The president of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodriguessaid Thursday that he offered the position of coach to Carlo Ancelotti only after having the approval of the Real Madrid. In an interview with the digital media 'UOL', Rodrigues said that the first contact “was not directly with the coach”, but with the club. “I respect institutions,” he said.
The agreement with the coach closed “about 20 days”, but the final decision was postponed, waiting for Real Madrid to let him terminate his contract before the Club World Cupwhich is celebrated in June.
“If you had stayed until Club World Cupit would be a situation that would not work. The CBF was not going to wait for its release, “he said Rodriguessince his intention was for the new coach to assume the team in the next matches of the qualifiers of the Worldat the beginning of June.
Rodrigues said he had agreed to wait until next Friday to make the announcement of the hiring of Ancelotti, but had to get ahead, last Monday, “because there was a filtration.”
“Neither the CBF nor the coach wanted to continue denialing it, saying that there was not this or that. There was no way,” Rodrigues said. Ancelotti will direct his last game with the Real Madrid On May 25, a day later it will be presented as a coach of Brazil and will announce your first list of summoned.
This call refers to the matches of the qualifiers of the World what Brazil He will play against EcuadorJune 5 in Guayaquil, and against Paraguayon the 10th in São Paulo.
