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Carlo Ancelotti

is one of the best coaches in history, as supported by his record. He has won

on the benches of

, four leagues, three Champions League and many cups in the best stadiums of the old continent, but there is a place that resists him. One that he has tried to conquer on five occasions and in which his coin has always come out tails: the

.

For some reason, football has

away from the grass

for decades.

As a player, the Italian wore the shirts of

between 1976 and 1992 and had only one option to play in Barcelona: in the

that Milan won against Barcelona and in which an injury it left him out of both games.

For the

, which

won

after playing the semifinals at the Barça stadium, he was too young, so he had to wait for his time as a coach to be able to enter the Camp Nou gates.

Milan, PSG, Real Madrid ...

Ancelotti's first night on the visiting bench of the culé fiefdom was on

in the group stage of the

. They lost 2-1 to a goal from

in the final minutes of the game and released a constant that still lasts to this day. Almost

, the Italian

. Neither with

, with which they also drew in the semifinals of the Champions League 2005-2006 (0-0), nor with

, who signed a draw (1-1) at the Camp Nou in the quarterfinals of the continental tournament, nor with

, with which they have lost

that has played to date at the home of Barcelona.

, for his part, has never been there as a coach.

In total, the current Madrid coach has played five games in the Barça fiefdom with a result of two draws and three defeats, two of them with Madrid.

On the other side of the scale, Ancelotti raised against Barcelona, ​​although in

, the last

that Madrid has conquered, that of

gallop

down the left wing in 2014.

A classic that decides leagues

Therefore, the transalpine has this Sunday a golden opportunity to add his

at the Camp Nou and to distance Barça in the standings, something vital in the face of the fight for the title. Not surprisingly, the two defeats suffered as a visitor in the previous classics were decisive for his Madrid not to conquer the

, the title that Ancelotti is missing in Spain. In

, on matchday 10, the 2-1 victory allowed Barça to distance themselves by six points in the standings. Madrid recovered and reached the Bernabéu classic in

, with four points of advantage and with the possibility of taking a giant step for the championship, but fell 3-4, the Catalans got to one point and the Madrid defeat in

few days later left the fight for the League between Barça and

, with a final

victory.

The following year, Ancelotti's Madrid seemed to have learned their lesson.

They won 3-1 at the Bernabéu in

and added their second consecutive victory in the classics after the victory in the Cup final. In the second leg, on

, the Whites arrived at the Camp Nou with a point disadvantage over his great rival.

It was pure league survival.

and went to four points, the same distance it had on matchday 37 when they celebrated the title.

Common link with Koeman

It may seem like only six points, but in the classics the titles are decided. "

a team

to this type of game but what kind of game it can get, it doesn't matter how it gets there if not what is done on the pitch. All these games are like that," stressed Ancelotti, to whom unites a common nexus with

,

coach

: the Everton bench.

Both trained the

club

before making the leap to the greats of Spanish football,

between 2016 and 2017 for the Dutch and

between 2019 and 2021 for the Italian.

They have met twice as coaches, with a triumph for Ancelotti, who with Milan

between 2002 and 2003.

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