Real Madrid: Ancelotti’s challenge: escape the ghost of the 14-15 season

Nothing can surprise a coach more than Carlo Ancelotti. He survived crises of all colors in Milan, PSG or Bayern. However, his triumphant time at Real Madrid did not free him from his role as a first-team player.. Over the course of two stages, he has had a particularly delicate moment, with ingredients that are somewhat reminiscent of the crisis he now faces after a painful defeat in the Classics and after a faltering start to the season, already six points behind Barça. three more league draws and another Champions League defeat to Lille. In both cases, the Italian came on a good wave, with titles and historic streaks that were suddenly interrupted.

The first occurred in the second season of the first cycle, with a score of 14–15. The coach just won 22 games in a row. breaking the record in Real Madrid’s history, they won the Champions League in Lisbon the previous season (this time they also won the European Cup) and despite not winning the League, it was a campaign with more titles: the Cup Spain, European Super Cup and Club World Cup. However, defeat at the Mestalla in January ended their fine run, and was immediately followed by another defeat to Atlético Madrid in the Cup (2-0), which they were unable to overcome later at the Bernabeu. The manager then suffered a resounding 4-0 defeat at the Calderon in February and received a famous end-of-season tribute. I scored Kevin Roldan He would also lose to Barca and Athletic in the league, and although he was able to bring the team back to normal in the league – he scored 92 points – it was not enough to catch Barca. In the Champions League they lost to Juventus in the semi-finals and Madrid did not renew the contract and signed Rafa Benitez.

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Ancelotti once again faces the challenge of staying afloat and getting back on track. As then, he had just said goodbye to another historic run with a loss in the Classic. Although he was unable to surpass Valverde’s 43 days without defeat at Barça, he broke the record in Madrid history by going 42 consecutive days without defeat. Now we have to see how he will emerge from this new crisis. Unlike the former, he now has a contract in place until 2026, so the club will have to terminate that deal if at any time they deem a change on the bench necessary. Another difference is that it took place at the end of November rather than January, so there is even more time ahead and in addition to the League and Champions League there is a new Club World Cup and the return of the old Intercontinental. next December 18th, so there is plenty of opportunity to turn the tide even if the League is lost. A new FIFA tournament that becomes even more relevant as it becomes a world tournament with 32 clubs.will also close out the season and be a double-edged sword for the greats who will arrive with greater urgency.

In the score 22-23 there was another delicate moment that was overcome

Ancelotti’s 22-23 campaign was also nothing special, but Madrid retained confidence in their manager. This is a good sign for Carletto because he has just won the Champions League in Paris against Liverpool and despite being ten points behind Barcelona in the league, be eliminated before City in the semi-finals with a painful 4:0 score in the return match Etihad or get into Spanish Super Cup vs Barcathe club retained the coach after winning the European Super Cup, Club World Cup and Copa del Rey, and ended up doing last season’s double in another historic season.

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Each delicate moment provides its own conclusions. Injuries didn’t help either, but Barça’s 0:4 score confirmed for many the weaknesses of this Madrid. without Kroos and with Mbappe. To begin with, Carletto has not yet found the key to these two significant changes. In addition to the very poor performance of many of Carletto’s capital players in last season’s double teamcoach doesn’t find ideal spot for Bellinghamin the shadow of other stars after shining in the first season, changes in the system, weak defense or physical decline that were observed in the second half of the Classic. Lamin Yamal said that he was surprised by Madrid’s fatigue during the break.

After the match at Mestalla was postponed, Ancelotti will have to wait until Tuesday to visit Milanon his return to the Champions League to assess the impact of defeat in the Classics and his ability to recover. The club has reason to believe in such a reaction. Without going into too much detail, injuries last season also affected the team and the season ended as everyone knows: historical double. However, Flick was not in the Barça League. It is well known that crises are handled better when the eternal rival is not a threat.