the terrible specter that threatens Ancelotti

Real Madrid have had the best weeks. Swept out in the Clasico last Saturday by FC Barcelona (0-4), he then learned two days later that the Ballon d’Or would not go to Vinicius Jr. A “mini-crisis” is therefore now in order in the Spanish capital and a response will inevitably be expected on Tuesday evening (9 p.m.) in the Champions League against AC Milan. Marca, for its part, does not fail to put a little pressure on Carlo Ancelotti by reminding him of very bad memories.

Ancelotti and the terrible second half of the 2014/2015 season!

And we have to go back to the 2014/2015 season. While he had just won 22 consecutive matches with the White House, which had constituted a record while having gleaned the famous Décima in Lisbon a few months earlier, the Italian fell with his team at Mestalla against Valencia, and other bad results followed in this second part of the season with defeats against Atlético Madrid (4-0), against Barça and against Athletic Bilbao in addition to an elimination in the semi-final of the C1 against Juventus.

The rest is known: the Italian will ultimately not be extended by Florentino Pérez, who will rely on Rafael Benitez to replace him. And inevitably, at a time when Barça ended a series of 42 games without defeat in La Liga last week, this specter resurfaces today. It’s up to the Italian to get by this time as the rumors around Xabi Alonso (re)start to gain weight.

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