Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos said that the club's head coach Carlo Ancelotti sometimes deceives players to motivate them. He said that it happened last week before the match of the 31st round of the Primera against Mallorca (1:0).
Kroos was quoted as saying by COPE:
Last week, before the game against Mallorca, Carlo told us that if we win – that's it, we've taken the title. But after we beat Mallorca, he told us: 'I lied to you.' We will become champions if we beat Barcelona next week.
Six rounds before the end of the season-2023/24 in the Spanish championship Real Madrid leads the standings ahead of Barcelona by 11 points. In the next round on April 26, los Blancos will play away with Real Sociedad.
Earlier, former Real Madrid head coach Fabio Capello told not to believe everything Ancelotti says. The current mentor of the Madrid club told why he refused to lead the Brazilian national team.