Carlo Ancelotti, from Mersey to Europe's Olympus in the year of the impossible: "This is Real Madrid, period"

"We have to improve next season. We have to look forward, be more competitive and get more points next season. We are going to work during the summer to find the right players to improve the squad. It is like that.

and We will follow."

On

, after losing 5-0 against

,

sat in the press room at the

's present and future

.

His Everton's.

He had

with the Liverpool team until June 30, 2024, a comfortable day-to-day in the city, the trust of the owner

and, fresh off the season, had just

ranking by two places

, from 12th to 10th, after having led the league for a couple of matchdays.

In short, his future was there.

Until five days later the phone rang and in one call, his life changed.

resigned as coach of

on May 27, 2021 and

turned on his mobile to chat with

.

And if... Later,

.

A year later, Madrid have won their

,

and

(two with

and two with

), becoming the coach with the most big ears in history.

From the banks of

to

, to the

, his son, on the lawn of the

.

The glory that

and

"only" three times and that

, with that

, with that being without being there, with a

raised

", the "

" and the "

" that in He has repeated so many times he has smiled on four.

The "

", to return to "where I have been happiest", to

,

, has finished with the quintessential work of Real Madrid.

A season that summarizes

.

The empire in League, forceful, vertical and constant.

The emotion in Champions, spiritual, aesthetic of everything that Madrid means.

"This was the plan and it has worked out," he summed it up with a smile on his face.

"This is Real Madrid, period," he added, because there are things that need no further explanation.

"We have deserved it suffering all the first part", wanted to insist.

Vinicius, Valverde, Rodrygo...

The

that Ancelotti has given to

will last in the collective memory of

.

A squad apparently

to that of the greats of Europe, the buzz and

of

a few days before the final to sink the mood of part of the stands, the

, in each a bad first part that led to disaster and then twisted fate with a touch of fortune and talent that hardly anyone had seen on a football field.

The hoarse voices will speak of Ancelotti's little merit in the sporting aspect of this

Madrid and will raise the argument of the Italian's sentimentality, of his leadership capacity and of being a friend, father and head of a backbone that had won him all.

But in his pocket, the transalpine takes the

, the

of

, the

of a defense that had lost

in the same summer , and the chameleon of a team capable of playing locked up behind to look for the counter and also have the calm of possession to attack while stationary.

Emotionally, the Valdebebas dressing room insists on the importance of sincerity.

"

."

The

has been able to curdle one of the best seasons in the history of Madrid leaving

on the bench without it having imploded into the air.

have remained silent while their team, in a mix of youngsters and veterans with Ancelotti in command, stormed Spain and Europe.

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