
During the official opening of the 2024-2025 academic year at the Real Madrid University School, Carlo Ancelotti paid tribute to Florentino Pérez and the pivotal role he has played in the club’s historic and recent successes.
The Italian coach emphasized the importance of passion in his career, describing it as the essential fuel that makes discipline, sacrifice, and commitment easier, adding that football has never felt like a job to him—he has loved it since childhood, and that passion remains intact today.