'El Mundo': Ancelotti does not accept jail request and will go to trial

 'El Mundo' published on Wednesday in the run-up to the Real Madrid-RB Leipzig Champions League match that the Italian coach rejects the request for jail and decides to go to trial to defend himself against the accusation of alleged tax offence.

The Public Prosecutor's Office is asking for 4 years and 9 months in prison for an alleged fraud of more than one million euros between 2014 and 2015. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, 386,361 euros in the first year and 675,718 euros in the second. This is equivalent to 2 years and 3 months for the first and 2 years and 6 months for the second.

The aforementioned media reported that Carlo Ancelotti's idea is to claim that his tax residence in 2015 was not Spain. This was the question that was accepted by the magistrate Maria Inmaculada Lova - head of the 35th Court of Instruction in Madrid - but which was appealed and eventually won by the Prosecutor's Office.

To be precise, he is charged with 2 offences against the tax authorities. At the time, he claimed that he was resident in Spain for tax purposes and that his address was in the capital. Allegedly, he omitted the income from the exploitation of his image rights.

Carlo Ancelotti has, initially, deposited the money for the case. This would imply a reduction of the sentence in case he receives a conviction, as he has repaired the damage. Legal dizziness just hours before the Champions League is on the line.