"Hazard is under contract; it is expected that he will stay"

After a late 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, Madrid have the chance to put pressure on Atletico Madrid in the race for second place if they beat Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan.

Ancelotti, in his pre-match press conference, spoke about the difficulty against Mendibiliar's team and his team's situation: "We want to finish the season well, it's a difficult game because we're playing against a rival who are doing very well. We have a few absentees, Karim, Vinicius and Asensio. The rest of the squad is fine. We'll try to get the best out of them, as always. Emotionally, we're fine. The win against Rayo was good for us".

On the other hand, the Italian spoke about the problems with the VAR, such as the goal that Atletico were awarded against Espanyol or the image of Hugo Duro that was not shown: "The technology is important because many things have improved and increasing it would be a good thing. We need to improve the use of this technology, it's obvious".

In relation to Vinicius, who did not play against Rayo due to a knee problem, he will not be in Seville either and the Italian referred to his absence: "He is not travelling to Seville because he can't play. His knee is bothering him. He can't play and that's that".

Despite the absence of strikers, a journalist asked the coach if Hazard was going to get a chance. Ancelotti said nothing about the Belgian: "We are going to have a game to try to win. It will be a very competitive starting XI and we still have very good players".

The insistence on the '7' reached such a point that the italian coach assured that he will have a conversation with him ahead of next season. "What Eden needs for next year I will talk to him, but not here. He has a contract and it is expected that he stays here. If he is not happy, he has to ask for a way out and if he is happy, he stays," he said.