Wife of Real Madrid’s Valverde goes off at Carlo Ancelotti for substitution

There’s no shortage of criticism for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti currently, after two chastening defeats to Barcelona and AC Milan back-to-back. Even the partners of his star players are voicing their frustration with the Italian.

Often outspoken on Twitter/X, Fede Valverde’s wife Mina Bonino wasted no time in criticising Carlo Ancelotti for taking off her husband on Tuesday night, as Los Blancos trailed Milan at half-time. Valverde was taken off and Bonino tweeted out, “I have to close this down (Twitter/X), it’s better because I’ll be arrested” in a post she later deleted.

In a reply, someone reasoned with Bonino that it was a tactical change, and that there was no need to think too much into it. That was met with derisive response, explainig that “Brother, where Fede plays best is as a pivote. What are you talking about? hahaha When will they understand for once and for all that Fede is not a winger?”

Ancelotti was asked about the criticism online, and gave a perfectly reasonable explanation for why Valverde had been taken off. Bonino would later delete the tweet.

“Opining on what people think on social media is very complicated. I removed him because he was not at 100%, he had a problem with his back. It seemed like he had recovered because yesterday he trained well, but it seemed to me that he was not in his best physical condition; that’s why I changed him.”