The discreet winner, as defined by Marca, the main Spanish sports newspaper. Carlo Ancelotti leaves PSG after a year and a half and a title of champion of France and arrives at Real Madrid, where he signs for three years and will replace Special One Josè Mourinho, who in turn arrived three seasons ago with the opposite fame, that of the noisy, provocative winner, who came out of the Bernabeu with more boos than applause and a few fewer titles than expected.
In fact, the coveted "Decima" was missing from the Portuguese coach's bulletin board. the tenth European Cup long awaited by clubs and fans: now it will be up to Ancelotti, who will be presented tomorrow at 13 on the main stage of the Madrid stadium, to succeed in the enterprise.
The palmares of the Emilian technician (as well as that of Mou, to tell the truth), from this point of view constitutes a real guarantee, as the Spanish press itself recalls: two Champions League won with Milan, and three national championships won in three countriesrsi. And that's not all: the coach whom Marca remembers as the silent pupil of Arrigo Sacchi, who has already worked in Madrid and is still esteemed, has one overall score of 456 victories out of 797 matches played as a coach (i.e. over 57%), with 1400 goals scored and only 708 conceded.
Vocation to victory, therefore, but above all offensive vocation, a trend much appreciated in Spain, especially in the Madrid merengue area, fresh from the Mourinho three-year period characterized more by the egocentrism of the Lusitanian coach and by the media brawls than by the good game. At the Bernabeu, for example, they will gladly remember Carletto's first season with Chelsea, 2009-2010, when the Blues won three trophies by scoring 142 goals, conceding 45 and above all losing only 8 times throughout the season.
But we have to swear that the European palmares of the former coach of Parma, Juventus and Milan is even more tempting for the Merengues fans: 3 Champions League finals in seven seasons, of which two won, as well as two European Super Cups and a Club World Cup. Moreover, Carlo will find his pupil Kakà in Madrid, architect of the Rossoneri triumphs and Ballon d'Or in 2007 under Ancelotti's management. Who knows, maybe even Bale and Cavani might arrive to complete an already extraordinary squad, but in the meantime the news is that in the Real house they have chosen a guide who will quickly forget Mourinho's curmudgeons: Ancelotti is a winner but also affable, sporty and cordial in relations with the public and journalists. A new way, Italian-style, to counter the hegemony of Barcelona.
