Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti perishes as one of the best in the history of the game, and where possible works with a smile and a smile. Despite the pressure of football at top level, Ancelotti seems able to ignore the external sound and connect with his players in a way to do this.
Unlike many top managers, Ancelotti is not characters due to a hard edge or a maniacal intensity about the game, an attitude that sometimes leads to condescending to him. Ancelotti has enjoyed his greatest successes at AC Milan and Real Madrid, two jobs that often mean that star names are omitted.
“Sometimes it seems that we are not appreciated enough. I would like to be a fly on the wall to hear what a player says when he does not play and return home. Many players have argued with me, “Ancelotti told Giacomo Poretti on his podcast.
Ancelotti is always praised for his man management and the ability to get the most out of his players, especially in changing rooms with large egos. Yet the Italian veteran explained that he too had his part of bus-ups.
“Many players have had problems with me, but in the end everything was solved. There was a player, I will not give his name, which when I spoke in the dressing room, he would put a towel over his face not to hear. It was at the start of his career. One day I told him, “We can't continue like that.” There are players who, when you leave them on the couch, find it difficult to greet you in the morning. That is when they confuse the person with the player. “
He notes that people sometimes allow their job to become who they are like people – perhaps a difficult distinction for many players.
'Or I always say:' Who are you? “I'm Giacomo and I am an actor.” No, you are not an actor, you are a person who acts. You are a person who does a job that you like. A football player says, “I'm a football player.” And no, you play football. I am not a coach, I coach. I am paid to make decisions. Some players get confused about that. They think, “Carlo is a coach, I'll not greet him.” But if they understand it's my job, they greet me. I explained it to some of them and eventually they greeted me. '
At a certain moment before his return to Real Madrid, many wondered if Ancelotti was at the twilight of his management career after he had taken a step out of the elite. He admitted that the game had changed considerably from his time as a player.
“It is much more complicated now than before. I used to have a piece of paper where I wrote: Defensive line, which took the corners, which took the penalties, which started the ball, the markings on defensive set pieces … and that was it. Now there are clips that show the position of the players on set pieces, both in defense and attack. If you take off a player and another arrives, you must say to him, “Look, you have to take this position.”
As it is, Ancelotti seems to have moved sufficiently with times, after he has won two champions competitions in three years, so that he has placed himself as the most successful manager in the history of the competition. Even if Ancelotti is sometimes remedied for his tactical decisions, few have had so much success with top level.
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