From Carlo Ancelotti’s cigar in 2022 to the celebration on social networks in 2024. If in the previous League, Madrid went to Cibeles to celebrate the title four days before the return of the semifinals against City, and the coach posed smoking with the most youths; This time, also four days before the decision against Bayern, the club opted for the modest route given that the tie did not depend entirely on the victory against Cádiz.
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Courtois, Fran Garcia, Nacho, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Modric, Camavinga (Federico Valverde, min. 80), Dani Ceballos, Joselu, Arda Guler (Jude Bellingham, min. 65) and Brahim Diaz (Vinicius Junior, min. 73 )
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Jeremias Ledesma, Javi Hernández, Victor Chust, Zaldua (Iza, min. 65), Fali, Robert Navarro (Iván Alejo, min. 84), Rubén Sobrino (Maxi Gómez, min. 75), Álex Fernández (Lucas Pires, min. 65), Escalante, Rubén Alcaraz and Chris Ramos (Juanmi, min. 75)
Goals 1-0 min. 51: Brahim Diaz. 2-0 min. 67: Jude Bellingham. 3-0 min. 93: Joselu.
Referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva
Yellow cards Zaldua (min. 37)
With all the players gathered in the family box to follow the outcome of Girona-Barcelona, the joy was transmitted abroad in a 21st century way, through characters, photos, videos and emoticons. The most subtle, of course, was that of Toni Kroos, who sent some eyes into cyberspace with Míchel’s fourth goal. Inside, yes, there was no shortage of dances, including Ancelotti, according to the images that players and family members published. The visit to the statue will not be until after the Champions League semi-finals. This Sunday, training at 11.00.
“We would like to be with the fans, but understand that we have a very important challenge on Wednesday and we want to prepare it well,” the white coach apologized. “We will celebrate the League next weekend. Now it is important to be contained because Wednesday is too important,” Ancelotti insisted on Real Madrid Television, who highlighted the “little ego” and “good atmosphere” of the squad on the way to a trophy that, according to Reggiolo, had its moment. most decisive in Bellingham’s goal in the Bernabéu classic, which widened the gap to 11 points.
The afternoon was strange in Chamartín. According to the statistician Mr. Chip, we had to go back to 1967 to find a delayed white alirón, when they beat Córdoba and had to wait four hours for Barça’s defeat in Gran Canaria. On this occasion, the singularity was summed up in what happened in the press room shortly after 6:30 p.m. Just when Ancelotti appeared, Barça postponed the title with Christensen’s goal, and when answering the second question, Dovbyk tied, which once again awarded the League to the whites.
Two hours before Girona put the math postmark, Carletto’s speech did not fail to appeal to Wednesday. And again. In any case, his appearance, between Montilivi’s goals, did have an air of balance of the league season. And with room for irony. “We have done so well that there are not many buts. But there are some… We didn’t play very well. We have scored only 100 goals (112 in all competitions), but we don’t play very well. So, I repeat: tell me about the sea, sailor,” added the Italian, using a saying that he had already used two weeks ago to respond to criticism about the team’s defensive play in the return match with City.
The injuries at the beginning helped us understand that it was not a problem of individuality, but of teamwork.
Carlo Ancelotti
The season went south early for the whites with cruciate injuries to Courtois and Militão in August. However, that was, according to Ancelotti, the lever of the title. Of necessity, virtue. “We put an important piece in when we started to defend with collective commitment,” explained the Italian. “The great effort has been made by the forwards, more than the defenders. The injuries at the beginning helped us understand that it was not a problem of individuality, but of teamwork,” he said after another clean sheet match. In his opinion, it was the year of “continuity”, exactly the word he used last season at the Camp Nou to explain why his team had dropped out of the fight so soon. On this occasion, it was a Madrid at cruising speed that, for dessert, celebrated the League with the return of Courtois.
The afternoon session began with a standing ovation for the Belgian, who returned 335 days later, and was unstuck with his action. He remembered it himself, as he usually does. “A nice victory that starts with that stop (Chris Ramos) at 0-0. That’s where the 1-0 comes from, he warned. As soon as he returned from the break, Militão lost the ball and placed the visiting striker in front of the goalkeeper, who closed the gap for him. The stadium woke up from its drowsiness and, two minutes later, Brahim made it 1-0.
“I hadn’t played an 11-on-11 game in nine months. I have read the space well (in the hand-to-hand), I have not forgotten it. On long passes, you do have to get used to it a little,” she explained. “At first (with the cruciate injury), I thought the season was lost but I felt very good, and then the meniscus thing came (in March), and then I thought again that it was over. But I’m fine and here in case you need me,” he said. At least, he will have minutes in the League, Ancelotti announced. And already with the crown in his pocket.
A League that, according to Vinicius, speaks of “the new era” of Madrid, of its young people. He wrote it in X when a user remembered the titles that the newest members of the locker room had. An expression, that of “the new era”, which is identical to the one uttered by the Barcelona player Araujo when he won the 2023 Super Cup against the whites. In the absence of Cibeles, it was the celebrations of the networks.
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