Real Madrid's Champions League last-eight win over Manchester City added to the glory of manager Carlo Ancelotti's illustrious resume, the manager with the most titles in the history of the Champions League (four) and reaching the last four of the Champions League for the 10th time in his managerial career, equalling the record held by Pep Guardiola. Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager in history to play Pep Guardiola out of the Champions League three times, which is a serious and sharp statistic.
Ancelotti led Real Madrid to eliminate Bayern Munich, which Guardiola led at the time, in the 2013/14 Champions League semifinals; in the 2021/22 season, Ancelotti led Real Madrid to kick out Manchester City led by Guardiola in the Champions League semifinals; this is the third time Ancelotti eliminated Guardiola, becoming the first person in Champions League history! What's more interesting is that Ancelotti can lead the team to win the Champions League after eliminating Guardiola twice before.
Ancelotti said after the game: "Pep Guardiola has always been a gentleman, he congratulated us on qualifying, and he also wished Real Madrid good luck, a great manager". Real Madrid were forced to retreat in this game, and Carlo Ancelotti said: "I believe this is the only way to beat Manchester City, I love to see the players give 100 per cent to fight and survive, and by the 12-yard penalty we are convinced that we can progress".
