Carlo Ancelotti has announced that he will stop directing when his time at Real Madrid ends

Italian Carlo Ancelottitechnician of real Madridassured that he will retire once his time with the white team is up, a decision he believes makes sense since Real Madrid “is the pinnacle of football”.

“This stage in Madrid puts an end to my career. After the whites I’m leaving. Real Madrid is the pinnacle of football, it makes sense to end this experience here”explained in an interview with ‘The messenger’ Posted this Saturday.

After winning the European Super Cup, Ancelotti has a total of 24 trophies as a coach: “I’m not passionate about reckoning. I’ll do it at the end of my career, when it makes sense to take stock of my work.”

After raising the ‘Decimocuarta’ for Real Madrid, the Italian coach has not lost competitiveness and his main goal for this season is clear: “The Champions. Due to the history and the degree of difficulty. The size of Madrid is that. It is a special club for this European competition. “

“Madrid are a serious team, with humble players where even the stars have their feet on the ground. The group is healthy, well guided by the most experienced: Modric, Casemiro, Benzema. The quality is indisputable. However, alone it would not be enough to guarantee results and trophies: the human component is fundamental. And this Real is truly unique in this “.

Speaking of the league season starting this weekend, Carletto He sees it more uniform than last season.

“More fought than last year, Barcelona have strengthened. Sevilla are still competitive, even after the exits and Atlético are solid. In Bilbao there is an experienced coach like Valverde and Gattuso’s Valencia brings with them an important city and history, “he said.

He also appreciated the arrival on the Roma bench of his Portuguese team-mate José Mourinho, with whom he revealed that he remained in contact: “Mourinho has entered the history of Rome very well. We talk often, we send messages. Roma needed a coach like him and they needed the affection of a team like Roma. “

The Qatar World Cup 2022, which will be played in November and December, will interrupt the national championship for the first time, which has generated uncertainty among the coaches, who do not know how their players will return after the tournament. Ancelotti confessed that he is more concerned about the mental state than for the physical one.

“The post-World Cup is the real question mark. The main question will not be the preparation to be redone, but the mental aspect. Normally, after a tournament of this level, players go on vacation, but this time they will have to go back to base and get back to work. They will not disconnect and this is the real question: what will their physical and mental health be when the championships restart?

The Italian coach is clear about his commitment to raise this world championship: “Brazil and France are the strongest teams, then I say Argentina, there is always Messi”although he focused on three other selections.

“Spain is the other great country to keep an eye on. I add England and Germany, teams that have started a process of renewal,” he said.

* With information from EFE