Solved mystery: without Ancelotti -absent in Balaídos due to Covid- the captaincy of the ship is falling to Luis Llopis, goalkeeping coach and one of the most trusted men of the Italian coach. Llopis, in fact, returned to Real Madrid this summer at the request of Ancelotti himself. He is one of the most recognized goalkeeping coaches in Spanish football, having been on the bench for Real Sociedad, Athletic, Mallorca, Levante and Granada, in addition to the white team.
All eyes pointed to Davide Ancelotti, first assistant, son of Carlo and, a priori, number two in the staff. But this does not have the necessary license to be able to get up and give orders, so finally the responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of Llopis, while David brings a pinganillo with which, supposedly, he could be communicating with his father. He also looked very energetic Simone Montanaro, a technical analyst who did not go out to the technical area to give instructions as such, but did utter several slogans from the bench. However, who is appearing as assistant coach officially is Abián Perdomohead of youth academy and training at La Fábrica.
Regulation
The article 231.2referring to who can give instructions from the benches in the First Division, says the following: “Only the coach, understanding as such the one who is in possession of head coach or assistant coach license, will have the power to get up to give instructions his team inside the technical area, not being able to do both at the same time. The violation of this rule will lead to the purification of responsibilities in the disciplinary field.
Article 231.2 of the regulation.