A squad full of champions and the need to field them all together, how do you do it? Carletto invented the “Christmas tree”. But there was a couple of them to convince, so at the Milanello bar …
Carlo Ancelotti has won everything and more. He has done it everywhere, like no one else before: in Italy, England, France, Germany, Spain. As a coach he has raised four Champions League (in 2003 and 2007 with Milan; in 2014 and 2022 with Real Madrid): another record. But if you ask him what is the greatest merit that he recognizes as a technician, he will answer you like this: “The invention of the Christmas tree”.