Real Madrid Dressing Room Not Happy With Manager Carlo Ancelotti

• Carlo Ancelotti's treatment of Nacho Fernandez has Real Madrid players upset
• The Spain international has been steadily dropping down the order at the club
• Despite this, Nacho has been a vital squad member of Real Madrid for 13 years

Carlo Ancelotti’s decision to keep sidelining Spanish defender, Nacho Fernandez from Real Madrid’s first team has not gone down well with some of the club’s senior players.

Nacho has seen his game time reduce drastically since the arrival of Antonio Rudiger from Chelsea, as the 33-year-old has only featured in 732 minutes across 15 games this season.

According to Sportskeeda, Real Madrid's dressing room is discontent with Ancelotti's preference of playing Rudiger to Nacho, despite the German defender’s recent poor form.

Rudiger was culpable of two vital mistakes, as Los Blancos was embarrassed by arch-rivals Barcelona 3-0 in the Spanish Super Cup final on January 15.

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Nacho, whose current contract with Real Madrid is set to expire at the end of the season, has had only one La Liga start since the Rudiger’s underwhelming form began to manifest.

Ancelotti denies feud with Rodrygo

Meanwhile, Ancelotti has joked that Rodrygo forgot to shake his hand, after throwing a substitution strop in Real Madrid’s latest Copa del Rey outing, Goal reports.

The 22-year-old Brazilian snubbed the handshake of his manager, after he was substituted in the comeback victory against Villarreal on Thursday night.

The Real Madrid manager played down any rift with the forward after the game, despite being seen quarelling with the 22-year-old after the incident on the sidelines.

Ancelotti slams Real Madrid defence

Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Ancelotti stating Real Madrid's defence let him down, after the La Liga champions suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Villarreal on January 7.

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The veteran Italian manager used a makeshift defence after starting Brazilian, Eder Militao as a right-back following the injury to Dani Carvajal.

Ancelotti believes his defenders had faulted in reading the game, which forced them to make too many mistakes in the league game loss.