This is the duel Ancelotti vs. Klopp: who has won more times?

Carlo Ancelotti and Jürgen Klopp, two of the most prestigious coaches in the world today, have yet to face a final in their entire long career on the bench before Liverpool-Real Madrid on Saturday at the Stade de France in Saint Denis.

Instead, they are two old acquaintances in the Champions League and they have also met several times in English football. In total, they saw each other ten times with a fairly balanced balance that leaned very little in favor of Ancelotti with four wins, three for Klopp and the rest ending in draws.

Ancelotti eliminated Klopp and won the Tenth

The history of clashes between Ancelotti and Klopp began in the 2013-2014 season and their outcome leads to optimism from the perspective of Real Madrid. It was in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the Italian coach won the tie before lifting the Whites ’Tenth.

The first leg, played at the Bernabéu, ended in a 3-0 win over Real Madrid with goals from Gareth Bale, Isco and Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite the fact that Borussia Dortmund, led by Klopp at the time, won 2-0 on a brace from Marco Reus, the Whites advanced to the semi-finals, eliminating Bayern and beating Atlético 4-1 in the final.

Klopp left Klopp on account and champion in 2019

Ancelotti and Klopp did not meet again in the Champions League until after four seasons, 2018-2019, and they both switched banks. The Italian has directed Napoli, the German has been in charge of Liverpool since October 2015.

This time they were paired in group C, which was considered the hardest in that first stage because PSG were also framed. Napoli beat Liverpool in Sao Paolo on matchday two (1-0) thanks to a goal by Lorenzo Insigne, but the ‘reds’ won by the same result at Anfield, with a goal from Mohamed Salah. In the last minute, Alisson, who was destined for a one-on-one with Arkadiusz Milik, prevented the English elimination.

Eventually, Klopp and his Liverpool went through the second round, behind PSG, who scored more goals in the league than Napoli’s Ancelotti, third and relegated to the Europa League, after ending up tied with score and in particular ‘average’.

As Ancelotti did in 2014, Klopp successively eliminated Bayern Munich, Porto and Barça before leading Liverpool to a Champions League win against Tottenham (2-0) at Wanda Metropolitano.

Again on the group stage and both pass

The following season, 2019-2020, the draw wants Ancelotti and Klopp to return to the same group, E. On the first day the Italian won against Napoli (2-0) thanks to goals from Dries Mertens and Fernando llorente .

On the penultimate matchday there was a 1-1 draw at Anfield (Mertens scored first and Dejan Lovren tied), but Liverpool and Klopp came first. Napoli were second, one point away, and this time they reached the round of 16.

Before the pandemic, Liverpool fell in the round of 16 against Atlético while Napoli, after a break due to Covid-19, did so against Barça.

Ancelotti vs. Klopp, in four Everton-Liverpool derbies

Ancelotti was removed from Napoli in December 2019 and a few days later he was accepted by Everton. Once he takes office, in January 2020, he faces a derby against Klopp’s Liverpool in the 1/32 final of the FA Cup. The ‘reds’ qualified for 1-0.

It was Klopp’s only win against Ancelotti in England since in the Premier that season it was 0-0 at Goodison Park, although Liverpool would eventually declare England champions for the first time since 1990.

In the academic year of 2020-2021, the league derby also ended at a draw (2-2) with Everton and Anfield recorded a surprising 0-2. The title went to Manchester City.

Today Ancelotti and Klopp will deliver the most important chapter of this very fair match. The Italian is aiming for his fourth Champions League as coach, the German his second.