Carlo Ancelotti reveals his ‘worst mistake’ at Real Madrid

Carlo Ancelotti has opened up connected the ‘worst mistake’ he’s made during his vocation with Real Madrid.

The 65-year-old is presently successful his 2nd stint arsenic Madrid’s caput manager having near successful May 2015 earlier returning to the Santiago Bernabeu successful 2021.

During his clip astatine Madrid, Ancelotti has guided the nine to 14 trophies, including 2 La Liga titles and 3 Champions Leagues.

However, Ancelotti has revealed that a quality implicit his wage ended his hopes of securing a caller declaration with Madrid successful 2014.

‘It is intolerable to marque lone bully decisions successful 30 years,’ Ancelotti said successful an interrogation with France Football.

‘For example, I had a atrocious 1 present successful Madrid, aft my archetypal year. I was precise adjacent to extending my contract, the nine wanted to support me, but I pushed excessively hard successful narration to my wage and they stopped.

‘It was a mistake, the worst I could person made. But it allowed maine to learn.’

Ancelotti was besides asked which players person had the biggest interaction connected him during his managerial career.

‘Paolo Maldini. He was a peculiar subordinate for me,’ Ancelotti said.

‘He had been my teammate, helium became my captain. And helium helped maine a batch astatine Milan. We truly had a strong, fantastic relationship.

‘Ibrahimovic, of course, with his beardown character, his large personality.

‘Generally, the astir important players are the easiest to woody with. They whitethorn person a large ego, but that tin beryllium their motivation. It’s not a occupation to person a large ego if you beryllium yourself connected the transportation and behave well. Teammates volition travel and help.

‘Last season’s squad was the easiest to manager due to the fact that egos were debased successful the dressing room. The veterans Modric, Kroos, Carvajal, Nacho, they person nary ego. They served arsenic an illustration to everyone who saw them.

‘From a relational constituent of view, it was great. No subordinate complained astir not playing. It was a dream.’

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