Two championships, one Russian Cup and one Russian Super Cup: this is the triumphal balance of Luciano Spalletti, former coach of Roma, in two and a half years at the helm of Zenit St. Petersburg. The Tuscan coach enjoys his second consecutive title with 3 games to spare, thanks to the 2-1 home victory over Dinamo Mosca and confirms the excellent work done in the Eastern country, whose football is constantly growing thanks to investments millionaires and a championship with a revisited formula that brings it closer to those of the major continental tournaments in terms of times and modalities. Russia will also host the 2018 World Cup.
But for a made in Italy that wins, there is one that bitterly disappoints expectations. AND' the PSG of Carlo Ancelotti and Leonardo, clearly the most economically equipped club in the French championship thanks to the investments of Sheikh Al-Thani, who is about to give up the Ligue 1 title to Cinderella Montpellier. While the small team from the South of France doesn't miss a beat, Carletto's men are stopped away from Lille (which now also threatens second place) and remain -5 points from the top, which become virtually 6 if one considers that the Montpellier is clearly ahead on goal difference. Therefore, a perfect path from here to the end would be needed, hoping for two defeats for the leaders. The winning project entrusted to the former Juventus and Milan coach from Emilia is therefore about to be aborted, or in any case postponed. could count on a top-level team with many former Serie A players such as Thiago Motta, Menez, Pastore and goalkeeper Sirigu.
In terms of market-coaches, the two opposite destinies of the Italian coaches could lead to different consequences. While for Spalletti, desired by half of Serie A, returning home is becoming increasingly unlikely, at this point it is not said that for Ancelotti and above all for Leonardo the future is still in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. For the Brazilian executive there is already talk of Inter.
