JAKARTA - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has successfully escorted his team to the semifinals of the 2021/2022 Champions League. The moment was a slick record for Ancelotti, who has so far broken through that round eight times throughout his career.
This positive trend was created when Madrid succeeded in thwarting Chelsea's efforts in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final which was held at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday morning this morning.
Although Los Blancos lost 2-3 to the Blues, Karim Benzema et al were declared to have qualified for the semifinals. They lead 5-4 on aggregate after winning 3-1 in the first leg.
Reporting from Sportsmole, Wednesday, this is the eighth Champions League semifinal that Ancelotti has successfully achieved. The incision also made him equal the record of two other famous coaches, namely Josep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
“Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is through to the semifinals of the Champions League for the eighth time in his career; most coaches in the history of the competition, with Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho (eight times)," tweeted @optajose.
8 - Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti 🇮🇹 is looking to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League for the eighth time in his career; the joint-most by a coach in the competition’s history, along with Pep Guardiola 🇪🇸 and José Mourinho 🇵🇹 (eight times). Masters. pic.twitter.com/h4ZOdvSRXE
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 12, 2022
Not only that, but Ancelotti is also the first coach to achieve this feat in four different decades. Don Carlo reached his first semifinal with Juventus in 1999.
After that, Don Carlo incised it while managing AC Milan in 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Then it continued when he stayed in the Real Madrid coach chair in 2014 and 2015, and 2022.
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Of the eight records of qualifying for the semifinals, half of them were completed by Ancelotti by advancing to the final which successfully culminated with three championship titles.
Could Ancelotti achieve the same this time? We look forward to the performance of Los Merengues in the semifinals later.
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