By Jorge Hernandez
Apr 29, 2024, 3:50 PM EDT
After several questions from the press and fans about the coach of the real Madrid to bring back to Puerto Rican player of Castilla Jeremy de Leon to travel for a Champions League match, who cannot play because he is not registered in the tournament, Carlo Ancelotti He ruled out that it was due to superstition to, supposedly, give the team luck and replicate a good result like the one in Manchester against City in the quarterfinals, when they also took him and trained with him.
“It is not Kabbalah”clarified Ancelotti in the press room of the Allianz Arena where Jeremy de León was one more in Real Madrid’s last training session on the eve of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern.
Immediately after He justified the inclusion by arguing that they needed a player for training. and they decided that the Puerto Rican was a very good option, due to his talent and dedication.
“When we train we want to be 20 players and we were 19 available. Sometimes, in recent games we have led to Jeremy because, speaking with Raúl, He trains very well, is very serious and gives us in training. He is a young man who it has a lot of quality“he explained.
The Puerto Rican footballer was part of the first team squad, as was the case for the second leg of the quarterfinals in Manchester against City, despite not being able to play in a Champions League in which he is not registered because he joined Real Madrid last year. month of January, when the ballots with the names of the participants were already delivered.
Against Manchester City, in the quarterfinals, Real Madrid qualified after winning on penalties 3-4 after a 4-4 aggregate draw.
This Tuesday They will face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the semi-final at the Allianz Arenawhile the return game will be on May 8 at the Santiago Bernabéu.
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