The man of the moment in the world of football is Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid who in the most beautiful double semifinal of the 2000s earned himself the chance to win the cup, and would be the sixth for this man (he won two as a player and three on the bench) who for over twenty years is on the crest of the wave. We know everything about Ancelotti. Or maybe not. There are still ten things to know.
Charles V Emperor of Europe
This is the time of Charles V, because the only coach in the world to have won the national title in the top 5 European championships. Italy, with Milan. England, with Chelsea. France, with the PSG. Germany, with Bayern. Spain, with Real Madrid. No other coach in the world has succeeded: like Charles V, no one has ever.
And to say that he supported Inter
And to say that he was born as an Inter fan. He was a kid from Reggiolo, Inter was the team that made his heart beat. The idol was Sandro Mazzolachampion of the 60s and 70s. Then the Nerazzurri passion was watered down over time, now Ancelotti is cheering for himself.
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Many qualities, one of them all: being able to create a very strong feeling with the players, everywhere, in all the teams in which he coached. From this point of view Ancelotti is the most popular coach in Europecapable of getting into the heads of the champions – who adore him, from Benzema to the Cristiano Ronaldo he had at Real – and of the younger ones, whom he hesitates to launch.
A cottage in Canada
The current partner of Charles V is the Canadian manager Mariann Barrena McClay, married in 2014. Mariann is originally from Vancouver, the city where the couple takes refuge as soon as the football season ends because in recent years Carlo has literally fallen in love with Canada. But the real great passion of the two is traveling around the world.
The coach son
His name is Davide, he is 32 years old, he was born in Parma, many of Carlo’s colleagues say that he is the secret. Davide sits to his father’s right on the bench, confronts him and in the end – as happened the other night at the Bernabeu – hugs him tightly and – together – they abandon themselves to tears.
Real’s daughter and nutritionist husband
Ancelotti’s daughter, Katia, born like her brother Davide from his first wife Luisa Gibellini (who passed away in May 2021), now runs a pilates center in Milan. A few years ago you participated in “Amici”, the talent of Maria De Filippi; and since 2914 she has been married to Mino Fulco, who works alongside Ancelotti: he is in fact the nutritionist of Real Madrid.
Prefers the cup (of the pig)
Linked to his land, proud of its origins; Carlo is the son of a breeder who grew up in the Reggiolo countryside and has never forgotten where he started from. It is no coincidence that his autobiography is entitled I prefer the cup. Life, matches and miracles of a normal champion. The cup intended as the cut of the pig. But be careful: the other biography is The calm leader. And calm is the virtue of the strong.
His teacher was Sacchi
And with Arrigo Sacchi – his first admirer – that Ancelotti lives his best seasons as a footballer, with Milan in the late 80s dominating in Italy and in the world. And it is Arrigo Sacchi – to whom Carlo is bound by true affection – to call him for his first experience as a coach, in the staff of Italy at the 1994 World Cup.
And if he wins he sings
His players say that after all – this idea of singing performance after each title won – he invented it, because Carlo likes (very much) to sing and therefore is not afraid to face an audience. Strong piece of his repertoire The best years of our lifethe hit by Renato Zero that Ancelotti sang during the celebrations after the victory in the Bundesliga.
Its Africa
He once said that his dream was to coach an African national team in a World Cup. He would do it – he explained – at the end of his club manager career. An ambition remains, as well as the possibility that – when he is tired of being on the pitch every day, Carlo Ancelotti decides to sit on the bench of Canada, the country he has elected as a buen retiro.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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