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An Ancelotti of 'record': 'Carletto' enlarges his legend with the double

Published:29/05/2022 - 19:36h

Updated:29/05/2022 - 19:36h

Carlo Ancelotti was the great architect of Madrid's double this season. With both titles, the Italian coach becomes the only one with 4 Champions Leagues and the only one to win the championships of the five major leagues

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The Real Madrid put him 'full stop' to a season of dream with the achievement of his fourteenth Champions League. The merengues arrived after having raised his League number 35 and with the triumph in front of the Liverpool achieved his second doublet in five years, after the attained under the control of Zinedine Zidane. One of the main artífices of the 'feat' was Carlo Ancelotti, the one who landed in Santiago Bernabeú to replace, precisely, to 'Zizou'.

The trainer of Reggiolo lived an extremely special campaign in the walk of the Castellana. After the exit of the French technician, the madridistas, with Florentino Pérez in command, initiated the hard task to achieve the ideal substitute for one of the most legendary trainers in the history of the club. In spite of not being the first option, the merengues concretised the return of 'Carletto' to the White House, and this could not have taken advantage of better his second opportunity.

The ex technician of the Everton assumed a capital challenge, since the whites 'grieve' reinforced during the market of signings and had a staff relatively 'short'. In spite of having hired to Praise and to the youngster 'promise' Camavinga, the vikingos lost his central saga title with the exit of Bouquets and Varane, and received the first hit by part of Mbappé. Therefore, Ancelotti had to support in the talent in 'gross' of youngsters like Vinicius, Rodrygo and Valverde with the mission to explode them and take him out the greater possible benefit to the veterans of the square to be able to do a competitive team.

And it go that it knew it do. The madridistas 'strolled' by LaLiga Santander, which led from the second day until the number 38, being the group more regulate of the season and taking out a difference 'abysmal' with his main competitors. Of this form, the vikingos conquered his thirtieth fifth local title and Ancelotti broke his first record of the campaign, when consecrating like the only trainer in winning the championships of the five big leagues: Italy, France, England, Germany and Spain.

A Champions for the memory

Likewise, with the victory in Paris in front of the square directed by Jurgen Klopp, 'Carletto' surpassed another mark when being the technician more laureado in the history of the Champions, after raising four trophies of the League of Champions. The one of Reggiolo won two with the AC Milan (2003 and 2007) and two with the madridistas (2014 and 2022), surpassing like this to Bob Paisley (attained three with the Liverpool in 1977, 1978 and 1981) and to Zinedine Zidane (with the Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018). Besides, it is necessary to add him the two 'Orejonas' achieved like player of the 'rossoneros', for a total of 6 Champions, equalising to Paco Gento regarding quantity of titles.

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