RMA - CHE: Carlo Ancelotti's brain was the MVP
Carlo Ancelotti's vision gave Real Madrid the pass to the semifinals
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The importance of the experience
Undoubtedly we all know Carlo Ancelotti's ability as a technical director, in addition to his mastery when it comes to facing great European nights, the Italian is already the second Italian coach with the most trophies and with a League that is almost assured, he would become the most winner of all time, the curious thing is that in the top coaches, Ancelotti is the one with the most international trophies, with 9, Carletto has managed to settle in 4 Champions League finals and has been consecrated in 3, 2 with AC Milan and 1 with Real Madrid, in addition, Carletto is together with Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho the only ones with 8 Champions League semifinals played, Guardiola would reach 9 if he manages to beat Atlético de Madrid, the Italian did it with Juventus, AC Milan and Real Madrid.
Bad tactical approach
But it is that the greatness of Carlo Ancelotti is something that is not in discussion, but his present if he had many doubts, after his failure he went through Bayern, he arrived at Everton, in a project that finally did not finish getting up and Real Madrid rescued him after the departure of the multi-winner Zinedine Zidane, in the same way, Ancelotti's game this season has not ended up convincing, Real Madrid suffers a lot in defense and Courtois has to be the hero more times than he would like, in addition to the fact that they have arrived to have a dependency on Karim Benzema, a dependency that the coach himself has recognized after without the Frenchman, they fell 0-4 at the Santiago Bernabeú against FC Barcelona, we already saw in the Parque de los Príncipes how Courtois saved Real Madrid of a win and then in the second leg, he kept the tie alive, so were these quarterfinals, at least in the second leg, where Courtois's saves allowed Real Madrid not to be at a disadvantage of 4 or 5 goals, before e the power shown by the current European champion, Tuchel clearly surpassed Ancelotti in the initial approach and the fact is that the decision not to put Jorginho, one of his key men, was rooted in the need for Chelsea to physically overcome Real Madrid.
The physicist of the midfield of Madrid, exhausted
Of course they did, a midfield with Marcos Alonso, Kovacic, Kanté and Loftus-Cheek swept away Modric, Casemiro and Kroos, who were grossly outmatched by the intensity of Chelsea's game, plus in terms of game generation, Real Madrid was suffering a lot, Loftus-Cheek completely dried Vinicius Jr and that was his task, during the broadcast of the game Tuchel could be seen repeatedly reminding him of it, Chelsea's position was clear, they were going to keep Real Madrid against their own goal and Loftus-Cheek and Reece James were in charge of avoiding Vinicius' quick exits, without a doubt, Tuchel had the clearest ideas than anyone.
Ancelotti recovered and knocked out Chelsea
The 3 goals arrived that meant a historic comeback for Chelsea against Real Madrid and the whites brought nightmares of what happened with Ajax a few years ago, however, this time it was not (with all due respect) Santiago Solari who was on the bench, if not the experienced Carlo Ancelotti, took out Toni Kroos against his will, the German came out saying everything, also to Casemiro and Mendy, who was suffering a lot in defense, to bring in Marcelo, Rodrygo and Camavinga, Real Madrid put 3-1 almost immediately after a genius from Modric to assist Rodrygo and the midfield stabilized, Chelsea maintained their position and continued to attack in a great way but this time they reached Courtois' goal less easily, however, in the end of the game, Chelsea was able to liquidate everything with Pulisic who missed two quite clear chances, everything was over in extra time, Real Madrid was vastly superior to Chelsea tactically and dried up the London attack, Ziyech f It was Tuchel's revulsive but it didn't work and the income of Saúl and Jorginho already seemed a desperate and illogical measure, after Benzema's goal, only Haverts had a clear possibility after finishing alone in the area and sending the ball out of the goal, in addition to a Ziyech shot that Courtois covered although it was not too dangerous.
Important points
In conclusion, Camavinga was key to the tie (surely Deschamps will take him to the World Cup), as he was against Paris Saint-Germain, without a doubt a high-quality signing made by Real Madrid, in addition, Rodrygo returns to scoring in the Champions League, becoming his favorite competition, we could be facing the birth of a new Mr. Champions who would be the first Brazilian to make a convincing difference in the Champions League, something that Neymar could have done but after his departure to Paris, he only achieved relevance in one season, where he lost the final against Bayern.
The King of Europe knocked down the champion and is heading for some semi-finals that look to be vibrant against Manchester City or Atlético de Madrid, this time, Ancelotti showed why they brought him.
