On the eve of the Champions League semi-final first leg between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, the Madrid coach, was keen not to put himself forward to explain his team’s results.
Real Madrid are heading towards a Spanish championship title and must play a Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich. An already successful season, in short. But Carlo Ancelotti, the Merengue coach, does not want to take credit for these results.
“The most important role is never that of the coach,” he stressed at a press conference on Monday, on the eve of the first leg against Bayern. “For me, there are two types of coaches: those who do nothing and those who do a lot of damage. I try to be in the first category.”
“The match belongs to the players”
For the Italian coach, his influence on the match once the kick-off has been given remains minimal. “The match belongs to the players and you can give them a strategy to follow, convince them, but what counts is their quality and their involvement,” he assures. “A coach should focus on making sure the group understands the importance of teamwork.”
In this sense, Carlo Ancelotti assures that his team does not have a very recognizable philosophy, like Bayern Munich. “We are two teams that do not have a clear identity,” explained the Real coach. “We can play in different ways.”
