"There's One Illness—Phone Addiction": Ancelotti Comments on Youth Culture
“It’s a different style and outlook on life. Things are far more complicated for them, with greater responsibilities. The pressure they face is incomparable to what it was before. And then there’s another illness—phone addiction. I have to deal with it constantly.
Once, I jokingly said, ‘I’m tired of seeing your phones in the locker room. From now on, they’re not allowed. When you come to practice, you leave your phone outside.’ The players asked, ‘Are you serious?’ — ‘Yes, I’m very serious. Starting tomorrow, that’s the rule.’ Then I walked off. Later, the captain came to my office after practice and said, ‘You can’t do this. It’s madness. It just can’t happen!’ Can you believe it?” Ancelotti recounted, as quoted by Marca.
On November 6, it was reported that Real Madrid’s management does not intend to dismiss Ancelotti mid-season but has not ruled out the possibility if the team’s performance does not improve in the near future.
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