It’s a reunion. Real Madrid have chosen one of their former coaches, Italy’s Carlo Ancelotti, to replace Zinédine Zidane, announced on Tuesday 1er June, the Spanish club. Winner with the Casa Blanca of the Champions League 2014, he has the mission to rebuild the team. “Real Madrid announce that Carlo Ancelotti will be the new coach of the first team for the next three seasons”, the club said in a brief statement.
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La casa blanca took less than a week to turn the page “Zizou”. The Frenchman decided, on May 27, to leave his club at heart, regretting the lack of confidence of his leaders over a less successful season than his first term (2016-2018).
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Appreciated from the locker room
Carlo Ancelotti was however under contract until 2024 with Everton, but the other club of Liverpool apparently failed to retain the “Mister”, whose wife is of Spanish origin and who appreciates the life of Madrid.
The return of Ancelotti (61) to succeed Zidane, his former deputy (2013-2014), is a sign of appeasement sent to the stars of Merengues: the heavyweights of the locker room will welcome being again led by this benevolent technician, adept as “ZZ” of a protective management, rather than the brutal and divisive management of Antonio Conte, another contender cited.
During his first two seasons at Real, Ancelotti left an excellent image among supporters and players, among whom Karim Benzema, Raphaël Varane, Marcelo or Casemiro are still in the squad.
A collector of titles
But the support of his locker room was not enough to save his head at the end of a second season concluded without a major trophy, nor the support of the “socios” (supporters-shareholders) of the club, 73% favorable to the club. maintenance of the Italian, according to a survey released at the time by the sports daily Marca.
“I remember two fantastic years at Real Madrid. Thank you to the club, to the public and to my players ”, then commented Ancelotti, handsome player, on Twitter.
Debauched from Paris-Saint-Germain (2011-2013), the Italian technician had entered his first season in the history of Real with a coronation in C1, expected for twelve years. As a bonus, he also conquered the Copa del Rey, the European Supercup and the Club World Cup.
But after his ouster from Real and a short stint at Bayern Munich (2016-2017), the result was more complicated for “Carletto”, who was not able to seek the title in Naples (2018-2019) nor to play the leading roles with Everton (2019-2021).
La Liga in the sights
Not enough to undermine the odds of this exceptional coach, winner of two Champions Leagues as a player of AC Milan (1989, 1990), then three others as coach of Rossoneri (2003, 2007) and Real (2014). ).
Carlo Ancelotti has also won the championship in all the countries where he has coached (in Italy with Milan, in England with Chelsea, in France with PSG, in Germany with Bayern)… except in Spain, where La Liga is missing from his list. .
To remedy this and to bring Real back to the front of the bill, “Carletto” will have to rebuild the workforce, despite the financial difficulties of Real, weighed down by the Covid-19 pandemic, engaged in an ephemeral private Super League project and monopolized by the costly renovation of the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium.
