Real Madrid almost sacked its coach Carlo Ancelotti at the beginning of this December, but Kylian Mbappe was the one who saved the Italian’s head from dismissal.
This is what the “Relevo” network revealed when it confirmed that Ancelotti was on the verge of leaving Santiago Bernabeu, specifically before the Girona match.
The Girona match came after the surprising 2-1 loss at San Mames to Athletic Bilbao, which sparked the anger of Florentino Perez’s management, and made it contact Santiago Solari to prepare himself to succeed Ancelotti.
Perez’s basic idea was that if the team was defeated in Girona or later in Atalanta in the Champions League, the end of his career with Real Madrid would be written.
The network cited in its report that Perez himself attended the Girona match in Catalonia, unlike his usual habit, which indicates that there was something big he was planning, specifically the case of defeat.
But fortunately for Ancelotti, Kylian Mbappé has regained his usual level and succeeded in shining strongly against Girona in the match that the royal club won 3-0, during which he scored a goal.
Mbappé ended any idea of sacking Ancelotti after his dazzling start in the match against Atalanta in the Champions League, when the Merengue won 3-2 and regained the chances of qualifying for the round of 16 in his favorite competition.
Despite the draw with Rayo Vallecano, the Real Madrid management has noticed a noticeable improvement since the Girona match, crowned by the two wins over Pachuca and Sevilla, and with it Ancelotti’s stay until the end of the season has become guaranteed unless a disaster occurs in the coming months.
It is worth noting that Ancelotti gave Mbappé all his confidence despite his decline in form in November, and repeatedly stressed that it was a matter of time before the player would recover, which actually happened and the coach, coincidentally, was the one who benefited the most from it.
