Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti gave the perfect answer when recently asked if he would accept the job at Barcelona.
Perhaps the biggest football competition in the world due to the size of the clubs, the El Clásico derby is special but few cross the line and support both.
Luis Figo's record-breaking move to Madrid from Barcelona at the turn of the century angered many of the Catalan club's fans, with many hurling items at the Portuguese star as he back to Camp Nou.
Another example is Ronaldo, but the former Barcelona star moved to Madrid through Inter Milan and he is perhaps the only player loved by both groups of fans.
Only two men have ever managed both clubs - Radomir Anti? and Enrique Fernández - and when current Madrid coach, Ancelotti, was asked if he would ever manage Barcelona, ??he replied. perfect answer. What did he say?
"I would never join Barcelona in my life, no way. No way," said Ancelotti, as reported by journalist Fabrizio Romano.
"My story is here at Real Madrid, the best club in the world. People love me here." He is widely regarded as one of Madrid's most successful coaches of all time, having led them to a La Liga title and, importantly, two Champions League titles in two separate terms at the club. .
They have failed the competition in the league this season and are currently 12 points behind rivals Barca, who are waiting for the champions.
However, they still have a chance to win the Champions League and face one of Ancelotti's old sides, Chelsea, in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
'Don Carlo' became the first coach to win the tournament four times when Madrid won the title last year and his side have a good chance of retaining it this time around.
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