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Real
Madrid
is experiencing the most important week of its season without
Carlo Ancelotti
.
The Italian coach, at
62
, has been absent for almost a week after testing positive for
Covid-19
and could also be absent this Wednesday at
Stamford Bridge
, in the first leg of the
Champions League
quarterfinals , if he does not test negative in the
PCR
test
that will be done on the morning of the game.
A circumstance that "should not be a problem", according to
Thibaut Courtois
, who was the only Real Madrid player to speak before the match since no one from the coaching staff is substituting
Carletto
before the media.
"
We are lucky that the second is his son
," joked the Belgian, who explained how day-to-day is going in
Valdebebas
without the Italian: "It is quite similar. Carlo has a great team of technicians behind him. In addition, he
has participated in some chat by video call
".
In spite of everything, the image of the Madrid bench in
Balaídos
was strange, with
Luka Modric
as the main 'instructor' during the last minutes of the duel.
"It's different that he's on the bench, of course, because the talks he can give us in the breaks and things like that, but in Vigo the coaching staff has done very well and I don't think it's a problem".
Courtois will return to
Stamford Bridge
after his controversial signing for Madrid and will do so for the first time in front of his former fans.
"
I only have beautiful memories here
. It will be a different tie than last year. There was no public and now there is", he admitted, but he has "confidence" in his teammates: "We know what we are playing for, we have to go out with the right intensity For us it's not a problem to receive criticism. We know where we are and what we're doing.
We haven't won anything, neither the league nor have we reached the Champions League final
."
The
three penalties called against Celta
last Saturday were still present today for the white team, but the Belgian wanted to be blunt in front of those who criticize the alleged aid to Madrid: "
When they called three against us in Mestalla against Valencia, we didn't I heard nothing
, now as it is Madrid they say so. We attack the rival area a lot with skillful players and it is normal that a defender can put his leg in and it is a penalty. It does not always have to be a big foul for it to be a penalty, it is football" , ended.
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