Carlo Ancelotti Lampaui Sir Alex Ferguson's Record In The Champions League, But Still Cares For Controversy

Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti. (Photo: Twitter @realmadrid)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti managed to overtake Sir Alex Ferguson as coach with the most wins in the European Champions League.

The record was made by the Italian man when he led his team to victory over Celtic in the last match of Group F. Los Blancos won 5-1 in the match which took place at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Thursday, November 3 in the morning WIB,

This result made the Italian coach officially collect 103 wins in the competition. That number surpassed any coach in the history of Europe's most prestigious interclub tournament.

Ancelotti officially passed Alex Ferguson who collected 102 wins. However, this record still leaves controversy as one of Ancelotti's wins was 'presented' by UEFA.

It happened when Ancelotti led Milan to face the match against Inter Milan in the 2004/2005 season. At that time Milan was appointed the winner after the match was stopped because fans of opponents threw fireworks on the field.

If that victory is not counted, Ancelotti is currently still on par with Ferguson. He will only pass the legendary coach's record if he records one win in the round of 16.

Previously, Ancelotti had been the only coach to win the European Champions League four times. The details were twice with AC Milan in 2002/03 and 2006/07 and then with Real Madrid in 2013/14 and last season.

This season the 63-year-old coach led Madrid to qualify as group winners after collecting four wins and one win and one defeat each. They collected 13 points, one point ahead of Leipzig in the runner-up position.