Carlo Ancelotti replies after Vinicius Junior scored teammates Real Madrid in Leganes winning

Carlo Ancelotti admitted that the opinion of older players like Luka Modric must be respected after the Croatian veteran was among the players of Real Madrid who criticized Vinicius Junior during the Leganes victory on Wednesday.

Ancelotti opted for a rotated side for Copa del Rey conflict on Wednesday But he turned to Vinicius from the bench at halftime, shortly before Leganes equalized to become 2-2. Although they eventually won the game at the time of stopping, the tensions were high during the second half, and Vinicius found himself at the receiving end of some elections from Modric.

As Madrid Prepared to defend the corner, Modric could be seen disgusted by Vinicius because of what was stated that he lacked defensive efforts. The Brazilian gestured back to the clearly angry Modrica, and then Federico Valverde targeting him for his answer.

After the match, Ancelotti asked about the incident, and although he claimed he did not know what had happened, he happily sought with an experienced Blue.

“I don’t know if he told him anything, but if he did, Modric must always be respected,” Ancelotti said to the media.

Modric himself wanted to play an incident, insisting that it was simply a natural event in a typical game.

“These are things that happen in football,” he said. “You see everything you shouldn’t see.”

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