“We are Real Madrid. And period,” says the Italian coach after completing the 14th Champions League, the fourth of his record, beating Zinedine Zidane and Bob Paisley
Carlo Ancelottialmost at dawn, had something more to celebrate than the 14th European Cup title for Madrid, since he, personally, allied himself with history by becoming the first coach to achieve four Champions. It was also his second continental title with the whites.
Until this Saturday, the Italian coach was tied with Bob Paisleywho died in 1996, the historic British coach who led Liverpool to the titles of 1977, 78 and 1981, and with Zinedine Zidanepresent in the stands of Saint Denis, who led Madrid to lift the Cup in the white titles achieved consecutively between 2016 and 2018.
Two cups as a footballer
AncelottiIn addition, he has two other top competition titles as a player, with the historic Milan from the end of the 80s of the last century. And it was precisely from the bench of the Milanese team when he began to collect European championships by winning the Champions League in 2003 and 2007; in the middle, he led Milan in the so-called ‘Miracle of Istanbul’, in the Liverpool comeback and the English victory on penalties when the ‘reds’ lost 3-0 at half-time.
“We are the kings of Europe. I feel very good. I had arrived in great shape. It was crazy. The first stop was the most difficult and then we knew how to hold on”
Courtois, Madrid goalkeeper
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With Madrid he won his first Champions League in Lisbon, in 2014, in extra time and against Atlético. This Saturday, Ancelotti allied himself with history thanks, above all, to Thibaut Courtoischosen as the best footballer in the final: “We are the kings of Europe. I feel very good. I had arrived in great form. It was crazy. The first stop was the most difficult and then we knew how to hold on”.
And precisely Ancelotti he highlighted the work of his goalkeeper. “It’s not the first time he’s done it and the truth is that we ended up with a fantastic end to the season. We’re Real Madrid. We played very well vertically although they had opportunities. And I don’t believe he’s won four Champions Leagues”, he argued about his personal record as a coach.
It was his son and second white coach, David Ancelotti, the one who directed words with a very emotional tone directed at his father. “I have no words to highlight what my father has done. He was a great footballer and he is an extraordinary coach. Everything we have done this year is incredible. It is the magic of Madrid. There are already 14 Champions Leagues”.
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Karim Benzema He was also excited about the title, which he also won in Paris, the capital of his country. “I’m proud of this team. We’ve won the league and the Champions League. We’re the best in Europe after a very difficult season. We deserved this final. We showed everyone that we’re alive, and we won. A final is always difficult because we didn’t have a good pace because after winning the League we were a bit tired. But we played to win this final. I’m at my club, in France, in my country and that’s very important to me. It’s something that fills me with pride. I hope I can have the Ballon d’Or”, implored the French striker.
“We have fought all year for achieve this Champions. It has been a very good season where we have won the titles we wanted. It is one more and I am very happy, but above all because we have made a team that gets along very well and I know that the fans are very happy and with a great union with the players. The members are the owners of the club. This is a club of values”, emphasized Florentino Perezpresident of Madrid.