Madrid (AFP)
With his constant calm and great confidence in his tactical knowledge, Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, took an additional step in the history of world football, by winning the Spanish Football League title for the second time with the “Merengue”, which is his 28th title as coach.
Victory is simply imprinted in his DNA. With his elegant white hair and black suit, the Italian “Mister” led the Royal Club, at the age of 64, to win the league title for the 36th time in its history, a title that translated more than ever before his pragmatic and highly effective playing style.
Ancelotti, who is the only coach to have won the five major European championship titles (Spain, England, Germany, France and Italy), won for the second time all the championships that the Madrid giants can win (the Spanish League, the Champions League, the Spanish Cup, the Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup).
This title is the twelfth with the second club in his career (behind the Italian Milan), which allowed him to surpass Frenchman Zinedine Zidane (11) and get close to the legend Miguel Muñoz (14). It has a special flavor, after his second era was scheduled to end in The Spanish capital in June.
After he was a candidate to lead the five-time world champion Brazilian team, it was finally announced that the contract of the talented coach at Real Madrid would be extended until 2026 at the end of last December, after a more than ideal start to the current season, which reassured the Royal administration of the Italian’s ability to complete the transitional period process after A prosperous era in its history.
After the departure of French striker Karim Benzema to Saudi Arabia, Ancelotti changed everything and modified his tactical plan to prepare the ground for his new star, the English newcomer Jude Bellingham, to prove that he knows how to re-establish a successful team.
The result was 32 victories and only two defeats in 48 matches in all competitions, and an impressive ability to deal with all challenges.
Billingham, the former German Borussia Dortmund star, said about his coach, “I think our greatest strength is that he finds a way to allow us to play freely. Our way is somewhat unpredictable, from a human standpoint. He conveys to us a lot of calm and confidence.”
Thanks to his wonderful leadership, the son of Regolo (Northern Italy) will be able this year to repeat his famous image of wearing sunglasses among his players, which spread in 2022, after winning his first title in “La Liga”.
Ancelotti said last year, “The players are my friends,” which sheds light on his ability to lead a dressing room made up of young, skilled players, in addition to veteran stars who later became like a “family,” as Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior points out.
As a sign of his status, many consider him a global reference, and he is unanimously agreed that he is one of the best tacticians ever, and the most successful coach in the history of the Champions League (4 titles), and he is now two steps away from adding a fifth European star to his historical tally.
He began his winning streak in the 1980s, starting with Roma, then in Milan, his favorite club, where he spent 13 years, first as a player between 1987 and 1992, then as a coach between 2001 and 2009.
On the field, the former defensive midfielder won two major titles (1989 and 1990) under the supervision of the legendary Arrigo Sacchi, his biggest inspiration at the tactical level.
Alongside Sacchi, Ancelotti began his coaching career on the bench of the Italian national team, runner-up to the 1994 World Champions, as an assistant coach.
As a coach, he led the Rossoneri to win the Italian Cup in 2003, the league title in 2004, and the Champions League in 2003 and 2007, noting his loss in the continental final to Liverpool in 2005 in a dramatic way.
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