JAKARTA Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is now on the list of coaches who can win 100 games in the European Champions League.
The Italian tactician led his team to a second victory in the preliminary round of Group F by beating RB Leipzig 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday, September 15 in the morning WIB.
Los Blancos won through two late goals each scored by Fede Valverde (80') and Marco Asensio (90+1').
This result is Ancelotti's 100th win in competition history (excluding the victory given in the 2004/2005 season). Ancelotti now has two wins adrift of Sir Alex Ferguson as coach with the highest number of wins.
One victory given to Ancelotti occurred in the quarter-finals of the 2004/2005 Champions League season during AC Milan versus Inter Milan.
At that time Milan won 2-0 over their city rivals in the first leg and were already 1-0 up in the second leg. However, the flare that the fans threw in the field hit Milan goalkeeper Nelson Dida.
The incident saw European football parent (UEFA) give the Rossoneri (5-0 agregate) a 3-0 win. In addition, UEFA also sentenced Inter to play four games without spectators in the following season.
Alex Ferguson, who retired, made Ancelotti have a great chance of going through his record. Moreover, Los Blancos as the defending champion are still seeded to be able to advance to the knockout round.
As for third place Pep Guardiola followed the two names with 95 wins from 150 matches. The Spaniard carved out the latest win after bringing Manchester City to victory over Borussia Dortmund.
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