Trainer Carlo Ancelotti wants to take the first chance of winning the Spanish football championship directly with Real Madrid.
"We have a match ball, and if the great tennis players have a match ball, they also win," said the 62-year-old before the league paper on Saturday against Espanyol Barcelona (4:15 p.m.).
The record champions needed one point from the last five games to the premature triumph, it would be the 35th title of club history. Despite the comfortable lead in the table, Ancelotti expects full concentration until the decision: "We are aware that we are very close to the title win. But we have to score points, because it is not over yet."
The coach will not worry about the negative effects of a possible championship celebration for the semi-final second leg of the Champions League against Manchester City next Wednesday: "If we have to celebrate, we will do so.. " The first leg in Manchester had lost Real 3: 4.
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