Bola.net – I don’t know where that assumption comes from Carlo Ancelotti is that “poor tactics” coaches have become widespread. Even the dozens of trophies that Ancelotti won in different top clubs are considered trivial, although it is clear that it was not easy.
Lately, Ancelotti’s name has been dragged into the controversy of changing the coach of the Indonesian National Team. It was Arya Sinulingga, a member of the PSSi Exco who made this statement.
Arya Sinulingga is active in providing information about football information. He usually gives information to the media. In fact, he has a YouTube channel and often shares information about the Indonesian National Team.
Recently, Arya Sinulingga spoke about the appointment of Patrick Kluivert as the new coach of the Indonesian national team. He also compared Kluivert to Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane.
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Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane were also nudged
Kluivert’s track record as a coach is not promising enough. Netizens and the media put a strong focus on it. However, Arya said that coaching a team does not only require someone who has a knowledge of tactics.
“This is like looking at Ancelotti. Is Ancelotti technically good? No, right. But Ancelotti is good at concocting and taking emotional approaches to players,” said Arya.
“You can say that this is Ancelotti or like Zidane. Is Zidane a pure tactical master? No, but he is a master, he has strong leadership,” continued Arya.
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Is it true that Ancelotti is poor in tactics?
Carlo Ancelotti selected as the winner of the Best FIFA Men Coach 2024 (c) AP Photo/Hussein Sayed
Arya’s statement has been widely debated in recent years. The opinion that Ancelotti is a tactically poor coach is widespread, but is it true?
In fact, Ancelotti is one of the coaches with the longest career at the highest level. At least, he had a career at the highest level for 20 years, managing the best teams.
Ancelotti’s career is also impressive. Unlike other coaches, he had a career in all the first European leagues, from England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany.
So what is interesting is that Ancelotti managed to become champion in these five leagues. With Madrid he won the league twice, then there were matches with AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich.
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Ancelotti Trophy Notes
League trophy record
2003-2004: AC Milan (Serie A)
2009-2010: Chelsea (Premier League)
2012-2013: PSG (Ligue 1)
2016-2017: Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
2021-2022: Real Madrid (La Liga)
2023-2024: Real Madrid (La Liga)
Champions League trophy record
2002/2003 – AC Milan
2006/2007 – AC Milan
2013/2014 – Real Madrid
2021/2022 – Real Madrid
2023/2024 – Real Madrid
Other Trophies
5x European Super Cup
FA Cup 1x
King’s Cup 2x
Italian Cup 1x
2x German Super Cup
2x Spanish Super Cup
1x Italian Super Cup
1x English Super Cup
Looking at the history of the champions and the collection of trophies above, is it appropriate to call Ancelotti tactically poor?
“The most important role for coaches and players is to adapt. We need to look at the characteristics of each player and maintain a collective role for all the players, so that they feel at ease,” said Ancelotti at the beginning of 2024.
