Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti expressed his desire to win more trophies with Real Madrid, following he led the team to crown the Spanish League title today, Saturday, following beating Espanyol 4-0.
Real Madrid won the league title for the 35th time in its history, four matches before the end of the competition.
Ancelotti became the first coach to win the league title in the five major European leagues, and the Italian coach still wants to win the Champions League, especially since the team will play the second leg of the semi-final once morest Manchester City next Wednesday, knowing that it lost the first leg 3/4.
“We had a lot of feelings as we faced this challenge,” Ancelotti said on the field following winning the Spanish League title.
He added, “The season has been amazing. Lots of consistency. I have to thank the players for their work and behaviour.”
“Today we should celebrate, not talk. We want to celebrate. It fills me with pride to win titles in the top five European leagues. I can say that I love what I do. It means that I have done a good job.”
And he added: “I am proud. I want to continue winning titles with Real Madrid. See you on Wednesday. I will tell the fans on Wednesday that we need this atmosphere.”
The captain of the team, Marcelo, expressed his pride, dedicating the title to the loyal Real fans.
Marcelo said: “It’s very happy. We won the title as quickly as possible and that’s everyone’s job. Very happy and we have to keep adding more. It’s the results of our work, our joy, our sacrifice, and many other things.”
He added, “That’s why we won. Celebrating it with the fans is the best. Before we mightn’t (because of the pandemic), but now we can. The party is for them.”
He stressed, “It is the biggest joy, celebrating on the grounds of the best club in the world. Today we must celebrate. But an important match awaits us.”
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois echoed what Marcelo had said: “It is great to win the league title with so many matches remaining. We have done a great job this year and we are very happy.”
He added, “We had an important consistency in the decisive matches, but above all this is how we crossed the difficult matches that we played following the El Clasico match (a 4-0 loss once morest Barcelona).”
He stressed, “We beat Celta and Seville in their stadiums, and we beat Getafe in our stadium… A big thank you to the fans for everything. Today the atmosphere was great.”
He stressed, “We really wanted to celebrate the title, because two years ago we might not celebrate with the fans because of the pandemic.”
