“Vinicius should have won instead of Rodri.”

Carlo Ancelotti confirmed his belief that Real Madrid Vinicius Junior should have won the title of Bolon DO or instead of Manchester City Rodri midfielder.

The headlines were issued in October after the club members, including Ancelotti and Vinicius, decided not to attend the balloon award ceremony after you learned that the Brazilian star did not win the award.

Instead, Rodri received the influential midfielder in Spain and a prestigious award player after helping his club to have another title in the Premier League and winning the Euro 2024, where the teammate of Vinicius Jude Bellingham ranked third.

Until now, Real has not previously talked about the reasons for not attending the ceremony, as they were given by the way a team of the year, but ANCELOTTI has now broke his silence in this regard as both sides are ready to face two league league legs.

The Italian said: “We did not want to participate because we thought Vinicius should have won the solution today.”

“This does not mean that we do not respect Rodrigo, but we thought he should have won the previous year, and this is not.”

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City V Real “A Classic”

City and Real face a knockout in the Champions League for the fourth consecutive time, with real progress to two of those three previous meetings on their way to win the competition.

He has led many to Dub The Encounter Compuls of Modern Classic Football.

Ancelotti said: “Now it looks classic, it will be an entertaining match as it was before. It is very difficult to predict what will happen because it depends on quality and personality,” Ancelotti said.

“They (matches) have a high level that you have to make the best version,” I explained.

Ancelotti: Facing Pep is “a nightmare”

Ancelotti won the best of Pep Gardiola last season, with a real victory over the quarter-finals after a 4-4 draw.

Nevertheless, the 65 -year -old knows that he is facing another arduous task against the winners of 2023 Treble.

“What I can say is that it seems to me a coach who contributed a lot to football: possession, attacking, pressing, and building from behind.

“Every time we face each other, it is a nightmare to prepare matches because it always has ideas that make you think.”