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2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

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SOME OF THE ANCELOTTI PRE MATCH WOLVES P/C


Team News​

We have Mina back, Joshua King back so only Gbamin is out for this game. All the others are available


Carlo on Reaction/Attitude​

I think the key point is not the line-up but the attitude & strong reaction we want to show because we have the supporters back so it's important to show a good spirit"


Fans are back​

I think the supporters at the stadium is going to give us more motivation. They are going to give us more support. We had two times [in the league] only 2,000 supporters at the stadium so I'm sure they're going to support us

Carlo on Sunday​

I don't want to talk a lot because we are so disappointed for the game on Sunday and I would like to see a reaction from the team

Carlo on Euro Chance​

We can only have the dream of Europe if we win these next two games.

Carlo on Players/Training​

We trained yesterday in different groups so we didn't get together. But I will see [them all] today. We only need to do one thing: show a great reaction.


Message to Roy Hodgson​

Roy is a good friend. He had a fantastic career. In every club he was in Italy, they have a good memory of him. I think he helped football to be better & also he taught a lot of managers how to behave in & outside the pitch

Carlo on Defeat​

I hope that we only do one thing: show a great reaction and be ready to play & to use our spirit. We were able to use it a lot of times but not at home & for that we're really disappointed. We'd like to finish the season at home better

Carlo on Home and Away Form​

It's difficult to explain how we were so good away & so bad at home. Away, all the time, we showed strong experience & sacrifice. Maybe the fact when we are forced to sacrifice, we did so well. When we were not so focused, we had a lot of problems


Carlo on Progress this season​

The only regret is that we lost a lot of opportunities. We fought for the European position but if we are not to make the position, it will be a regret because we had opportunities, We planned 21 games to be strong defensively & use the counter-attack, to be strong on set pieces - and of those 21, we won 14. In 15 games, we tried to play a little bit different... and won only two. Maybe this is the reason


I am not a magician​

Carlo is asked why a manager who has won three Champions Leagues has you not been able to solve this problem.

I am not a magician. I am only a trainer.
It is difficult to explain this double face of the team. it is true that we didn't play so well in this period and of course we have to improve the quality.
But you can play football in different ways. You can get results not only with quality.
It is true I have won a lot of trophies but I don't know how many with quality. It is also about spirit, and sacrifice, and focus.


Carlo on Squad Quality​

It's true that we didn't play so well in this period... It's true I won a lot of trophies but I don't know how many I won for the quality instead of the spirit, sacrifice, concentration, personality. So it's not only a matter of quality


Carlo on Fans Reaction​

We have to expect any kind of reaction. I know they are, as us, really disappointed & frustrated. The only way we can manage this is to play a good game tomorrow. If they are critical, it's absolutely normal & understandable


Talking about a revolution​

Carlo is asked about summer recruitment plans.

We don't need to do a revolution. We have to follow our plan. It was a good plan this season when we signed good players. We have to do the same following the same plan. Absolutely no revolution. To improve the squad, we don't need to do a revolution

Oh what an atmosphere​

Carlo remembers his first experience of a crowd at Goodison Park as Everton manager.
It was last December and it was a magnificent atmosphere and now they are back we need to play football with emotion.

Josh King & Moise Kean​

Josh King is available - He had a little problem on his hamstring & was not comfortable. He had a scan. It didn't show problems so he trained apart yesterday & today will train with the team"

Moise Kean is also mentioned.
Carlo says: I think that we have to talk about his situation. His loan finishes on June 30 and if there is no request from PSG he will be back.


Carlo on the Look out​

Ancelotti on Everton looking at players to supplement James Rodriguez's role
"It's one of the positions we are looking for. Yes, it's true"
 

We don't need flair only players tho, we need players who will run through a brick wall who also have quality. Love James but he's a passenger the team has to carry the rest of the load for and you can only do that in one spot, max.
 
We don't need flair only players tho, we need players who will run through a brick wall who also have quality. Love James but he's a passenger the team has to carry the rest of the load for and you can only do that in one spot, max.
Think it'll be a mixed bag tbh.
 
Well he is 100% correct.

Quotes are obviously spot on but his whole tone was "I've had enough of these bums"

Worth a watch

He's just confirmed that we're looking at more James-esque players in the summer (i.e. flair players/playmakers) to paraphrase.

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Imagine being a player and hearing your manager defend poor results by saying "I'm not a magician" LOL
He isn't 'defending poor results' - he's saying that he can't work miracles with a number of these players and it's spot on. They deserve any flak the manager aims in their direction.
 

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