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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sid Lowe

Ancelotti defends leaving Everton for Madrid as Casemiro urges Bale ‘support’

Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid take on Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid take on Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday. Photograph: AgenciaLOF/Shutterstock

On 12 April last year Carlo Ancelotti was in charge of an Everton team that drew 0-0 with Brighton and he says he would not have given it up for anything – except for the place he finds himself 12 months on.

Had it not been Real Madrid who called, the Italian says he would have stayed at Goodison Park, but it was and now he leads the team that stand 12 points clear at the top of La Liga and seemingly on the threshold of a Champions League semi-final place having beaten Chelsea 3-1 in the quarter-final first leg at Stamford Bridge.

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