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After the elimination of Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Arsenal, the days of the Italian technician at the head of the world's largest club seems counted.
End of reign in Madrid? Carlo Ancelotti said he was resigned to the idea that Real Madrid plans to replace him as a coach after the elimination of title holders in the quarter -finals of the Champions League by Arsenal on Wednesday.
The Italian could not avoid a 2-1 defeat at home, the Gunners qualifying for the semi-finals thanks to a 5-1 score on all of the two matches. Real Madrid underwent its 12th defeat of the season, when it had conceded only two on the whole of the previous campaign.
“It is possible that the club decides to change (coach), whether this year or the following, when my contract will expire, there is no problem”told the Ancelotti press, in post since 2021, after a first passage between 2013 and 2015.
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Seven days from the term of the Liga, the Madrid club is on four points from its great rival of FC Barcelona. “The day I go from here, I can only thank the club. It could be tomorrow, in 10 days, in a month or in a year, but all that I can do is thank the club, whether my contract ends or not, I don't care ”underlined the 65 -year -old technician, who notably won two Spanish championships and three Champions Leagues with the “White House”.
Xabi Alonso number one to replace it
Recurrent rumors in recent months have reported in the event of early departure from Ancelotti of an interest in Real leaders for the Bayer Leverkusen coach, Xabi Alonso, who played for the Merengue, and for the former manager of Liverpool, the German Jürgen Klopp.
Ancelotti, whose name has often been quoted to take the lead in the Brazilian selection for the 2012 World Cup, reminded him that his team was still in the running for the Liga, the King Cup then the Club World Cup this summer.
“The team gave everything in terms of attitude, but we could not do it”deplored the former coach of Chelsea, Bayern and PSG after Wednesday's defeat. “To be honest, Arsenal defended very well, we had trouble finding spaces, in terms of intensity we were better but that was not enough”.
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