Ancelotti, who doubted the Classic’s VAR, is European champion with a Milan penalty

“We didn’t win the game because of an offside position where we still have doubts. We go to Madrid with doubts”. Carlo AncelottiReal Madrid coach, repeatedly asked the VAR last Sunday after the game his team lost 2-1 against FC Barcelona,​​​​a transcendental confrontation for the outcome of the Liga. Ancelotti’s message is consistent with that expressed from the white club, including its striker’s official television. he’Negreira’ case This recently prompted the Madrid club to announce that it will appear in the proceedings initiated by the prosecution “as soon as the judge opens it to the injured parties.” Ancelotti expressed in his remarks, made on televised rights and in the press conference after the Clásico, his doubts about the VAR decision on an offside game, which got a response from his Barça colleague , Xavi Hernandez, that this type of action -the offside- is “scientific” and not disputed. Ancelotti was on the bench of a club, Milan, who became European champions a few months after being punished in Italy by ‘Calciopoli’, that plot discovered in 2006 and involving several Italian teams with referee corruption .

After various appeals, Milan were punished with the loss of points in the 2006–07 Serie A season, although they were able to play in the Champions League in the preliminary stage, a tournament they also won. Ancelotti, who coached Milan between 2001 and 2009, beat Liverpool in the 2007 European final.

From the outset, UEFA expressed its discomfort with Milan’s presence in the 2006-07 Champions League after being penalized by the Italian sports courts, but due to its own regulations it could not leave the tournament. For this reason, in an immediately following congress, it changed its laws, which are still in force. In Article 50(3) it emphasized that “entry to a UEFA competition is reserved for a member association or club directly or indirectly involved in any activity aimed at fixing or influencing the outcome of a match in national or international level.” .

He ‘Calciopoli’ He has been running the court for a long time. In 2010, when he was the manager of Chelsea, Ancelotti had to appear in the Court of Naples as a witness in a trial hearing, which was already going through criminal proceedings. In his statement, Ancelotti admitted to being “disappointed”, giving as an example a Siena-Milan match that ended in a defeat to Milan (2-1) and in which, according to his statement, there was “a non- existent offside where a goal was cancelled. legal to Shevchenko”.

In 2022, in ‘Valdano’ UniverseAncelotti turned around and assured in reference to ‘Calciopoli’ that “it is positive that Italian football has been cleaned up”.