Real Madrid, occupying the first place in the Spanish championship, and the only team in Europe that managed to win the Champions League 3 times in a row, won the Copa del Ray game against Alcoyano with a score of 3-1.
With this victory came problems for Carlo Ancelotti. Thus, some images from the cup match show one of the players returning to the first team of Real Madrid, Dani Ceballos, arguing with his coach, a few moments before entering the field in the 85th minute. Ceballos is surprised by the images very nervous and threatening towards Carlo Ancelotti, the players on the reserve bench, and the technical staff, trying to calm him down.
The situation is very strange, because normally it should be a successful day for the player of the Real Madrid team, returning to the field after about five months of break. Ceballos was injured in a match played during the Summer Olympics, an injury that kept him away from the field longer than expected. Ceballos probably would have liked coach Carlo Ancelotti to use him more minutes, especially since it was a cup match where players who have less minutes in the championship usually perform.
This dispute with Dani Ceballos certainly represents a problem for Carlo Ancelotti, because he is following a series of very important games for Real Madrid, and he might also need the help of the reserve players. Thus follows the championship match with Valencia, a very important match in the economy of the championship, it being followed by a new El Clasico contested with FC Barcelona, the match counting for the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup.
Carlo Anceloti faced this problem in the past, when in the match with Granada, at the end of November, Isco, the midfielder of the Real Madrid team, refused to warm up, and had an argument with Davide Ancalotti, the son and main assistant of the Italian coach. However, Dani Ceballos is not the first to commit this kind of offense, he also had disagreements with the former coach of the galacticos, Zinedine Zidane.
Dani Ceballos' contract with Real Madrid will expire in 2023, and it is not known if he will continue with the Santiago Bernabeu team.
