Carlo Ancelotti is ‘confident’ that the four Real Madrid players under investigation will be cleared of any wrongdoing ahead of their Champions League quarter-final with Arsenal.
On Thursday, Mail Sport reported that UEFA had launched a probe into allegations of ‘indecent conduct’ by star quartet Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Antonio Rudiger and Daniel Ceballos following Real’s contentious penalty shootout victory over city rivals Atletico in their Round of 16 clash.
Should the players be found guilty, a ban is one of the punishments open to the governing body.
However, speaking ahead of Real Madrid’s LaLiga clash with Leganes on Saturday, Ancelotti was adamant that the quartet did nothing illicit.
‘We are confident on UEFA investigation,’ said Ancelotti. ‘We wait for verdict, but our players didn’t do anything wrong’.
‘We are confident in UEFA’s verdict as the players had just celebrated, that’s it’.
Carlo Ancelotti has raced to the defence of the four Realk Madrid stars under investigation
Antonio Rudiger is being investigated for the gesture of putting his hand around his neck
UEFA are also looking at Kylian Mbappe’s (left) and Vinicius Jnr’s (right) behaviour from the Atletico Madrid round of 16 second leg