Ancelotti in row with Tebas and ‘invisible’ social media | OneFootball

Carlo Ancelotti hits back at La Liga President Javier Tebas saying that Real Madrid have not ‘lost their minds’ and is not concerned by criticism on social media: ‘They are invisible.’

Ancelotti is under increasing pressure at Real Madrid as the Merengues lost the latest La Liga game against Espanyol and are due to meet their city rivals, Atletico Madrid, this evening.

The Merengues had filed a formal complaint to the Spanish Football Federation asking for clarification on why Espanyol’s Carlos Romero was not sent off for a foul on Kylian Mbappé. Romero later scored the winner for Espanyol.

As reported by Football Espana, Real Madrid didn’t attend a meeting between La Liga, the referees, the clubs and the RFEF earlier this week, after which La Liga President Tebas said: “Real Madrid have built a story of exaggerated victimhood, out of place and with an objective, in my opinion, of hurting the competition. In the letter it was seen. All the adulterated competition is an excessive issue. They have lost their minds.”

Ancelotti in row with Tebas and ‘invisible’ social media

BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 10: Carlo Ancelotti, Head Coach of Real Madrid, leaves the field at half-time during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Real Madrid C.F. at Stadio di Bergamo on December 10, 2024 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

The former Milan coach replied at a press conference on Friday: “I wouldn’t like to touch on this topic before such an important match. Tebas can rest assured no one here has lost their mind. Only an explanation has been requested. To change a system that, from what I hear, no one is happy with. They say that the system favours Madrid, but they reject it when Madrid wants to change it. That surprises me a bit.

“We have only requested the VAR audios, nothing more. One play. Not that they reveal a huge secret. We just want to know what happened, and there is nothing perverse.”

The Italian tactician also hit back at criticism from social media, saying that they are totally meaningless to him: “Sometimes social media creates debate, that has little basis. For me, they are invisible. If someone criticises me, I like to know who it is, and put a face to them. If Fernando Burgos criticises me, it’s him. I prefer not to know about criticism on social media.”