CARLO ANCELLOTI :THE NEW BOSS

I begin this article by saying that as a Real supporter,i would probably have preferred Andre Villas Boas or Michael Laudrup for there successes at there previous and current clubs,but some people will say,they don't have that much champions league experience,but,then again i would have fancied them for the long term.Now back to the man Carlo Ancelloti,the new manager of madrid was finally announced after a month of speculation and seduction.It had been 27 days since madrid last had a manager the longest manager drought in the Perez era(the previous time was 3 days) and indeed the longest in Madrid's history.
       Ancelloti has won trophies in everywhere he has gone to,2 champions league winners medal,a the cup competitions in England and Italy,as well as the league titles in those countries along with the league trophy he won with PSG.Ancelloti however has some weak points,i'll like to comment on here.First of all Carlo is a quiet character,who does not get involved with things like mind games,like Mourinho,but at times,these mind games are actually needed,a good example here can be seen with Sir Alex Ferguson,i may not have been a big fan of the man,but i surely did respect and fear his mind games.He won titles with it (Newcastle 1995,Liverpool 2009).Ancelloti may need that at some point and that is not in his arsenal.Also he may have won trophies in many clubs,but he's Seasons to trophies ratio is not that good for Real standard.He has won 10 trophies in 14 years as a coach,the 10 include 3 league trophies,2 champions league trophies ,2 cup trophies,2 season curtain raisers(super coppa,community shield) and the club world cup.Coincidentally Madrid's longest serving manager Miguel Munoz,spent 14 years at the bernabeu.If Ancelloti should have the same record in the next 14 years,as he has achieved in his first 14 as a manger,would he be regarded as a success at Real? The answer sadly is NO.For a club like Real they target all 3(possibly 4) trophies every season and would hope to achieve the treble at least thrice in such amount of time.They will be aiming to win like 25 trophies or more in that period of time.He also has the tendency to Fail at some point.Infact at Reggiana(he's first job),is the only place he succeded fully,gaining promotion in his first season and staying up in his second season.At parma,he took the team to 2nd place in his first season and 5th in his next season.At Milan,he won just 1 serie a finishing 2nd in 05 & 06.Even the 2 champions league successes,should have been 3,Istanbul should have been the 2nd,Liverpool should never have come back.Jose Mourinho rightly pointed out in 2010 "Ancelloti is a great manager,but i will never be on the losing side,after going into half time 3-0 up in a champions league final". That kind of thing at Madrid will definitely warrant the sack.He also failed to win anything in his last 2 years at Milan.At Chelsea he failed to win anything in his 2nd season and ended up 9 points behind champions man utd in that same 2nd season(it is fait to say he recovered from a 15-point gap and reduced it to 3 with 3 games to go).He also failed to go beyond the quarter-final of the champions league in both seasons at Chelsea.At PSG,he took over in Decemeber 2011 and at the time he took charge,PSG were 3 points clear in the league,but ended up,3 points behind shocking Champions Montpellier.
        So,i know most people would think,i hate my own,but i don't,i always like to look at where to criticize them,in order to see how good they actually are.Now for Mr Ancelloti's strong points.First of all Ancelloti is one who builds his squad on what he has at his disposal and not based on what he wants.He has used different tactics were ever he has gone,playing defensive and attacking.At madrid he has already spoken of how "the most prestigious club in world football needs to win,playing spectacular football,because the history and tradition of this club is to play offensively,spectacularly,and we are going to work hard to play football that will give happiness to the fans".That will definitely go down well with the madrid supporters who complained that Mourinho's madrid sometimes won games,with an inspired goal by Ronaldo,a lovely assist from Ozil,a Fantastic sliding tackle from Ramos or Varane or with a top class save from Iker Casillas.Sergio Ramos did complain about this criticising Mourinho for his inability to be on top,in terms of tactics,because he never played the game.Such thing cannot be said about senor Ancelloti,he was part of the famous Milan squad of the early 90s.During that time he learnt a lot from renowed mangers like Capello,Sacchi and Co.He also has the ability to handle big name players and know that some players are just part pf the club(something Mourinho failed to understand with the sales of Raul,Guti and harsh treatment and spats with Casillas and Sergio Ramos).Ancelloti has managed big names and hot heads,players like Zidane,Stam,Nesta,Lampard,Lavezzi and most of all Zlatan Ibrahimovic.Hence he will fit the bill for madrid.He is a fantastic man-manager as he is the type that will put his arm round a player,and has this father figure status.He also gets repect from the owners he has worked with examples of this Silvio Berlusconi,who crticised him of being too defensive,he also gained respect from Roman Abramovich and Nasser Al-Khelaifi.Also the fact that Zinedane Zidane is going to be part of his coaching staff and is also the sporting director,he will be involved in the two sides of footabll which will help Ancelloti very well,in terms of transfers.Ancelloti also has the tendency to bring out the best in players.He started the work on Zidane,he changed Andrea Pirlo from an attacking midfielder to the pace setter we now know and respect him as,we saw the best of Andrey Shevchencko and Ricardo Kaka whilst he was under Ancelloti,we also saw the best goal scoring records for Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard,under Ancelloti. Who knows maybe we haven't yet seen the best of Ronaldo and maybe there is still something left in Kaka.Madrid supporters will certainly be hoping for that.






Florentino Perez and all madridistas will be hoping the 'Italian Del Bosque" will be the "peace maker" and the man who restores all that the club symbolises and finally end the club's drought for La Decima.So get ready madridistas,a new era is upon us,we should get behind our manager and the players and wrestle back what many in the club feel is there's in the champions league from Bayern and La liga from Barcelona.Spain and Europe,be prepared,Real are a wounded animal and are coming for World domination. HALA MADRID !!!



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