Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has praised Luka Modric (39).
Ancelotti’s Real Madrid earned a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Sevilla in the 26th round of the 2023-2024 Spanish La Liga at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday (Sept. 26) thanks to Modric’s 36th-minute winner.
The win keeps Real at the top of the table with 65 points. The three points came in a must-win game as second-place Barcelona (57 points) was closing in on them. A draw for Real would have allowed Barcelona to close the gap to six points.
Real dominated the game in a one-sided affair. However, the Sevilla defense, led by Sergio Ramos, was hard to beat. Eventually, Ancelotti called on Modric from the bench in the final 30 minutes, and he scored from mid-range to give Real a dramatic victory.
Modric’s contract with Real expires at the end of the season. 바카라사이트 Modric is entering his 11th season at Real, but has been relegated to a backup role behind younger players such as Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camabinga, and Aurelien Chouameni.
According to local media, Ancelotti has offered Modric a coaching position.
However, Modric wants to continue his playing career and is likely to leave Real at the end of the season.
According to the UK’s Planet Sport, Ancelotti said after the game: “We celebrated the goal with Luca. “We celebrated the goal with Luca because he deserves it and he scored a great goal to give us the three points,” he said.
He added: “Modric scored a goal. He showed that it’s really difficult to leave him on the bench,” he continued, “not only because of today’s goal, but the way he trains every day sets an example for the squad and the rest of the players.”
Ancelotti added: “The decision about his future is in his hands. We just have to wait for his decision,” he said, explaining that “I understand how he feels when he’s not playing.”
“Everyone thinks his career is over, but he doesn’t look like that,” he added, “He doesn’t look like a 39-year-old player. The only objective fact is his age. 토토사이트 순위 I have a lot of respect for him and I can’t give him advice. He is very smart, sincere and professional,” he added.
Finally, Ancelotti said of Modric, “He knows what he has to do,” and added: “The quality is more important than the number of minutes. Modric, Toni Kroos (34) and Nacho Fernandes (34) are in the same situation at the end of the season. We have time to organize over the next few months,” he said, acknowledging the possibility of farewells.