Carlo Ancelotti has won the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 after leading Real Madrid four rounds earlier; with three Champions League titles, Carlo Ancelotti's resume is truly unrivaled. The 62-year-old coach is arguably the best coach in the world at the moment.
Ancelotti is not like Guardiola, Mourinho, Klopp, he is not a coach with a distinct system and tactics. Guardiola's main tone is passing; Mourinho's favorite is the anti-counter tactic; Klopp plays high-pressure pressing. But all three need players of their own lineage, or players who understand their own tactics, to succeed. For example, in the case of Klopp, his Liverpool spent three years to develop his pressing system, which also spent a lot of money to introduce van Dijk, Salah, Alisson and other stars to implement their own tactical concepts. Guardiola also spent hundreds of millions of dollars on transfer fees at Manchester City to develop the team into a passing powerhouse. Mourinho, too, would not have been able to succeed without giving him an all-around midfielder of the No. 8 position and a tall centre forward who could act as a fulcrum.
Ancelotti, however, is different, a coach who can succeed with the "existing squad". In charge of this aging Real Madrid, Ancelotti only introduced Camareinga and Alaba in the summer, of which the latter officially announced early on that he would vote for free, not a transfer "hand-picked" by Ancelotti. Ancelotti was able to restructure existing personnel and tailor a new formation for the players to bring out their characteristics and strengths. For example, in the 2009-10 season at Chelsea, when the Blues were extremely popular in midfield, Ancelotti changed the formation to a 4-4-2 Diamond midfielder. Ancelotti was able to accommodate Essien, Lampard, Michael Ballack and Deco in the same squad, but at the same time maintain their results (winning the Premier League title of the season); so capable, there are not many coaches in the world.
In this season, although he has put young and new blood such as Federico Valverde, Camareunga, Vinicius Junier, Rodrigo and other young and new blood into the starting lineup, but at the same time, Modric, Benzema and other veterans also have a rather critical tactical position, and it is not easy to balance the rebuilding and respecting the merits of veterans.
In the Real Madrid squad, there are more high-paid generals such as Bale, Hazard, Dani Ceballos, etc., but they have not seen the news of the team's discord between the generals and coaches, which shows that under the governance of Ancelotti, the relationship between the team's dressing room is also quite well adjusted. In the strong teams he has coached, basically every player has praised this good old man, whether it is Milan, Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern or Everton, he can treat the team inside and outside, which is certainly not a simple matter of pure luck, but a demonstration of Ancelotti's clever management methods.
Three Champions League champions and five top league champions are all in Ancelotti's trophy cabinet, and in terms of achievements and trophies, even Guardiola and Klopp are difficult to match Ancelotti. This veteran coach is really one of the most underrated coaches in the world of football.