Soccer-Ancelotti hits back at UEFA president following Real criticism

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - LaLiga - Levante v Real Madrid - Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain - August 22, 2021 Real Madrid's coach Carlo Ancelotti before the match REUTERS/Pablo Morano

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti defended his club on Saturday following criticism from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin this week.

Ceferin told German publication Der Spiegel that he would not mind if Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus - the three remaining clubs in the breakaway Super League project - were not part of UEFA.