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Carlo Ancelotti has landed in London for Real Madrid’s Champions League clash with Chelsea, after testing negative for Covid at the last chance, having missed the trip with his team
- Carlo Ancelotti tested positive for Covid-19 last week and missed a LaLiga game
- The Italian did not travel with the Real Madrid squad to London yesterday
- However, he tested negative this morning and has now landed in England
- Ancelotti returns to a club where he won the league and cup double in 2010
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has tested negative for Covid-19 and will be present at Stamford Bridge tonight as his side take on Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Ancelotti tested positive for Covid-19 last week, with his son and assistant Davide in charge for the club’s 2-1 LaLiga victory at Celta Vigo on Saturday, and he did not travel with the squad on Tuesday.
Yet having taken another PCR test on Wednesday morning, the club confirmed that the Italian has travelled to London this morning to meet up with the squad.
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti will be at Stamford Bridge tonight after a negative Covid test
Ancelotti has landed in London and was reunited with his team this afternoon (Luka Modric, R)
Ancelotti’s son and assistant Davide was in charge for the club’s victory at Celta Vigo
A club statement read: ‘Real Madrid CF announces that our coach Carlo Ancelotti has tested negative for COVID-19, so he will travel to London this morning to join the first team training camp.’
Madrid confirmed last Wednesday that Ancelotti had tested positive for Covid and he he has since been isolating at home – although it is unclear whether he has been carrying any symptoms.
Ancelotti will make his return to a club where he won the double in 2010 before he was sacked a year later.
Despite Ancelotti’s absence at the weekend, Real still got back to winning ways under the caretaker charge of Davide Ancelotti, with two Karim Benzema penalties seeing off Celta Vigo.
Ancelotti will make his return to a club where he won the double in 2010 before being sacked
Ancelotti will be hoping leading striker Karim Benzema can play a big role in tonight’s game
Madrid had gone into the game off the back of a shock 4-0 hammering by Barcelona at the Bernabeu that had come following five consecutive victories.
Having previously won the Champions League three times as a manger, Ancelotti’s experience will be crucial to the Spanish league leaders as they look to beat a team who knocked them out at the semi-final stage last season.
On that occasion, Chelsea progressed to the final – where they beat Manchester City – with a 3-1 aggregate victory against Madrid.
Real Madrid’s stars arrived in London suited up on Tuesday as they prepare to face Chelsea
