"As an Italian, I'm not used to giving a guard of honour. What if Atletico Madrid don't do it? No problem, we will still respect them," Carlo Ancelotti said in the press conference ahead of the Madrid derby.
Previously, Atletico had released a statement saying that they would not give Real Madrid a guard of honour.
It's a tradition in Spain that the teams give the champion of the current season a guard of honour in the remaining matches. Even Barcelona did it back in the day.
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