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P19 Layout 1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015 SPORTS Benitez well-placed in Real search for Spanish-speaking boss MADRID: Upon sacking Carlo Ancelotti many by surprise. when he took temporary charge for the as Real Madrid coach, club president Madrid sports daily AS mocked Perez final four months of the 1993-94 sea- Florentino Perez offered the solace that with his own words yesterday on their son. the 10th boss of his reign in charge will front page as he replied “I don’t know” “It is not my decision,” said Del be named next week. when questioned in what aspects Bosque in his usual languid style in Moments later when questioned by Ancelotti had failed after a season with- announcing his latest Spain squad yes- the press if the new coach would be a out a major trophy. Ancelotti delivered terday. “The person that has to make native speaker, Perez agreed it “would the club’s most successful ever year in that decision will bring in the best be very good if he speaks Spanish.” 2014 with the Copa del Rey, UEFA Super coach, but he (Benitez) is among the That confirmation has eliminated Cup and Club World Cup adding to the best.” any doubt that remained among the glory of ending a 12-year wait for their It is another twist of fate that Spanish media that the next man to 10th European Cup. Ancelotti’s sacking came 10 years to the face the task of living up to Perez’s Moreover, he was loved within day since arguably the most memo- highest of standards will be current Madrid’s star-studded dressing room rable match of his and Benitez’s mana- Napoli boss Rafael Benitez. The 55-year- with Sergio Ramos, James Rodriguez gerial career as the latter’s Liverpool old is expected to take charge of his and Toni Kroos among those to demon- came from 3-0 down at half-time to final game at the Stadio San Paolo strate their thanks to the Italian on beat Ancelotti’s AC Milan on penalties before his contract expires on Sunday social media after his dismissal, whilst in the Champions League final in when Napoli host Lazio in effectively a Cristiano Ronaldo had preempted Istanbul. playoff for the third Champions League Perez’s decision by calling for Ancelotti Yet, Benitez’s lack of major trophies spot in Serie A. to stay at the weekend. since means there are plenty of “Rafa Benitez is 99 percent certain to The decision has been likened to doubters as to whether he is the right ITALY: Napoli coach Rafael Benitez gives instructions to his players in this file be Real Madrid coach,” Ancelotti’s agent Perez’s sacking of Spain manager man to deliver on the expectations of photo. —AP Ernesto Bronzetti told Italian television Vicente del Bosque in 2003 despite hav- the world’s most expensively assem- station RAI on Monday. For a president ing won La Liga and just a year after bled squad. convinced. However, arguably his best fans with Ancelotti’s dismissal, Perez that has based his mandate around winning the Champions League. One FA Cup with Liverpool, a Europa work came during his last job in Spain now must hope Benitez is just as suc- signing the world’s biggest and most Ironically it was as Del Bosque’s League in a short stint at Chelsea and a over a decade ago in winning two cessful on his return home to ward off expensive stars, Perez’s decision to assistant that a fledgling Benitez took Coppa Italia with a Napoli side that has league titles and the UEFA Cup with serious questions over his competency replace the three-time Champions his first steps in management as Real’s B gone backwards in the past two years is Valencia. to continue leading the world’s richest League winner with Benitez has caught team coach and assistant to Del Bosque not a CV that leaves most Madrid fans Having angered the players and club.—AFP Now the hard work begins for Norwich LONDON: Norwich City may be celebrating agement approach has already been com- promotion back to the Premier League via pared to the steely determination of fellow the playoffs but their ambitious young Scot Alex Ferguson. manager Alex Neil is already thinking “I set goals and I’m really determined to about strengthening his squad. try to achieve those goals. I don’t get over- Neil, 33, who is set to be the only awed by anyone or even any place. I’m Scottish manager in the English top flight there to do a job and I’ll do it as best I can,” next season, steered the humble Canaries he said. to a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough at Among his priorities will be a winger Wembley Stadium on Monday. and a central defender to free captain The rugged Scot has little time to enjoy Russell Martin to play in his favoured right the achievement, however, with meetings back position instead of filling gaps in the scheduled to discuss reinforcements for the middle. task ahead before he takes a well-earned “It’s going to be a huge task for us,” said holiday. “The next couple of days will be Neil. “We’re probably one of the smallest busy. It’s been a long two seasons for me clubs going up into the Premier League but and the playoffs is another three weeks. I’m there are other clubs that do well of a simi- here to do as well as I can to make us as lar size.” good as can be,” he said. Having brought success to the club co- “We’ve got two plans set in place in owned by celebrity cook Delia Smith, after terms of recruitment,” he added as his replacing Neil Adams in January, Neil thoughts turned to the Norfolk club’s Plan knows he has raised the bar and that brings A. Having secured a promotion that will its own pressure. bring riches of at least 120 million pounds “My biggest challenge is going to be ($185.62 million) from ticket sales, TV expectation,” he said. “People will expect us rights, prize money and sponsorship, he to do really well in the Premier League but has money to spend. it’s extremely difficult. “There will be a hell Norwich are fortunate to have a man of a lot of hard work just to make sure we who is confident in his ability and his man- can compete at that level.”—Reuters Key Real players rally behind sacked Ancelotti MADRID: Some of Real Madrid’s key play- helm of the world’s richest club by income, WARSAW: Dnipro’s Papa Gueye (second left) and his teammates jog during a training session on the eve of the final match of the uropaE League ers have rallied around coach Carlo said he did not mind the players advertis- soccer against Sevilla. —AP Ancelotti after the Italian was made the ing their affection for Ancelotti. Going so scapegoat for a season without major tro- obviously against the wishes of a majority phies and sacked on Monday. of the squad may, however, make the job of Top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo had whoever succeeds Ancelotti that much Euro success lifts gloom already offered his support for Ancelotti on harder. Saturday, the Portugal forward saying he While Real’s two captains, Iker Casillas hoped to work with him again next season. and Sergio Ramos, have yet to comment in President Florentino Perez decided, public following Ancelotti’s dismissal, the in war-weary Ukraine however, that “a new impetus” was needed decision of some players to make their feel- and fired Ancelotti two years into a three- ings known on social media is unusual at a year contract. club that obsessively controls the flow of UKRAINE: Eastern Ukrainian club Dnipro are neighbouring big cities such as Donetsk. friends and friends of friends who are fighting. The decision, taken just a year after information. unexpectedly poised for possible European soc- Many attribute this to Ihor Kolomoisky, FC They have been drafted into the army or are in Ancelotti guided Real to their historic 10th Perez said the club would unveil Real’s cer glory, lifting the gloom in their war-weary Dnipro’s billionaire owner and president, who volunteer battalions. We and our fanatical fans European Cup triumph, prompted several new coach next week, with local media country, at least for a while. bankrolled formation of a pro-government mili- help them as best as we can,” Fedetsky said. important figures in the dressing room to reporting Napoli’s Spanish manager Rafa With fighting raging on the doorstep of its tia to stop early signs of separatist sympathies “The world should know about our country show their appreciation for the coach on Benitez as the front runner. hometown of Dnipropetrovsk, the club had to taking root. He later fell foul of the pro-Western and know that, despite the war, life goes on and Twitter. “Thanks for everything boss,” Real’s “The players have shown their affection travel 500 km (310 miles) to play their Europa authorities and was dumped as regional gover- that the entertainment of football is not foreign Brazil left back Marcelo wrote. “You are real- for Ancelotti, the same affection myself and League home matches in the capital, Kiev, away nor, though his Privat banking group still holds to us,” said Oleksander Moiseyenko, a 49-year- ly great.” Germany midfielder Toni Kroos the supporters have for him,” Perez told from their fans and often at near-empty stadi- FC Dnipro.
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