Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed showdown talks with one unnamed player.
Ahead of meeting Rayo Vallecano, he revealed that one of his players approached him after their midweek Champions League duel with Shakhtar Donetsk to express his frustration for having been replaced.
"Yesterday I spoke with a player, I won't say the name, and he told me an interesting thing," noted Ancelotti.
"He told me that he understood that sometimes a player is replaced because he is not doing well. I asked him why he was angry then. And he told me: 'A player who doesn't get angry after being subbed is not a player.'
"He gets angry with the coach, not with the person. I got angry with [Fabio] Capello when he didn't put me on and he told me that, when I became a coach, I would understand. Now I understand it very well."
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