Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed that he had personal problems with Valencia coach Gennaro Gattuso before the two teams faced off in the Spanish Super Cup.
Valencia and Real Madrid face off today, Wednesday, in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup, at King Fahd International Stadium.
The Valencia coach referred to the root of the problem between him and Ancelotti during the match’s press conference, saying: “It all comes from when I took over from him on the bench at Napoli and the press said the team wasn’t feeling well, we had a problem because of that, but on my part it’s He knows I respect him a lot.”
He added, “At the moment I have nothing to say. It was just a problem at work, but we won many things together. Ancelotti is one of the best coaches in the world in 2022. He was named coach of the year and I have a lot of respect for him in human and football terms.” .
And regarding facing Real Madrid, he said: “If you fail in life you have to wait a long time, but in sports when everyone thinks you are dead, if you have a good attitude, you can change things very quickly and this game is a game that you always want to play, because you have nothing to lose us.” We are playing once morest a team that is far superior to us, they have won five Champions Leagues in the last nine years, but with mentality and work we can beat them.”
Gattuso also referred to football in Saudi Arabia and Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to victory, saying: “Everyone thinks that playing in Saudi Arabia is easy but they won three Asian Cups in five years, and we have already seen in the World Cup that their team has very aggressive football and they beat Argentina now they are We are lucky because Cristiano Ronaldo has come, one of the best footballers in history, it’s a good opportunity to improve their league.”