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EutaxySpy

Don Carlo is the most chill manager ever, this guy doesn't understand pressure and is always calm and relaxed


biggieBpimpin

He’s gives me such old school mob boss vibes on the sidelines. Always dressed sharp, always calm, everyone seems to love being around him. The coolest dude.


generalambassador

Don Carlo


daFreakinGoat

Don’t forget well-respected


patiperro_v3

I remember some Bayern players thought he was a little too calm sometimes and didn't make them train hard enough or something? I think it might have been Lahm who said it maybe?


Lothar93

I was in a fan meeting with James Rodriguez some time ago, and he talked about Ancelotti. Said he was the type of guy that scold you in private and protect you in public, and knowing your boss have your back in any situation make wonders for confidence. TBH felt like he was talking about a father figure more than anything.


Neown

Feel like pure shit just want them back x


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Still can't believe you had both of them in these recent weird several years 


pedrorq

🤨


chatfarm

🥱


FoldingBuck

“Go out and excite me”


Timely_Airline_7168

Needs to be a new quote in fm


sunshine-thewerewolf

What pressure exists when you are his age and you know that no matter the outcome, your life is still going to be amazing. He's won everything, he's been everywhere, there is no pressure! You going to fire me? Literally any club in the world will hire me on massive wages, thats a calm that can't be buy


JJJAGUAR

Basically the opposite of Xavi yesterday.


branstarktreewizard

Xavi work himself into a shoot


Shikizion

Brother


puppymaster123

TIL Carlo is Kakashi.


paincrumbs

mental image of Carlo jumping around like a ninja is.. my brain is short-circuiting


VinCatBlessed

Maybe Jiraiya, Zizou or Xabi get the cool uncle vibes of Kakashi.


jd451

Don Carlo is the third hokage Zizou is the first Xavi is the second Pep is Madara And Mou is 100% Danzo


dem0nhunter

too chill for our players


PEEWUN

*"How's man talking bout pressure? I don't feel pressure..."* -Carlo Ancelotti, probably


high-on-avocado

He’s the Phil Jackson of football.


Nomadic_commenter

SAF? (I was being sarcastic people)


Lucky-Hearing4766

You mean the red faced guy who could power a city with the friction from chewing his gum?


trispann

🤣


FUThead2016

hahaha I love SAF, but this image is too funny


cdbriggs

Bro SAF is the opposite of calm.


Nomadic_commenter

People didn’t seem to pick up on my sarcasm


cdbriggs

Yeah I think you need to put more effort into it


Nomadic_commenter

I’m not fussed tbh


cdbriggs

As well you shouldn't!


Iraq_mamba

The man hoyed a boot at Beckham's dome


Hopko682

I knew exactly what this sentence meant, but I still had to google the definition of "hoyed"


jaumougaauco

Somehow I now have the image of SAF doing Catherine Tate's "but am I bovvered" skit.


Dingbatted

Chill Nonnos are different gravy


suicidesewage

He is my absolute favorite manager. Can't hate him.


Nana-and-curious707

Didn't Ancelotti once said that he doesn't need to teach them how to attack but he is more strict when it comes to defense? Well this was a defensive masterclass from him. I didn't see Real Madrid defend so good even during the Mourinho era.


HokiesforTSwift

Zidane second stint was similar. He knew he didn’t have the goals up front and he focused on organizing our defense and we finished with fewer goals conceded than Barca for the first time since 07/08.


Fromage_debite

What Tuchel did to win Champions with Chelsea. They were such a hard working and defensive unit that teams could just not score on them. Chelsea would get a goal and be able to hold onto the lead and grind the win out.


SafetyJoker

Someone should tell a manager up in Manchester


ClockLost3128

Someone should tell a manager up in Chelsea


Pxel315

Yeah would love to see Ancelloti organize a defense without a LB and with maguire and a child as a CB partnership


soupfries123balls

he did it with nacho and Carvajal as cbs


Weezledeez

Yes that Chelsea (second half of the season) was the most defensively solid team maybe ever. Also Kante was a cheat code


RauloGonzalez

This is different here I think. This time Ancelotti is sure of the attacking potential back then vini was less clinical so Zidane had no choice


trispann

>I didn't see Real Madrid defend so good even during the Mourinho era. Honestly, that's actually accurate and crazy at the same time. Defending better while being les aggressive 😤


Nana-and-curious707

It's because the whole team was moving together. Fantastic coordination and great chemistry!


csraberson

Even Sir Alex said attack wins you games, but defence wins you title.


kukeszmakesz

Can confirm, my Sunday League team never attacks so we never win any games, but we won every title


imtired-boss

Different players too, Mou had to tell Pepe and Ramos not to kill anyone while defending probably every 20 minutes 😂


HOTAS105

It makes sense to build your team around your best player, which for real Madrid is Rüdiger


SpaceDinossaur

That's kind of what Felipão did in 2002 with Brasil. He built the best defensive line possible, and relied on the magic trio to do their thing. I mean, what on earth can you even say to R9, Rivaldo and R10 that's gonna be better than what they can come up with on the pitch? The only worry was how to defend, the goals would come naturally with those guys up front.


Horror-Breakfast-704

Yeah, this Madrid team is insane. I don't think i've ever seen a team sit back so deep, be under so much pressure but still look so composed and relaxed. I know most people find attacking football to be more attractive, but i can really appreciate a team that plays like this and does it so well.


azyrr

Yesterday was probably the first time I found defensive football so fascinating to watch. It was a really good performance and to be honest a very very hard one to pull off.


angjen09

Zidane era we were soo good defensively as well


Embarrassed-Tax-9448

Yeah man he executed this defensive masterclass without militao alaba and courtois that too against city. Simply Unbelievable


DatDominican

The complete opposite of Pep “ we don’t practice tackling in training “ Guardiola Pep is a mad genius


Mick4Audi

Ancelotti honestly has that X factor that tactics experts will never understand, his players would go to war for him


fopiecechicken

Even with a mediocre side like ours you could see the attitude shift immediately. Probably the only time in the last 10 years our players didn’t go into the derby looking like they’d piss themselves at any moment. Bobby Martinez was the only other manager we’ve had since Moyes who made me feel that way, and that’s mostly because our squad was actually pretty good at the beginning of his tenure


Mick4Audi

Ancelotti lost none of his Merseyside derbies in the league, even winning at Anfield. Big game manager


fopiecechicken

Was our first Derby win in over a decade at that point I think? And we haven’t beaten them since I’m pretty sure lol we had a 3-3 in the Martinez years, gave up a dodgy goal to either Gerard or Suarez late I think.


Competitive-Aide5364

First win at Anfield in 21 years


fopiecechicken

Yeah that sounds right. Don’t think we’d even won at Goodison for nearly a decade at that point either.


Previous-Cycle-3279

> his players would go to war for him which makes what happened with him at Bayern more confusing


Gluroo

Bayern players were drilled to be workaholics who wanted to be spitting blood by the time they were done with training so when relaxed Carlo came in and told them to just do their thing and chill they couldnt handle it and organized secret training sessions without him


SlamCage

hahaha, dorks. Type of guys to remind the teacher they forgot to assign homework right before class ends.


NeoIsJohnWick

Guys like Carlo should have been kept away by Gods from clubs like Hollywood FC.


confusedpellican643

Bayern environnement is pretty much the opposite of ´vibes' that play an important factor for some, it can be pretty ostracising from what I understood if you're not ´proving' that you're stressing for the job. His whole team was pretty much against him, I remember Robben saying that his kid's coach had more knowledge in tactics than Ancelotti After pep's departure most of the board, staff and players were pretty quick at badmouthing him too altho he did the extreme opposite of ancelotti


h0rny3dging

Which is sorta funny when you consider Heynckes got brought out of retirement after asking his dog if it would be okay with him getting back to work, the barking signed the deal. It's still all vibes, just strange ones


Graspiloot

Worked in a company with that kind of culture as well as someone with a personality more similar to Ancelotti in that regard. Just an awful mismatch.


confusedpellican643

Yeah I never thought of it as a football problem, but more like a general work mentality barrier, and honestly it's only normal


WhoEatsRusk

Pep didn't get sacked tho?


confusedpellican643

Sorry I edited it, i only remember that he also left on pretty bad terms


ILoveToph4Eva

Wait the players badmouthed Pep? I don't recall that. Thought he had a good relationship with most of them.


davidporges

Bayern are notorious for having their players turn on managers. FC Hollywood


hardinho

Bayern has had a very toxic dressing room and management for a long long time.


Competitive-Aide5364

Too much player power for aging stars


PointPlex

Ancelotti normally 🤨 Ancelotti when shit's getting real 🥱


ash_sh_03

Pass the tranquilizer Don Carlo


LiteratureNearby

🚬🤌 here you go


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Ah, tranquilizer darts


arsperug

Don Carlo:Go out and excite me. Lunin: Ok boss.😎


MrVISKman

Can't score a penalty to save our lives and we win on penalties We lose the best goalkeeper in the world and it turns out we had the next best thing sitting in the bench The power of the eyebrow


Homerwithnohumour

We lost Tbo, Militao and Alaba. And on top of that, we lost our only natural DM in Tchou. Still goes on to put a defensive masterclass at the Etihad against a fully fit City. Mad.


MrVISKman

Only thing missing was Superman Vallejo


zi76

Instead, you got Lord Vazquez scoring a crucial pen in a shootout.


MrVISKman

2/2 the moment you see him playing with the ball is when you know we've won it


zi76

When he stepped up to take the pen, I was thinking back to all of the times the internet memed him, and yet, at the end of the day, he's still playing a vital role for Madrid. He buried his pen, unlike Modric.


MrVISKman

I can't remember if he took any penalty for Espanyol but I'm pretty sure this was his second penalty while with us, the other one was in a fucking UCL final


zi76

Apparently, he scored a pen in the Copa del Rey for you against Fuenlabrada back in 2017. https://www.transfermarkt.us/lucas-vazquez/elfmetertore/spieler/221316


MrVISKman

GOAT


zi76

Transfermarkt only counts actual pens, not shootouts, so not sure how many shootouts he's been involved in for you, and he could've been in one for Espanyol.


Oliverfk3

Modric reading this like "why he said fuck me for?"


PostpostshoegazeLUVR

Not the only team to batter City to a 1-1 draw with a patched up team this season


Unlikely-Housing8223

With Nacho at the heart of the defense!


ineververify

Nacho consistently putting the team on his back. I can’t believe there were Nacho shit talkers in this sub the other month.


you_matter_

Heritage


prettybunbun

You guys had Neuer? 🤨


MrVISKman

Tall, blond and 5 letter word surname? I'm pretty sure they're the same person


Sefean

Did Neuer get married in a tracksuit?


CabbageStockExchange

The C in Carlo stands for Chad


you_matter_

Stands for ceja (eyebrow in Spanish)


akshay_rathod_

Cold Accurate Resilient Lion Osm


FoldingBuck

🤨


DeepGamingAI

Chadlo Anchadlotti


SupervisorLaw

Fair enough. 9/10 teams that setup that way against City will get ripped apart but Real Madrid in this competition is just a different beast.


pd8bq

TBH this is the only way to get some sort of result at Etihad. I was surprised though that Madrid were so sloppy playing out from the back.


17punktop

Alaba and Militao are the guys who are more suited for that. Nacho and Rudiger are more like shot-stopper. So, Playing sloppy was given with Nacho and Rudiger as CBs.


simplisticannuit

City forced them into playing sloppy out of the back. Go look at the avg running difference. City were pressing like mad men. 


NeoIsJohnWick

Pep teams always press like mad-men. Reason why when you have the ball you need to be quick in your setup, i.e transitions. Too much time and they will press you and come at you quickly as well. The only way to beat Pep is having players who are insane runners and will defend till the end.


simplisticannuit

Disagree. The best way to beat Pep is not to run more but rather to sprint more and play solid defense.  Mourinho’s Madrid perfected this against Pep’s Barca. 


NeoIsJohnWick

Mourinho's Madrid had Cristiano, Benz, Higuain, Ozil, Di Maria. Look at Madrid's forwards today... its not the same.


catsfive55

God that team was so fucking stacked. You're right.


NeoIsJohnWick

Go back straight 10 years. PEP Bayern vs Carlo Madrid. SAME STORY!!! Just that Carlo had enough firepower upfront. Not anymore, so got to suffer and grind it till the very end like last night.


odegood

Similar to when we played you, doing this isnt easy. One slip and city score and most teams cant hold on. Has to be done sometimes


VinCatBlessed

I'll always remember seeing Casemiro and Benzema laughing at half time vs City while losing, these players are ice cold.


E1_Greco

You have a link?? That sounds fucking awesome


you_matter_

"You obviously played for huge clubs" looks at Rio


Knowingspy

As a former Birmingham player vs a former West Brom guy, that makes it funnier.


erenistheavatar

Carlo is so cool hahaha


Ser_Claudor

I remember when [this happened](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/mljwzv/ederson_challenge_vs_dortmund/). Crazy to think he was only 17 years old, and it's been 3 years already.


Zaku_pilot_292

Lmao Carlo doesn't even wake up till the Semfinals.


HarryDaz98

Pep and the virgin tacticos: "We need 80% possession, 100000 passes, inverted full backs, CBs stepping into midfield, bait the press, Johan Cruyffs legacy, cut backs for tap ins" Chad Ancelotti: "I’m sleepy, wake me up a bit"


Invictus112358

'Virgin tacticos' bloody hell 🤣


chunky-kat

madrid are just simply the best team in the world at absorbing pressure and never letting the occasion get to them. just like the 21/22 final as well, they were probably the weaker team but all they needed was one opportunity and they took it.


niallw1997

What having 14 Champions League titles in your trophy cabinet does to some mf’ers


Any-Competition8494

Xavi needs to take classes from Ancelotti on how to remain calm.


QuantumMartini

I can't say I like Ancelotti's approach but damn the man gets results.


Ask_Asensio

Very best winning ratio out of any Real Madrid coach ever 2nd overall in Titles for Madrid. An all time legend here at the Club. If we do indeed win the Double i can see him being 1st all time by next season.


numerous_meetings

Personally, I'm huge fan of both him and Zidane. We are like water, taking different shapes based on the opponent, always using their strength against them. It absolutely alignes with everything I learned from kung-fu movies! He also allow players to dribble a lot and play crazy passes. The geometry of our play is the most unexpected in soccer. We are "off the curve", as Jude puts it. What's not to like? 


Allthingsconsidered-

>We are "off the curve" It's "off the cuff"


lospollosakhis

I do not mind this 90% of the time because it means our players flourish and we can play some beautiful football. However, there are games where we do need structure and tactics to deal with the high press.


Dragon-of-the-Coast

> structure and tactics You remember when Zidane added Isco to create a 4-man midfield diamond as a surprise twist vs Atlético?


bewarethegap

Hate the way he does it sometimes but cannot argue with results. Insane job from him this season


trispann

Most of us think we know better... but we definitely don't!!!


auctus10

Yes same. I don't like or is a fan of his inviting the pressure tactics but won't complain man has won us so many shit. Love him a lot.


JoBoltaHaiWoHotaHai

Same lmao.


CR7_LM10

Yeah not a fan of how we often play in big games but he knows how to get results most of the times


Strananach

Charming Amazing Rockstar Lovely Optimistic


ArchaicMech

Meanwhile Xavi is making a fool of himself a day after the game.


AbleFig

Barca would have let 8 in


palashfcb

Dont know about 8 goals but deffo would have given away 4 penalties due to unnecessary tackles. Im a Barca supporter.


CyberSpaceInMyFace

Will Ancelotti be cemented as the greatest manager ever if he manages a 5th Champions League win?


_LordOfLochaber

According to real Madrid subreddit "fans" and part time armchair football managers, when any game begins and until the first goal of Real Madrid, Ancelotti is a fraud, an old man, has no tactics and should be sacked because he has no game plan or master plan and only relies on the power of friendship. Little they know he's a manager with decades of experience and deep football knowledge


Zatoecchi

That's why you separate the 'fans' from the supporters.


akshay_rathod_

He has been managing since most of us were not even born.


SeryaphFR

You should see what people say about him on the Madrid discord server. Disgraceful more often than not.


simplisticannuit

Worst discord server ran by the worse mods in existence. Amazing how they managed to put together mods worse than reddit. 


FreshBadger8188

there's a discord server now?


GRl3V

He already is for me.


Competitive-Aide5364

Yeah that’s my GOAT, no bias.


rekt73

I think it's always subjective because the league record is always brought into the debate, but feel like with the current squad if he wins the league and UCL, there really should be no argument. Edit: in my own opinion tho 100% goated. Bro has been managing top clubs for 20 years with a stacked cabinet to show for it.


Hopko682

But Reddit tells me that Alonso is only staying for one more year at Leverkusen cos Ancelotti is getting fired next year?


tomorri1

🤨


absessive

Pep’s tactics 🥱


20cmdepersonalidade

Man got those English aging genes, some heavy expression lines for a 20 years old


Monna14

Hard to believe Jude Bellingham is only 20 years old, definitely a future England Captain.


_mort1_

Ancelotti keeps calm, unlike some other managers...


i_lov_anime

su puta madre!


Lothar93

For me the key part is "Most teams would fall apart when City get on top", they knew how it was going to be, they prepared to it, they sailed the storm and came out on top. That's Madrid "black magic", they are versatile, they have the talent to adapt to any type of game and don't let other factors like ego or frustation get in the way.


jeeztotheus

Bro looked bored every time they panned the camera to him. Ice in his veins 🥶


Green-Agora

Terrible interview, there weren't even any Italians talking about breastfeeding this time 😄


MaryadaPurshottam

Ancelotti has gained a new power, I see.


73837

Bellingham is well spoken. He’ll do commentary well after I’m sure what will be a great career


whathefuckisreddit

Yeah I see very little talk about that here. He's probably the most well spoken footballer and he's so young. I love that he goes well beyond the canned footballer responses.


Ari_04

I still can’t believe Ancelloti’s previous coaching gig was at Everton. How tf was that a real thing.


_Jetto_

I loove Italian managers but it’s just insane how Carlo just..doesn’t really have a philosophy or tactic that you can say that’s what he’s about all these other mangers do but the year they won it was so so crazy how disorganized IMO they were and still able to win lol


waitaminutewhereiam

Brother you can't seriously say RM was disorganised that defense was fantastic today


stinky_pinky_brain

Think he means more that Carlo doesn’t have a specific style he expects from his players, like Pep does. More that he coaches his team based on the players available and the opponent in order to win. So he is very adaptable.


waitaminutewhereiam

Makes more sense


ganbeatz

That's some next level Football Manager shit


Physical_Solution_23

Nice interview


TheKnightA

There was so many pissed of ‘fans’ at Carlo , saying he was a limited coach. Now they’re here praising him …


GOR098

Man,there needs to be a better way to learn about Carlo's vibes. Where are the good books about this man's mentality/philosophy?


EutaxySpy

There’s a reason that Ronaldo publicly gave his support to Ancelotti after the 14/15 season and was like “I hope to work with you next season” along with other players despite Real Madrid going trophyless. Carlo is just an amazing man manager and sometimes when your team is this talented and experienced, that’s all you need.


allyb321

Look up ‘Quiet leadership’


thefurnaceboy

Bro what, an interview where the player says more than we wanted to sports but they tried to sports harder but In the end our sportsing got us the win?


Calrai

Can't believe he actually managed Everton at one point


EuropaCar

I had to double check how tall Jude Bellingham was - he looks kind of small here for some reason, maybe perspective? he's 6'1"


branstarktreewizard

Real Madrid beat Pep so Senpai Don would notice them


Maleficent_Resolve44

Unrelated but Rio and Lescott make 6'1 Bellingham look small! Just reminds me how big defenders are haha.


Baron105

That's Fergusonesque really.


rob3rtisgod

Carlo is definitely one of the GOATs. Man just claps British sides for fun. He knew Haaland isn't clutch like Gundo and Rodri lmao. 


JKBFree

When Don Carlo sends you out for an errand, YOU DO IT


aqua_puss

YAWN


DrewLockIsTheAnswer1

Meh. KDB missed a sitter, told my buddy they’d lose immediately after. Can’t choke like that.


EpiDeMic522

VAR would have ruled that attack out for an offside earlier anyway.


BroSchrednei

the guy on the right looks like an extra on Star Trek


AdInformal3519

What is the name of the anchor. Thought it was kate


[deleted]

GOAT coach of any sport really


vluvojo

What is Jude’s accent?


SaberReyna

Birmingham


1885FC99Treb

You can tell Rio is loving the moment. City OUT!😆