Carlo Ancelotti has been answering questions about his future for months. Mostly, the Real Madrid coach has done so with an easy-going smile and a patient manner. But there has been an edge to his media appearances in the past few weeks, as his team's season has started to fall apart.
Saturday's news conference before Madrid's game with Celta Vigo was no exception. Ancelotti took 13 questions. Eight of them were -- either directly or indirectly -- about his future, the one subject he was determined to avoid.
"I'm not angry, I'm calm," Ancelotti insisted, ending with a laugh, "I know exactly what I have to do, what I'm going to do, and what I'm doing, which is not talking about my future.