Ancelotti surpasses Zidane and closes in on Miguel Munoz

This Saturday, Ancelotti led Real Madrid to their second title in their last three leagues.

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MADRID — Carlo Ancelotti’s twelfth title as manager of Real Madrid, Spain’s second league and the only coach to win five major European titles – Italy, England, France, Germany and Spain – saw the Italian surpass Zinedine Zidane in the success rankings and now sit just two behind the winner. from the most successful Miguel Muñoz.

A record championship for Ancelotti. Second of three latest editions. With the best defensive record until the 34th round, in which they were already declared champions, with four more matches to go. At the same time, 22 goals were scored and an average of 0.6 conceded per game. 74 in favor and breaking the bar of 2.1 goals scored per day.

Overcame injuries to key members of his starting team since the start of the season, with Thibaut Courtois going down before the first official match and Eder Militao joining him on the first day in San Mamés, both with torn cruciate knee ligaments. Losing David Alaba to the same injury will leave him without any central defenders. Twice to Vinicius due to muscle problems. Change of design to adapt Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid with tactical changes that show the constant evolution of the coach.

Since the 38 matchdays were set in Spain, Ancelotti has led Real Madrid with the fewest goals scored. Only in the 1964/65 season did the Madrid team concede fewer goals than in the current one (0.6 per game versus the current 0.64), with the Italian coach already placing the league, with four games to go, in the top seven with the most goals. victories (27).

In the history of the white club, three of the nine leagues with the most victories bear Ancelotti’s stamp. The former, victorious in the 2014–15 season, achieved 30 wins from 38 games. In total, he scored 118 goals in 36 games, kept 15 clean sheets and conceded 38 goals. Real Madrid have a total of six defeats, having barely drawn their two matches.

This year, in 34 days played, he has already won 27 matches and if he signs the plenary session to the end, he will break his record. With a lower output, 74 goals scored in 33 match days, but the greatest defensive strength in the league, with just one defeat due to six draws, with 17 games without conceding a goal and 22 goals against.

On June 10, Carletto will turn 65 years old, and he will already break his record. He is the oldest coach to win the championship, updating his record to 64 years and 329 days, ahead of Fabio Capello and Louis Molowny.

The title, which has been in the air for several months, has forced the board of directors, chaired by Florentino Perez, to change its usual approach to a coach whose contract is ending. Interest in Ancelotti from the Brazilian team, which they had been waiting for for months, led to them signing an extension until 2026 at the end of December, even before winning the first title of the season, the Spanish Super Cup.

So whatever happens in the Champions League, where the second leg of the semi-final takes place on Wednesday against Bayern at the Santiago Bernabeu after a two-goal draw in the first leg, Carletto will be able to surpass legend Miguel Muñoz next season. With 14 titles in 605 matches coached, the Italian has already won 12 titles in 285 matches.