La Liga
BEHOLD! THE STRICT REAL MADRID’S CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PLAYERS
It has been
revealed that Frenchman, Zinedine Zidane rules with iron fist at Real
Madrid. Sports Village Square gathered
from different sources such as UK Daily Mail, Spanish publications
such asDeportes Cuatro and Marca that not putting mobile phones on
silence attracts a fine of 250 euros (N
98,245.2).
Being 15 minutes late to training
session attracts a fine of 1,000 euros (N392,981). Such are the strict fines
that the Real Madrid stars have to cope with.
Zinedine Zidane’s squad contains some of the most prominent players in world football, including Eden Hazard, Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos.
Owing to such
strict rules, it was gathered that players must turn up at least 45 minutes
before training, with a series of fines imposed for lateness.
Players who are five minutes late are charged £223 (€250) (,N 98,245.2) with those who are 15 minutes late being fined £446 (€500)( N196,490).
Those who turn up even later are fined up to £891 (€1,000) (N392,981), with an unexplained absence from training setting a player back £2,674 (€3,000) (N 1,178,940).
There are also fines regarding players using mobile phones in the dressing room, on the team coach or while being attended to by physios.
Other fines include failure to tell club of intention to go outside Madrid on a day off: Up to £891 (€1,000) (N392,981).
An initial fine of £223 (€250) could rise to between £446 and £891 (€500 and €1,000) (N392,981)for repeat offenders.
Players will have to pay £223 (€250) (N 98,245.2) if they are not weighed, and being overweight could result in a fine of £891 (€1,000) (N 392,981) for repeat offenders.
If players decide to go outside Madrid on a day off or are to take part in any interviews or commercial activities, they must inform the club beforehand. Failure to do so can lead to a fine of up to £891 (€1,000).
Another rule states that players not named in the matchday squad must be in the dressing room with the team before the start of the game and remain in the stadium until at least ten minutes before the match finishes.
Bale wasn’t included in Real’s squad for the 2-2 draw with Club Brugge in the Champions League last week, but the Welsh winger turned up four minutes late, meaning he will receive a fine.
Speaking after the game, Zidane, as reported by AS, said: ‘That is something that remains in-house. You have information that you don’t need to have.
‘I have to speak to the player but I don’t have to tell you what was said. I speak with the player, but you don’t need to have this information.’
LIST OF FINES AT REAL MADRID
Training Sessions:
Five minutes late: £223 (€250) = N 98,245.2
15 minutes late: £446 (€500) =N 196,490
More than 15 minutes late: £891 (€1,000) = N 392,981
Unexplained absence from training: £2,674 (€3,000) =N 1,178,940
Using mobile phones when not supposed to
Initial fine: £223 (€250) = N98,245.2
Repeat offenders: Between £446 and £891 (€500 and €1,000) = N 392,981
Not being weighed: £223 (€250) =N 98,245.2
Being overweight: £891 (€1,000) (for repeat offenders) = N 392,981
It was mission accomplished, said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti after his side fought back from two-goals behind to snatch a rip-roaring 4-4 draw on Tuesday for a 5-4 aggregate win that put them through to the Copa del Rey final.
Ancelotti brushed off questions about a sub-par performance by his side and praised his players’ effort in what he considered a highly entertaining encounter.
“We have achieved our goal today which was to reach the final and there is not much time to think about it,” Ancelotti told a press conference.
“It was an entertaining game with some mistakes and a lot of good things. It was fun and we are in the final.
“I never saw ourselves out of it because anything can happen at the Bernabeu. When we have to come from behind, we never give up. We never give up, especially at home, with the fans by our side.”
Ancelotti said David Alaba was not to blame after he deflected two balls into his own goal, calling it “bad luck” by the Austrian defender, but urged his defence to play with better focus moving forward.
“It’s not good to concede four goals in a game,” Ancelotti said.
“Right now we are a team that has a lot of effectiveness up-front, but little balance.
“However, we can’t ignore what we did in attack, scoring four goals against Real is not that easy. I think we are doing quite well.”
Real Madrid, who have won the Spanish Cup only once in over a decade, will play either Barcelona or Atletico Madrid in a mouth-watering final in Seville next month.
Atletico fought back to hold Barca to a thrilling 4-4 draw ahead of Wednesday’s second-leg in Madrid.
-Reuters
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Real Madrid’s legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial next week for allegedly failing to declare income to Spain’s tax office, the Madrid court which will hear the case has said.
Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months for the 65-year-old Italian, accusing him of having cost Spain’s treasury more than one million euros ($1.1 million) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.
The trial will begin on Wednesday and it is expected to last two days, a spokesman for the court said.
Ancelotti, who as a coach has won a record five Champions League trophies including three with Real, must be present for the hearings, he added.
Prosecutors accuse him of only declaring in his tax returns the personal remuneration received from Real Madrid during those two years even though he himself declared himself to be a tax resident in Spain and indicated his home was in Madrid.
They accuse Ancelotti of allegedly setting up a “confusing” and “complex” system of shell companies to hide his extra earnings from his image rights as well as from other sources such as real estate.
A Spanish court in 2023 ordered Ancelotti to stand trial over the affair, but did not set a date.
Ancelotti dismissed the affair last year as “an old story that I hope will be resolved soon” when he was asked about the case.
He took over at Real Madrid in 2013, leaving in May 2015, before being appointed at Bayern Munich the following year.
The former Italy international midfielder, who as a player won the European Cup twice with AC Milan, later managed Napoli and Everton before returning to Real Madrid in 2021.
Aside from his success in the Champions League he has won domestic league titles with Madrid and Milan, in England with Chelsea, in Germany with Bayern Munich and in France with Paris Saint-Germain.
-AFP
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Spain’s former soccer chief Luis Rubiales told Reuters on Thursday he would appeal a court ruling which found him guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent.-
-Reuters
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