he bought some cakes and we went home to eat. With the first money I earned from football, thanks to Ernesto Ceresini, the president of Parma, I bought a color TV, which cost me a considerable amount, 600,000 lire. My salary as a football player was already determined, but my father lived in hope, he hoped to sell cheese, he hoped to sell land, he hoped to sell wheat…”

Finally, Carlo tries to make it clear that football is not an obsession for him. “I keep the same passion I always have and that’s how I live the game, the game. This is my job. I always carried a balance with me that allowed me to overcome moments that were not always positive.” After the experience of Naples and Everton, many thought that he had dropped out of the spotlight and that he was already an old fool…Then came a call to Real Madrid, and his friend José Angel Sanchez succumbed to his charms. “Real Madrid must have the best coach in the world, and who is the best coach in the world…” Well, it’s Ancelotti.

Bon complete Charles. Auguri!