Ancelotti: "We're feeling good and we have all the confidence in the world"

Carlo Ancelotti spoke to journalists in the press room at Real Madrid City and looked ahead to the Real Madrid-Athletic Club clash, on matchday 30 of LaLiga, which will be played at the Santiago Bernabéu (Sunday, 9pm CET). The coach had the following to say: “The team's doing well. Those who have returned from their national teams have recovered well. Camavinga trained normally despite having a minor problem. We're feeling confident and tomorrow we have to bear in mind that we're playing against a team that's having a great season, they're playing with a lot of intensity and are fighting for the Champions League (spots). They have a lot of individual quality and they're organised. We're feeling good and we have all the confidence in the world to perform well.”

“Athletic Club have a week to prepare for the cup final and tomorrow they'll play at their best because the Champions League is very important for them. They're not thinking about playing in the final. They want to pick up points at the Bernabéu.”

Return of Militão
“Militão is back, which is the most important piece of news. He's available, he's trained well but he's not 100% because he still needs to play more football. He's recovered very well from the injury. He got injured in the game against Athletic in the first half of the season and now he's back against Athletic. Courtois' new injury was unlucky, but he'll be back as well.”

Recovery
“We have to take it one game at a time. He might get minutes tomorrow or he might not. His physical condition is good, his knee is fine and he just needs to get used to playing on a big pitch and with his teammates. He's recovered really well and we have to give him time to get back to his best.”

Starting centre-backs
“Militão is a very important player who helps us in many areas of the game. In the air, in the battles. I wouldn't rule him out completely. If we don’t go with Militão, either Nacho or Tchouameni will play.”

Spain-Brazil
“I watched the match. It was entertaining, beautiful and highly competitive. I enjoyed the match. The Vinicius situation is a very important issue for him and he takes it very seriously. And we all have to take it very seriously as well.”

Remarks by Chilavert
“There's not much point commenting on what others are saying on this issue. We shouldn't take into account what they say.”

Vini Jr.’s ban
“There's one thing that worries me a lot about Vinicius today. And that is that he can't play tomorrow. That's the only thing that worries me.”

Modrić
“Everyone is talking about next season except us. Luka is focused and what we want to do is finish this season strongly and compete until the end. We'll deal with the future of the players when the season is over because we have time. Nobody's interested in talking about his future now.”

Focus on the season
“The feeling I have is that I think Modrić is in good shape to fight for the season, just like the others. We all feel the same way and we want to finish the season strongly. This is a very important month. We're in a great situation to give our best and my players don't think about what they're going to do in the future.”

Defensive work
“What happened with the cruciate injuries to two central defenders was strange. I think we coped well and everyone has delivered, Rüdiger in particular. He's having a fantastic season. Nacho as well and sometimes he's made mistakes, but in general he's contributed a lot to the defence. And Tchouameni has performed really well in that position. This is proven by the fact that we're the team that has conceded the fewest goals and it means that the collective work has been very good.”

Lunin
“He's improved a lot because he's had the opportunity to show his quality. This has given him more confidence and his performances have been very good. He's a quality goalkeeper.”

The fans
“The fans are more excited about Madrid than about the players who want to wear the shirt.”

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