Both shot-stoppers received cheers and jeers
at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday and the
bad feeling is threatening to harm the club's
new pacific project under Carlo Ancelotti
The damaging divisions at
Real Madrid were supposed to end in the
summer as Jose Mourinho moved on and Carlo
Ancelotti moved in, with the Italian coach seen
as the ideal man to heal rifts and close wounds after a highly controversial campaign under the
Portuguese in 2012-13. But things haven't
quite worked out as planned.
Ancelotti was expected to restore captain Iker
Casillas between the sticks as the capital club
began a new project with a 2-1 win at home to Betis last weekend, but Diego Lopez had
rejected a summer switch to Monaco and was
determined to keep his place in the Madrid
goal. And he duly did so.
Captured on camera by Cuatro with a resigned
expression etched upon his face, Iker ironically told assistant goalkeeping coach Juan Canales:
"At least I will play in the Bernabeu Trophy..."
And the 32-year-old was chosen to start that
match on Thursday night as Madrid fans paid
homage to his former team-mate Raul - back
in town with Qatari club Al Sadd.
at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday and the
bad feeling is threatening to harm the club's
new pacific project under Carlo Ancelotti
The damaging divisions at
Real Madrid were supposed to end in the
summer as Jose Mourinho moved on and Carlo
Ancelotti moved in, with the Italian coach seen
as the ideal man to heal rifts and close wounds after a highly controversial campaign under the
Portuguese in 2012-13. But things haven't
quite worked out as planned.
Ancelotti was expected to restore captain Iker
Casillas between the sticks as the capital club
began a new project with a 2-1 win at home to Betis last weekend, but Diego Lopez had
rejected a summer switch to Monaco and was
determined to keep his place in the Madrid
goal. And he duly did so.
Captured on camera by Cuatro with a resigned
expression etched upon his face, Iker ironically told assistant goalkeeping coach Juan Canales:
"At least I will play in the Bernabeu Trophy..."
And the 32-year-old was chosen to start that
match on Thursday night as Madrid fans paid
homage to his former team-mate Raul - back
in town with Qatari club Al Sadd.
No comments:
Post a Comment