Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has paid tribute to his assistant, Davide.

Son Davide Ancelotti now acts as Ancelotti's No2, with Real Madrid on the brink of winning the title today against Espanyol.

Ancelotti said, “Davide is a competent, disciplined, professional and very calm assistant coach. He works alongside Francesco Mauri, who is very young too.

"Luis works with the goalkeepers, Pintus with his experience on the physical side of things. I have a young and very competent coaching team. We combine their enthusiasm with my experience well.

"It's difficult for me to talk about this because I have an emotional and family connection with him as my son. He's here because he's a good professional, not because he's my son. I think we'll see him turn into a very good coach in the future."