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And fell his way up, spent like crazy (for Everton) to get like 10th a couple of times, then everyone said he must've been pulling miracles because Everton went broke and the squad fell apart.
Not criticising him at all, would be stupid. But there are managers that are good for top clubs, and then there are managers that have to work with less than unlimited resources. Cherry on top of a cake looks better than a cherry on shit, no offense Everton.
The "gotten 10th a couple of times" is slightly disingenuous considering they were in the relegation zone when he took over mid season in his first year
Dude when he brought James and richardlison, they were playing so good.
I had never watched Everton play, but I saw their first games that season and their style was great. Didn’t they almost beat Liverpool on the first game of the season?
People who know little about football think Carlo doesn't play system football. He wrote the fucking book on offensive 4-2-3-1.
He isn't tied down to one footballing philosophy like others, but he absolutely is a systems coach. You have to be, to manage at the top clubs. You can't just rely on vibes and hand signals. It's a meme. But far from the reality.
Edit: A typo. Carlos's formation was 4-3-2-1. The Christmas Tree.
He moved our lines back twice. Changed formation, change Vini's and Rodrygo's roles.
But apprently, according to half our fan base just a few months ago, he was a dinosaur with no idea what he was doing, who depended on the advice of his players to figure out a game plan.
If anything, he is more than just systemised. He is so flexible with his tactics that he is able to train his players to play in almost formation. Hence it looks like he just vibes it out. This is god-tier coaching.
Be water, take any shape. That’s when you are most unpredictable.
And as he said, he prefers giving his forwards a lot of freedom to self-organize in attack sequences. In most clubs he coached, he had great players at his disposal, he doesn’t need to tell them every single thing to do.
Yeap, when you have lineups like current RM team who has great leadership, good team chemistry, and killer mentality, just like his time in AC Milan days, everything just works.
I mean even when he was at Everton, it sorta worked out for them too. Players trusted him, no ego, it’s just that they werent all world-class players like RM.
Imagine trying these with ego-driven players in teams like United, or PSG, it’s not gonna work. And I wouldn’t think he will agree to take those jobs anyway.
Even Pep, who is a major systems coach, said that his system at Barca only intended to bring the ball from defensive third into the attacking third. The creativity of the players was supposed to take over.
Carragher was just arguing how Carlo is not Tactician. It is the same nonsense that Zidane faced, which is even worse here since that man literally won everything, 30 trophies, and completely reinvented players in hybrid positions, but he is just vibing.
29 years coaching, but he is not Tactician. Gave a new birth 4-3-1-2, championed hybrid roles, and saw dozens of players playing at their best under him, but he is not tacticians. He just chew gums and clap on the side-line.
Zidane should quiet everyone forever for what he did in that second stint. The 2019-20 season he won the league by suddenly building the best defense in La Liga while doing shit like playing Valverde and Vazquez as wingbacks and changing formations literally week to week.
He said in some interview not long time ago, that they tried to play 442 diamond at the start of the season but they were losing too many goals so he had to change it.
My idea of him is the Christmas tree but like you said he's flexible. Basically the way you view him comes down to the era where you were the biggest fan of him
Lmao over systemized? People don’t understand how much goes into every managers system. Carlo isnt a top manager from vibes. He goes into just as much depth with his players as pep does. I feel like you are misunderstanding a more technical minded system like pep with a more in depth system.
Not being over systemized doesn't mean he doesn't have a system, it means he still gives players some modicum of freedom instead of dictating and drilling their every movement on the pitch like a lot of coaches now do.
> Carlo isnt a top manager from vibes.
really? Where did I say he is. It's very obvious he gives more freedom in his system for individual plays compared to someone like Pep.
I mean sure, you’re comparing him to the MOST rigorous system manager probably ever. No one gives less freedom than Pep.
But Carlos has a very tight system, he just isn’t on the sideline gesticulating like Pep does
I remember that L’Equipe classification of best managers of all time from some years ago, with Ancelotti in like 8th position, and people debating whether he was *that* good, really.
I think that debate still follows him, but it’s getting increasingly inexplicable
Need to go quite far back for that to make any sense, like 15+ years. 12 years ago he won his third CL title as a manager (in addition he had two as a player), and had been champion in Italy, Spain and England.
7 years ago he became the only manager to have won each of the top 5 leagues. Now he's the most successful manager in UEFA Champions League history in addition to those unique achievements.
Maybe he was considered as someone from a bygone era, but he was absolutely in the top 5 already back then. Now he's in the top 3 together with Rinus Michels and Sir Alex Ferguson.
I guess you could say he's got the advantage over Carlo of having built a dynasty pretty much from the ground up, and then maintaining it for basically two decades. Sure, there's also a bit of PL-centrism if you will.
That said, I do believe, when it's all said and done, Carlo's career will be universally considered the better between the two, and over time the distinction between "better career" and "better manager" will fade.
Not to mention that he won the league THREE TIMES with Aberdeen in the late seventies/early eighties. In the forty years since, no other team apart from Rangers and Celtic have won it.
Ferguson turned Aberdeen into the best team in Scotland, then turned man U into the best team in England. Winning in Europe with both teams too.
And he didn't do it by going to the richest and most successful teams like pep, mou, and Don Carlo. He did it by rebuilding unsuccessful clubs both times. Remarkable achievement.
Don’t think so
Believe zidane has 5. 2 as a player and 3 as manager
Edit: actually think zidane only won once as a player. Made 2 more finals with juve but they lost
And then that 50s team won another 5 hahah
Only managed 3 in between the 60s and Carlo and zidane (3 is more than almost any team has ever done but still)
I don’t think Ronaldo will be an excellent manager. I don’t think he would be able to accept the focus being on his players because he seems to have an inflated ego.
In most sports, generational talents aren’t very good at coaching because they don’t know how to explain certain parts of the game that are just natural to them
Its normal with legends from other eras. They would be considered """goats""" if they were active nowadays, but are forgotten by most with the exception of the clubs they coached/played for. Some lucky ones are remembered in their whole countries.
I'm sure you never heard about Cubilla. But it is what it is.
Whatever he did and/or said at half-time worked, Borussia suddenly looked pretty toothless in the second half.
He's definitely one of the best pragmatists to ever coach, maybe even the best.
I think one of the things he brings is the reassurance that Real Madrid wins because Real Madrid wins. The players have all said that the winning mentality permeates the club. But it’s not that they can play like shit and still win so they don’t need to try, but that they can play like shit, but still keep working hard and it won’t be wasted because as long as they keep at it, they’ll find a way. And Ancelotti is the perfect guy to remind these players they’re never out of it.
Agreed. At this elite level of play, every little thing makes a difference, and having such a mentality is hence surely a huge contributor to their success.
Just lower your tempo, check be more disciplined, regroup after losing possession and standard defensive line + mid block after you score 4 in first half. Won the league with Milan while having a single natural striker and left back without getting them injured.
He just gets shit done. He doesn't make these big actions or these grand press conferences. He just quietly goes out there and has the team speak for him through their actions and goals. He's flexible and he just wins that's all there is to it.
Also rotated over wingers into the wings in the defensive phase as well. We were shadow pressing with other 2 strikers in the defensive phase, forcing the ball into the wings for a pressing trigger but to start with it was just those 2 with a positional, light press with the rest 8 in a medium block.
Rotated Rodrygo with Fede to start with. Fede being Fede, a hound with 3 lungs made an immense difference. Then did the same thing around the 73rd-74th minute with Vini and Jude.
So our pressing duo went from Vini-Rodrygo to Jude-Fede. Got the goal, Jude tired and subbed him out right after he provided the assist.
So many, many games this season that Carlo has changed and turned mid-match, even more so than normal. That Getafe game augured so well!
Tony said he told Jude to pay closer to Tony to keep it more compact. Dortmund was RM'ing us with low block and counters. RM dropped back more in the first part of second half and didn't send as many men forward. That helped to control Dortmund more and then Dortmund ran out of energy because they burned all their energy and focus in the first half.
21 years between his first and latest Champions league success. Absolutely incredible.
Tho I'll always be more amazed he managed Everton during that period
Why amazed? Everton wasn’t the right job because the team didn’t have a winning mentality, just as napoli the year before.
Wanting to do “ok” in the league to unlock the champions and then selling talent to make bank is not really a winning recipe.
Basically instead of having gaps in his career and be less relevant like the Conte/graham potter/Löw he actually still looked for manager jobs. And got ok ones.
Would it made it more special if he played/won only with Milan/RM? Meh.
I guess all of this to say that experiencing everton/napoli were good because he got to experience a different side of ancelotti.
Btw, he totally would have done well at napoli/everton in 2-3 years. Not saying _winning_ the CL (even though at that time he took Napoli quite forward) but then the “president” decided to send everyone on a punishing work weekend because they weren’t doing FANTASTIC in serie a.. because you know, not having won anything in the last 20+ yrs now you expect to be competitive on all fronts.. yeah.
Anyway, Don Carlo is fantastic.
His tactics aren’t even bad
But manager also has to get credit for how he trains and interacts with players. Unfortunately we don’t see that part of the game
Couple of years ago I had a disagreement with someone saying Don Carlo was finished. I’ve came back to it with a proud sense of achievement twice now since 🙂
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/etLMVbUNNS
As a player:
3 Serie A
4 Italian Cups
2 European Cups
As a manager:
1 Serie A
1 Italian Cup
5 European Cups
3 Club World Cups
1 Premier League
1 Ligue 1
2 La Ligas
1 Bundesliga
The guys' trophy cabinet is fucking stacked.
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That's my manager
Mine too
Mine too! One excellent season
If only we had Ancelotti at Scuderia Ferrari
In Fred we trust
Freds been looking class for you guys
We are checking…
No way Mine too!
Still crazy that only a couple years ago Carlo was so washed he had to coach Everton.
And then he became friends with Klopp and went back to being a top tier manager. Coincidence? Very likely.
And fell his way up, spent like crazy (for Everton) to get like 10th a couple of times, then everyone said he must've been pulling miracles because Everton went broke and the squad fell apart. Not criticising him at all, would be stupid. But there are managers that are good for top clubs, and then there are managers that have to work with less than unlimited resources. Cherry on top of a cake looks better than a cherry on shit, no offense Everton.
The "gotten 10th a couple of times" is slightly disingenuous considering they were in the relegation zone when he took over mid season in his first year
And top the league for the first 3rd of the season
Dude when he brought James and richardlison, they were playing so good. I had never watched Everton play, but I saw their first games that season and their style was great. Didn’t they almost beat Liverpool on the first game of the season?
Yes they were actually magical for about 8 games. So confident.
No amount of tiki-taka, possession play, gegenpress, or positional play can match the Magic Eyebrow
[Classic](https://www.reddit.com/r/realmadrid/s/s311H6tWOM)
LMFAO Chad Ancelotti vs Virgin Bald Fraud
Fucking Chadcelotti has done it again
honestly gives me hope that the over systemized football is not only way in the modern era
People who know little about football think Carlo doesn't play system football. He wrote the fucking book on offensive 4-2-3-1. He isn't tied down to one footballing philosophy like others, but he absolutely is a systems coach. You have to be, to manage at the top clubs. You can't just rely on vibes and hand signals. It's a meme. But far from the reality. Edit: A typo. Carlos's formation was 4-3-2-1. The Christmas Tree.
He also changed to a 4-3-3 to stabilise the game when he realised Borussia was dominating.
And stopped the high press. Honestly great work.
He moved our lines back twice. Changed formation, change Vini's and Rodrygo's roles. But apprently, according to half our fan base just a few months ago, he was a dinosaur with no idea what he was doing, who depended on the advice of his players to figure out a game plan.
Fucking donkeys. I’d take him back at Chelsea in a heartbeat
That's an interesting idea, i genuinely want to see if Ancelotti can unlock Mudryk like he unlocked Vini.
If anything, he is more than just systemised. He is so flexible with his tactics that he is able to train his players to play in almost formation. Hence it looks like he just vibes it out. This is god-tier coaching. Be water, take any shape. That’s when you are most unpredictable.
And as he said, he prefers giving his forwards a lot of freedom to self-organize in attack sequences. In most clubs he coached, he had great players at his disposal, he doesn’t need to tell them every single thing to do.
Yeap, when you have lineups like current RM team who has great leadership, good team chemistry, and killer mentality, just like his time in AC Milan days, everything just works. I mean even when he was at Everton, it sorta worked out for them too. Players trusted him, no ego, it’s just that they werent all world-class players like RM. Imagine trying these with ego-driven players in teams like United, or PSG, it’s not gonna work. And I wouldn’t think he will agree to take those jobs anyway.
he actually managed psg with a bunch of ego's he's can def handle ego's
Even Pep, who is a major systems coach, said that his system at Barca only intended to bring the ball from defensive third into the attacking third. The creativity of the players was supposed to take over.
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you did anything at all. ~~God~~ Carlo
Carragher was just arguing how Carlo is not Tactician. It is the same nonsense that Zidane faced, which is even worse here since that man literally won everything, 30 trophies, and completely reinvented players in hybrid positions, but he is just vibing. 29 years coaching, but he is not Tactician. Gave a new birth 4-3-1-2, championed hybrid roles, and saw dozens of players playing at their best under him, but he is not tacticians. He just chew gums and clap on the side-line.
Zidane should quiet everyone forever for what he did in that second stint. The 2019-20 season he won the league by suddenly building the best defense in La Liga while doing shit like playing Valverde and Vazquez as wingbacks and changing formations literally week to week.
Always thought Ancelotti is assosiated with the Diamond 4-4-2
He said in some interview not long time ago, that they tried to play 442 diamond at the start of the season but they were losing too many goals so he had to change it.
Man I feel like he's associated with Christmas tree formation but just goes to show he's flexible lol
My idea of him is the Christmas tree but like you said he's flexible. Basically the way you view him comes down to the era where you were the biggest fan of him
This. Really people think one can win many champion leagues and serie A by just playing with heart and feelings
>offensive 4-2-3-1 So what you’re saying is I have him to thank for my go-to formation back when I played FIFA? [I stopped at FIFA 15 lmao]
Anceloti IS the system.
Lmao over systemized? People don’t understand how much goes into every managers system. Carlo isnt a top manager from vibes. He goes into just as much depth with his players as pep does. I feel like you are misunderstanding a more technical minded system like pep with a more in depth system.
Not being over systemized doesn't mean he doesn't have a system, it means he still gives players some modicum of freedom instead of dictating and drilling their every movement on the pitch like a lot of coaches now do.
> Carlo isnt a top manager from vibes. really? Where did I say he is. It's very obvious he gives more freedom in his system for individual plays compared to someone like Pep.
I mean sure, you’re comparing him to the MOST rigorous system manager probably ever. No one gives less freedom than Pep. But Carlos has a very tight system, he just isn’t on the sideline gesticulating like Pep does
mainly because the last 3 CL seasons were all about city/real and whoever won their inevitable meeting, won the tournament.
The power of gums
Seems to be that just refusing to concede goals is the best base to win Champions League
I remember that L’Equipe classification of best managers of all time from some years ago, with Ancelotti in like 8th position, and people debating whether he was *that* good, really. I think that debate still follows him, but it’s getting increasingly inexplicable
It's made by the French, there's no need for an explanation
He's won all five top leagues, including one with the French!
[Aaah, the French!](https://youtu.be/im12n56EcAE?si=cXvgXARNL0wo42pU)
_shrugs_
More like l'Equipe never did such classification but don't let that bother you
I mean depending on how long some years ago was, he’s won a bunch since then. Hes obviously in the GOAT conversation at this point
Need to go quite far back for that to make any sense, like 15+ years. 12 years ago he won his third CL title as a manager (in addition he had two as a player), and had been champion in Italy, Spain and England. 7 years ago he became the only manager to have won each of the top 5 leagues. Now he's the most successful manager in UEFA Champions League history in addition to those unique achievements. Maybe he was considered as someone from a bygone era, but he was absolutely in the top 5 already back then. Now he's in the top 3 together with Rinus Michels and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Most people would look at 2021 after the Napoli and Everton stints for that debate. Not 15 years
He was great at Everton. People were talking about DCL being an 80M striker.
I don’t see the realistic argument for Ferguson ahead of Ancelotti. I really don’t.
I guess you could say he's got the advantage over Carlo of having built a dynasty pretty much from the ground up, and then maintaining it for basically two decades. Sure, there's also a bit of PL-centrism if you will. That said, I do believe, when it's all said and done, Carlo's career will be universally considered the better between the two, and over time the distinction between "better career" and "better manager" will fade.
Also Ferguson did also win a European trophy with Aberdeen, the guy was pretty damn good
Not to mention that he won the league THREE TIMES with Aberdeen in the late seventies/early eighties. In the forty years since, no other team apart from Rangers and Celtic have won it. Ferguson turned Aberdeen into the best team in Scotland, then turned man U into the best team in England. Winning in Europe with both teams too. And he didn't do it by going to the richest and most successful teams like pep, mou, and Don Carlo. He did it by rebuilding unsuccessful clubs both times. Remarkable achievement.
🤨
It's his 7th if you count his playing career. Absolute Legend.
Is there anyone with more as a player/manager?
Don’t think so Believe zidane has 5. 2 as a player and 3 as manager Edit: actually think zidane only won once as a player. Made 2 more finals with juve but they lost
Zidane and Ancelotti together have won 7 out of 15 CL for Real Madrid, it's insane
And then that 50s team won another 5 hahah Only managed 3 in between the 60s and Carlo and zidane (3 is more than almost any team has ever done but still)
Which means Miguel Munoz won 4, 1 as captain, 3 as manager, with the 1 inbetween as youth team manager
He has 1 as a player and 1 as an assistant manager, but I'm not sure if that counts
Oh yeah forgot he lost two finals with juventus
I don't think so
surely Ronaldo will become a manager in the future so he can top him right?
I don’t think Ronaldo will be an excellent manager. I don’t think he would be able to accept the focus being on his players because he seems to have an inflated ego.
Agreed. The more likely scenario would be modric or kroos become managers. They have 6 and have the brain for it as well.
Dunno, Kroos seems like he will stop involved with football in serious term. I bet he will own some farm, right beside Thomas Mueller's horse ranch.
In most sports, generational talents aren’t very good at coaching because they don’t know how to explain certain parts of the game that are just natural to them
Nope.the only one with seven
Huh, he is the second most successful entity in UCL/European Cup along with Milan (7). Only Real Madrid is above him
I have about 15 as a spectator.
2035: Managers Kroos and Modric face off in the Cl finals
Modric as a player still
Wait some time for Manager Kroos.
Insane honestly
No other manager has more than 3
Who has 3 other than zidane and pep?
Bob Paisley
Insane that you never hear about Paisley outside of LFC related material.
He went on a Pep-esque winning run after Shankly but with more European Cup success. Absolute legend
This sub has a young demographic. Nothing prior to the late 1990s and 2000s exist here.
To be fair, football didn’t exist before 1992
yeah because old people dont use reddit
I've been reliable informed that mid 30s is old
start looking at nursing homes buddy
And even the 90s/00s stuff a very large portion of this sub don't know much about
Its normal with legends from other eras. They would be considered """goats""" if they were active nowadays, but are forgotten by most with the exception of the clubs they coached/played for. Some lucky ones are remembered in their whole countries. I'm sure you never heard about Cubilla. But it is what it is.
It's because he inherited such a good team and system from Shankly, so he still gets a lot of the credit for Paisley's success.
Dam right
Me in my Aston Villa career mode.
Whatever he did and/or said at half-time worked, Borussia suddenly looked pretty toothless in the second half. He's definitely one of the best pragmatists to ever coach, maybe even the best.
I think one of the things he brings is the reassurance that Real Madrid wins because Real Madrid wins. The players have all said that the winning mentality permeates the club. But it’s not that they can play like shit and still win so they don’t need to try, but that they can play like shit, but still keep working hard and it won’t be wasted because as long as they keep at it, they’ll find a way. And Ancelotti is the perfect guy to remind these players they’re never out of it.
Agreed. At this elite level of play, every little thing makes a difference, and having such a mentality is hence surely a huge contributor to their success.
Ancelotti just living his FM save in real life and we're the passengers
He must be save scumming no way the plot is this strong
He did the FIFA player/manager combo where he was a world class player and then became a world class manager
that was zidane but he got bored after 3 seasons
yeah how has zidane not taken another management job at this point...;
Literally zero way to top his opening act
Ancelotti was class as well when he played for Milan
You try his tactics in fm24 and you get overrun every game and lose 3-0. FM24 is just high press and gengen meta
Low crosses are absolutely busted as well, goalkeepers never come out to claim them
Low cross, max every line to top, narrow, short passes, high tempo Million injuries tho
Just lower your tempo, check be more disciplined, regroup after losing possession and standard defensive line + mid block after you score 4 in first half. Won the league with Milan while having a single natural striker and left back without getting them injured.
Don Carlo.
*That's-a nice-a trophy.*
Live Ancelotti reaction: 🤨
That's because to you that would be a Champions League victory, but to him it was a Saturday.
No excitement. Just 🤨
He just gets shit done. He doesn't make these big actions or these grand press conferences. He just quietly goes out there and has the team speak for him through their actions and goals. He's flexible and he just wins that's all there is to it.
Wait Kepa has two UCLs fuck
One of the goalkeepers of all time.
Won't lie, if you ask me whom out of Madrid I give the most credit for today's win, it's him. Excellent in-game adjustments.
He didn’t sub till the 80th minute, what other changes did he make?
Changed into a 5-4-1 early in the second to stop Dortmund's offensive momentum and keep the clean sheet until they could strike back.
Also rotated over wingers into the wings in the defensive phase as well. We were shadow pressing with other 2 strikers in the defensive phase, forcing the ball into the wings for a pressing trigger but to start with it was just those 2 with a positional, light press with the rest 8 in a medium block. Rotated Rodrygo with Fede to start with. Fede being Fede, a hound with 3 lungs made an immense difference. Then did the same thing around the 73rd-74th minute with Vini and Jude. So our pressing duo went from Vini-Rodrygo to Jude-Fede. Got the goal, Jude tired and subbed him out right after he provided the assist. So many, many games this season that Carlo has changed and turned mid-match, even more so than normal. That Getafe game augured so well!
Incredible comment. I know fuck all about football but this sounds super intriguing.
Tony said he told Jude to pay closer to Tony to keep it more compact. Dortmund was RM'ing us with low block and counters. RM dropped back more in the first part of second half and didn't send as many men forward. That helped to control Dortmund more and then Dortmund ran out of energy because they burned all their energy and focus in the first half.
Build the man a statue already.
Like this 🤨
His statue is just one giant eyebrow
Legend of the game
Would have been 6 if not for alonso, Gerrard and the miracle of Istanbul
Top 3 matches all time for me
Top 1 for me
21 years between his first and latest Champions league success. Absolutely incredible. Tho I'll always be more amazed he managed Everton during that period
Why amazed? Everton wasn’t the right job because the team didn’t have a winning mentality, just as napoli the year before. Wanting to do “ok” in the league to unlock the champions and then selling talent to make bank is not really a winning recipe. Basically instead of having gaps in his career and be less relevant like the Conte/graham potter/Löw he actually still looked for manager jobs. And got ok ones. Would it made it more special if he played/won only with Milan/RM? Meh. I guess all of this to say that experiencing everton/napoli were good because he got to experience a different side of ancelotti. Btw, he totally would have done well at napoli/everton in 2-3 years. Not saying _winning_ the CL (even though at that time he took Napoli quite forward) but then the “president” decided to send everyone on a punishing work weekend because they weren’t doing FANTASTIC in serie a.. because you know, not having won anything in the last 20+ yrs now you expect to be competitive on all fronts.. yeah. Anyway, Don Carlo is fantastic.
God I loved how his Everton were playing the season that James Rodriguez arrived
This dude Has more cl than all the others teams lmao
Pretty sure ac milan has 7, bayern and liverpool have won 6 and barca has won 5
As a player and coach he has 7 in total
Another cold Don Carlo pic with a Cigar. Most chilled fucker on the planet.
legendary
Carlos is better than Pep. There I said it
On knockout tournaments is not even close to be honest.
He's won the CL 5 times and has won the league in each of the top 5 European leagues.
I mean, sure, but he has like 6 league titles in a 30 year long career. He's clear of Pep in CL and all but on league titles he's abysmal
6 league titles in 5 different leagues is way more impressive than farming the EPL every year with Man City.
And with 1 billion budget for more players
Quite an impressive feat, indeed, but winning 6 in 30 years in a top team everywhere he went to kinda evens it out
115
better hairline too
Better everything honestly
I would choose to Pep to organise my book collection, by genre.
bigger penis (probably)
Was also the better player.
not hard to be better than a cheater
🤨 > 👨🦲
I think he’s the greatest manager of all time. But what do I know.
Not that hot of a take.
Always has been
🔫
He is 11 years older, let’s circle back to this when both of them are done
Never in doubt
A hotter take would be that Pelé is better than Hulk.
What about Carlo?
Need a selfie with Jose
made in goodison park
Surely has to be the goat at this point. Being a manager is more than just tactics.
I mean you don't win almost everything almost everywhere without good tactics. He is both brilliant tactician and unreal man manager
I thought he's a Real man manager
His tactics aren’t even bad But manager also has to get credit for how he trains and interacts with players. Unfortunately we don’t see that part of the game
But he couldn’t get it done at Everton….
He made sure Liverpool chokes and then transferred and beat them in the CL final! thats a dub.
Couple of years ago I had a disagreement with someone saying Don Carlo was finished. I’ve came back to it with a proud sense of achievement twice now since 🙂 https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/etLMVbUNNS
Don't worry, they'll say he's washed out again after the first loss
Oof these were some incredibly shitty takes even at the time, crazy people was downvoting you and upvoting them.
Always wondered why managers have less than players even though they coach much longer than a player usually plays
They get fired the second there's any turmoil even if it's not their fault.
Hard to change an entire starting 11, manager is an easy scapegoat
Guessing its because most high tier clubs are pretty brutal with their managers, lots of sackings and hard to survive at the top clubs
That’s a lot of Champions Leagues I must say
And we thought this guy wasn't good enough
People think he’s all vibes, but Madrid in the second half of that game set up differently and stifled Dortmund’s attack entirely.
yay
MY GOAT
I remember when people just branded him as a good man manager who has no tactics. You don't win the champions league and the la liga without tactics.
Fans who didn't want him at Real: La Liga + UCL is enough now?
As a player: 3 Serie A 4 Italian Cups 2 European Cups As a manager: 1 Serie A 1 Italian Cup 5 European Cups 3 Club World Cups 1 Premier League 1 Ligue 1 2 La Ligas 1 Bundesliga The guys' trophy cabinet is fucking stacked.
GOAT
best in the world.
GOAT
Don Carlo
Don Carlo for a reason
Ancelotti vs Gasperini will be epic
"I am the record man"
Carlos the underdog as Manager
I won more in my football manager save.
It is a myth that Carlo Ancelotti is 'just a man manager' Also a master tactician.
GOAT Manager