Ancelotti: I Didn't NEED TO Give Ronaldo Instructions
23 May, 2020
Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has explained why he hardly gave instructions to Cristiano Ronaldo before a casino game.
After a few seasons of struggling in Europe, Ancelotti led Los Blancos to the UEFA Champions League title in 2016, ending a 14-year drought.
Ronaldo was type in Ancelotti's succes at the Santiago Bernabeu and in addition for the last a decade, however the Italian tactician claims he never had a need to give the player defensive instructions.
“You don't have to create a team around Cristiano Ronaldo and as I said with Zidane, you should put them in the convenient way on the pitch,” he told Sky Sports.
“I don't think you must build strict tactics with this player defensively because there are players who are more mixed up in attacking phase and there are players who've to be involved more in the defensive phase.
“Of course, they must work together because the team is the most important the main game, but strikers like Ronaldo who can score every single game, you don't need to give too much information defensively.
“It is the easiest way to become a manager, to manage an excellent player because they're professional, they are serious, they have personality, they are motivated so it is the simplest way.
“Sergio Ramos also has a fantastic quality. I think his best value he has isn't tactically, it isn't technically, it's character and the personality that he has and the ability he has to motivate the persons around him, like his team-mates.
"Ramos throughout that period was very important to this, he was always at the very top when the overall game was important and in the key moment of the games.”
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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