'Football Should've Stopped': Ancelotti Slams La Liga For Continuing Games Despite 200 People Dying

Spain has been hit with a catastrophe after floods in town of Paiporta and Valencia  claimed lives of more than 200 people in region. This is worst natural calamity that has struck Spain in more than a decade and has left country helpless. 

Despite travesty, Spanish football went ahead over weekend with La Liga t putting a stop to matches. This hasn't bode well with Real Madrid manr Carlo Ancelotti and he has slammed organisers for being insensitive. 

Carlo Ancelotti slams La Liga 

Real Madrid's game against Valencia over weekend was postponed due to catastrophic floods claiming Spanish lives. However, or games in La Liga went ahead as scheduled and this did t bode well with Real Madrid manr Carlo Ancelotti. 

Carlo Ancelotti in his press conference, ahead of Real Madrid's Champions League encounter against AC Milan on Tuesday, indirectly slammed La Liga and organisers as he believed football should take a back seat during such times. 

“I think football should have stopped past weekend. Football is something happy, you can't celebrate when people are t fine. Football should have stopped,” said Carlo Ancelotti in his press conference. 

Italian manr rubbished suggestions that Real Madrid wanted to play over weekend and maintained that human life is more important than football. 

“Playing past weekend? nsense. one wanted to play. But we aren't those who decide. Football is t important w. But this is our job, we are professionals,” said Carlo Ancelotti. 

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Real Madrid look to bounce back 

Real Madrid will host AC Milan at Santiago Bernabeu in Champions League on Tuesday. last time Los Blancos stepped out on football pitch, y were left embarrassed as ir eternal rivals Barcelona handed m a 4-0 loss in El Clasico at home. 

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Real Madrid are hurt by result and against AC Milan y would want to right wrong and bounce back with a strong result.