Ancelotti admitted that he has already received calls from several clubs, but he reiterated that he is planning to take a year off. He said that he has learned lessons before when he took coaching gigs while the season is ongoing. I enjoy my club winning matches.
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We are offering our full support to our coach, who will be capable of turning this round. And there have been some reports that Fabio Capello, now out a job, could be the next in line.
Benitez tried to side-step questions over whether he had Perez’s wishes in mind when choosing such an attacking line-up which flew in the face of his normally conservative nature.
“I am confident with our great squad, we can give happiness to fans who deserve it”.
Speaking about his team’s negative spell, the Frenchman added: “In the last two games we have dropped points. If we go through now in the Champions League we can be very unsafe for everybody”.
Benitez defends himself by pointing to the team’s numbers this season.
Benitez surely would not be able to overcome too many more bad results for Real, who meet Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
He was heavily criticised for adopting negative tactics in the 1-1 derby draw against Atletico Madrid last month, while a ragged performance in a 3-2 loss at Sevilla a fortnight ago was similarly scorned by fans and media.
“Now more than ever he needs the support of all of our followers”. These defeats hurt but we must come together to overcome things’.
“Even when we are doing well we are criticised – people say things which have not happened”. “I had some fantastic experiences overseas, but when I left Madrid I made a decision to take a year off and that is how it is”. Rafa has full powers, nobody suggests him anything.
“You can talk all you want about tactics or techniques, but if you don’t have the players on your side then you won’t have the collective motivation to put a system in place or the players to make it work”.
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The 56-year-old former Milan, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain tactician insisted he harbours no ill feeling towards Madrid and would be happy to manage them again, but only after completing a year-long sabbatical. We have to be self-critical and look for solutions at home and not outside.
