{"id":49292,"date":"2025-05-25T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=49292"},"modified":"2025-05-25T18:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T15:13:57","slug":"real-madrid-fans-bid-emotional-farewell-to-ancelotti-and-modric-at-the-bernabeu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/real-madrid-fans-bid-emotional-farewell-to-ancelotti-and-modric-at-the-bernabeu\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Fans Bid Emotional Farewell to Ancelotti and Modric at the Bernabeu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid fans bid an emotional farewell to coach Carlo Ancelotti and midfielder Luka Modric \u2014 the club\u2019s most decorated figures \u2014 in their La Liga finale on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old Ancelotti is taking the Brazil job after winning 15 titles in his two stints with the club. The 39-year-old Modric is not returning after winning 28 titles in 13 seasons with Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti and Modric shed tears at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, where Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 with a pair of goals from Kylian Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been a pleasure to coach this club,\u201d Ancelotti said while speaking to the fans in a ceremony after the match. \u201cIt\u2019s been unforgettable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The game was stopped for a few minutes when Modric was substituted in the final minutes, and players from both sides did a guard of honor for the veteran as he left the field.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke after the match, and he and many fans teared up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment that I didn&#8217;t want to arrive has arrived,\u201d Modric said. \u201cBut it&#8217;s been a long journey, a wonderful journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid fans bid an emotional farewell to coach Carlo Ancelotti and midfielder Luka Modric \u2014 the club\u2019s most decorated figures \u2014 in their La Liga finale on Saturday. The 65-year-old Ancelotti is taking the Brazil job after winning 15 titles in his two stints with the club. The 39-year-old Modric is not returning after &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49293,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49292\/revisions\/49293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}