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Ancelotti expecting to sign new contract
Madrid: Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he expects to renew his contract with the Spanish football club.
In just under a year and a half at the helm, Ancelotti has led the Spanish giants to the Spanish Cup, the Champions League, as well as the Spanish and European Supercups and the Club World Cup, held recently in Morocco, as per reports.
With his side now leading the BBVA Primera Liga in Spain and favourites to retain the Champions League, Real Madrid are keen to extend Ancelotti’s stay at the club and the Italian is happy to remain at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
“The situation regarding my contract is clear: I don’t know when it will happen, but it will happen,” said Ancelotti in an interview with Italian newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I am too happy here (in Madrid) at every level and my history will continue,” he continued, adding that 2014 had been a “fantastic, incredible and unforgettable” year.
“This year we have all entered into the history of the club and we want to continue. Everyone has their ambitions and I think it is more important to make history than to win anywhere and everywhere,” said the Italian, who also set out his ambitions for the coming year.
“We are competitive as we were last year. We are going to try to do as well as possible. Nobody has won the Champions League two years in succession, but we are going to try and do it,” said Ancelotti.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.