Ancelotti analyzes the year and keeps his future open at Botafogo

Botafogo finished the Brazilian championship with a 4-2 victory over Fortaleza at Nilton Santos and secured sixth place, adding 63 points. Additionally, the team went ten matches without losing and showed progress after an uneven start to Davide Ancelotti’s first head coaching job. However, the club is still awaiting the result of the Copa do Brasil, as only a title at Fluminense or Cruzeiro guarantees a direct place in the group stage for the Libertadores. After the match, he responded about the future and thus reaffirmed his link with Botafogo.

“I have a contract here until the end of 2026. I am happy, I appreciate being in a big club, with a lot of demands, with a lot of demands. I don’t have a contract with the CBF, there is this possibility (of being an assistant to my father Carlo Ancelotti in the Brazilian team during the World Cup) in my contract to leave for the World Cup, but I have no contract with the CBF. We will have to see next year what will happen.”

Additionally, the technician commented on the planning and admitted the need for investments.

“Yes, I have a good relationship with the club, we always share information, we know we need to strengthen ourselves to be more ambitious and we will try to do that now, in January.” In this way, he signaled higher goals and the desire to evolve.

Message of hope in Fortaleza

Afterwards, Ancelotti gave a candid review of the season and also sent a message to Fortaleza.

“First I want to send a message of affection and encouragement to Fortaleza, who fell, but who had a very good run, with nine games without defeat, four consecutive victories. They also made our job very difficult today. The summary of the season was this match a bit. We started with a lot of difficulty, but we had the ability to turn the situation around once again in the last period of this championship. So I am happy with the way we finished. I think we have finished with a good run, it gives us the confidence to be more ambitious.”

Finally, Davide Ancelotti reflected on his adaptation to Brazilian football and described important differences.

“There are things that surprise, there are things that I like. It’s a very balanced and difficult league, where all the teams have difficult streaks, of two, three, four defeats in a row. Almost all the teams have had them this year. Botafogo, more than two, didn’t have that, at least with me. There are things that I don’t like: a goalkeeper who makes a save and is left on the ground injured. That doesn’t happen. that here we are wasting a lot of time. But being mean (laughs) is also a characteristic of the championship. You have to be that at some point. I think I only have good words for this context and this championship.

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