Carlo Ancelotti increased this Saturday, after surpassing the Borussia Dortmund in the legendary stadium of Wembley (London), his stunning record as the coach with the most Champions of history: five. The first two were from the bench Milan (2003 and 2007) and the last three directed by real Madrid (2014, 2022 and 2024).
The successful Italian coach, who will be 65 on June 10, led the Rossoneri to victory in 2003 (against Juventus) and in 2007 (before the Liverpool), although he succumbed to fame ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ 2005, definitely against the Anfield team.
At Real Madrid, a victory in extra time against Atlético de Madrid In 2014, it led him to win his third ‘orejona’ in Lisbon. In 2022 he became the first coach with four injuries after defeating the Liverpool in the final in Paris and today June 1, 2024 at Wembley raised his fifth Champions as a coach.
‘Carletto’ is the undisputed king of European Cup Because the five continental titles won from the bench were added by two more as a midfielder of the historic Milan of Arrigo Sacchi (1989 at Camp Nou and 1990 at Vienna).
In Ancelotti’s wake there are only three coaches with three European Cups/Champions each. English Bob Paisley was crowned by Liverpool in the years 1977, 1978 and 1981. The French Zinedine Zidane the same was done to him real Madrid became the only coach in history to win three consecutive finals (2016, 2017 and 2018), while the Catalan Pep Guardiola he raised two ‘orejonas’ with the FC Barcelona (2009 and 2011) and another with City of Manchester (2023).
After these, 16 coaches managed to cover the European Cup on two occasions, as Miguel Munoz (Real Madrid), Helenio Herrera (Inter), Bela Guttmann (Benfica), Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest), Arrigo Sacchi (Milan), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Dortmund and Bayern), Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid), Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Jose Mourinho (Porto and Inter) or Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid and Bayern), among others.
Source: La Verdad
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