He was not sure why it was played, but ex-Evertonian Carlo Ancelotti enjoyed the You’ll Never Walk Alone in his own Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday evening.
Carlo Ancelotti enjoys You’ll Never Walk Alone
Immediately after the final whistle, Liverpool’s anthem blared through the speakers in Madrid. “I don’t know why, but it was very good,” Ancelotti said at AS. “Liverpool are a gentlemen’s club, and they helped us remember Amancio in the first leg. It was a very nice gesture from them.”
The 63-year-old coach was also very pleased with the performance of his team. “I think we controlled the game well. We didn’t defend with a low block and we tried to pass the ball around well. We had chances and we were solid in the back. It’s the game we wanted to play,” he added.
Carlo Ancelotti again praises pupil: “Vinícius best player in the world”
With an assist on match winner Karim Benzema, Vinícius Júnior managed to distinguish himself again on Wednesday. His trainer even calls him ‘the best player in the world’.
In this season’s entire Champions League campaign, Vinicius has already scored six goals and three assists. “For me he is the best player in the world,” Ancelotti said at the press conference after the new victory over Liverpool. “He caused danger every time he went forward.”
Ancelotti does not announce for the first time that he is a big fan of his Brazilian player. For example, after the first leg in Liverpool he called him “the most defining player in the world.”
The Italian coach indicated that he has no preference for which opponent will come out on Friday during the draw for the quarterfinals. He said, “But I’m happy. Italian football has three teams in the quarterfinals. That is a very positive sign for Italian football.”
Karim Benzema does not want to say anything about French national team manager Didier Deschamps
Benzema was also asked by RMC Sport about Didier Deschamps, whom he recently called a liar. He commented, “A word about Deschamps? I have nothing to say because it’s not the time. I’m here to talk about the game.”
