Madrid will fly to London without Ancelotti. The decision is firm, since the technician continues at this time without obtaining a negative PCR. Despite this, he is not yet ruled out for Stamford Bridge: this afternoon he will undergo a new test and, in case of a negative result, he could join the expedition either tonight or tomorrow, the same day of the match. What is already fully confirmed is that, obviously, he will not be able to give the Press conference this afternoon at the manor bluebeing an unknown who will take the floor.
Ancelotti is perfectly fine, in fact, he has been in a state for several days asymptomaticbut the tests continue to give him positive. Today is his sixth day since he contracted Covid-19. It all started last Wednesday, when already in Valdebebas he reported that he felt some symptoms and, when a test was carried out, he tested positive. At that time he went to his private home, where he has remained isolated ever since, maintaining the utmost caution. He was already absent last Saturday in Balaídosleaving the bench in the hands of a trivote Davide-Abian-Llopis that left many orders and no clear leader.
That scene, unless there is a negative result in the next few hours, seems to be on its way to repeating itself in Stamford Bridge (9:00 p.m., Movistar Champions League). For now, Real Madrid will travel without their coach. The whites will take off at 11:00 a.m. (Spanish strip) towards London, where they will stay at the Hotel Conrad London St. James. This afternoon they will train on the scene of the battle at 6:00 p.m. (Spanish strip).