It’s the coaching profession that wants that. A match can be enough to call everything into question, or almost. Carlo Ancelotti was crowned champion in Italy, France, Germany and England. He lifted the big-eared cup three times. And it is only a question here of his track record as a coach. But the Italian is no exception to the rule despite his reputation and his record. Everything was going relatively well for him until Tuesday. But the defeat suffered once morest PSG in the Champions League (1-0) changed a lot of things for the Real Madrid coach.
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It’s not so much the result that changes the deal. Losing once morest a team that has Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar and so many others in its squad, and which remains in a semi-final and a final in the Champions League, it can happen to any club, including including Real Madrid. The White House is only one goal behind before the return match in three weeks at Santiago-Bernabeu. She lost the first round, but she is far from having mortgaged her chances of reaching the quarter-finals. In absolute terms, there is no danger in delay.
“The Main Culprit”
But the scoreboard was frankly flattering for a transparent Real at the Park. The Madrid team didn’t just concede 21 shots to the Parisians. Above all, she only sent 3 on the goal of Gianluigi Donnarumma. His lowest total in the Champions League according to Opta, which has been analyzing data in this competition since 2003-04. “The problem is not defeatexplains Jorge Ordas, journalist for the site eurosport.es. It’s the way. A club with the history and track record of Real Madrid must offer another way of playing football.”
“It’s as much Mbappé’s victory as that of Pochettino”
Glaring tactical limits at the Park
Such a hypothesis was not considered before this trip to the Parc des Princes. But the image sent back by Real in Paris was too negative for it not to emerge in the wake of the defeat. Ancelotti displayed certain limits there. The Italian is more famous for his ability to manage the locker rooms of the biggest clubs, for his ability to “whisper in the ear of the stars”, as Chris Brady and Mike Forde wrote in their book devoted to “Carletto”. . This is his main asset, even if it does not call into question his qualities as a tactician. It takes to build such a record.
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But if we must see limits in Ancelotti, even relative, it is in this area that they are located. And the defeat at the Park was the most glaring illustration of this. The Italian never found the solution to counter Mauricio Pochettino’s game plan, to allow his team, usually so comfortable in the ball outings, to get rid of the infernal pressing imposed by the Parisians . He also failed to put in place a strategy to contain a radiant and decisive Kylian Mbappé. Even if, in his defense, he is far from the only one to have failed in this ever more impossible mission.
Winning La Liga won’t be enough
But Ancelotti is on the bench of a club that does not forgive mediocrity. Even less on such an appointment, expected and followed by the whole world. And it did not take more to call into question an honorable balance sheet without being exceptional. “It’s weird because Real Madrid have already won a title, the Spanish Super Cup, and are top of La Liga with plenty of chances to win the title as their main rivals, Barca and Atlético, are going through a difficult seasonexplains Jorge Ordas. But on the other hand, there was that surprise Copa del Rey elimination. So the Champions League should decide if he will pass or fail the exam.”
The C1 as a justice of the peace is ultimately a habit at Real. The credit lost in Paris, Ancelotti will have to regain it in three weeks in Madrid. Under penalty of seeing his second Madrid adventure come to an end prematurely. “Even if he wins La Liga, he might be fired at the end of the seasonsays Jorge Ordas. It was strange that he signed a three-year contract because he wasn’t the first or second option for Florentino Perez. If there is a bigger name for the Real Madrid bench, it will be the end for Ancelotti next June. ” The Italian will play almost everything in a match. But he knows it. It’s his job.
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