What does Carlo Ancelotti actually do?

[@JakeLandau]

His book on Quiet Leadership was awesome. By all accounts he treats all players and staff with equity and respect. His teams are completely bought in and he keeps a positive mentality throughout the team. He's flexible with his style dependent on his players and what the club owners are looking for. Give it a read if you enjoyed the analysis by JJ!

[@olufemiolumilua4689]

Apt! He played some wonderful football for Roman. And still effecient enuf to win d league in his first season. Players simply peak under dis guy.

[@RosablueHandMade]

Perhaps the Ancelotti way to describe his achievements might be to state that "more players have won across more championships thanks to Carlo Ancelotti than thanks to any other manager". He makes winners of those he works with but without ever outshining them -- which in my mind is the literal definition of the very best management. Ancelotti has also demonstrated a longevity, ie: a capacity to learn and grow that none of the other is ever likely to match.

[@eliasbrahma3435]

Alright. But it's not called Soccer, it's Football.

[@pahwraith]

@@eliasbrahma3435 it’s both. Look it up in the dictionary.

[@bexclue3007]

"he's flexible with his style". He doesn't have any style. When have Ancelotti teams ever been recognisable... "[caters to] what the club owners are looking for" given his extremely poor league record despite the big clubs he's been at - even failing to win Ligue 1 with PSG...I somewhat doubt he's particularly good at giving club owners what they're looking for. Looks like at Bayern the club was looking for a better manager.

[@kylerodd2342]

There was a story about how he did have a tactical identity until he went to Juve and coached Zidane. After struggling to get the best out of him, the next season he just let Zidane do his thing and it worked wonders. It taught him to be more flexible and let his star players do what they love most.

[@MotoTrotter]

That’s right. At the biginning of his career he was very rigid oh 442 module and his ideas.

[@akashdeb5201]

Ancelotti isn't a revolutionary.... He is, simply put, efficient. And Consistent. And that wins Trophies.

[@karumehuie1407]

Great man man management

[@TheKakarot_itachi]

Says a PlayStation bot. Ancelotti can play with every tactic in the book. Unpredictable.

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@TheKakarot_itachi lmao

[@waleed7338]

@@TheKakarot_itachi Ykb

[@dv4manu]

You’re also not gonna be able to convince me that those eyebrows haven’t been responsible for at least a couple extra wins a season

[@JakeT89]

He wins. Out of all the so called elite managers he is by far the most underappreciated!

[@rich45davis]

IRONS

[@lucioledizerot196]

Why say "so called"? One man's under-appreciation doesn't negate the others' greatness

[@JakeT89]

@@lucioledizerot196 because some people's opinion of what is elite differs, I no longer consider Jose elite for example, yet many do. Pretty simple

[@ansaz14]

I hold Everton against him

[@DuckyVanya]

@@JakeT89 you man who don't respect Mourinho are fools. He plays dogshit football but he wins. Even with us (spurs), he was sacked whilst waiting to play a cup final, at United he won the Europa League AND finished 2nd which is now objectively a massive achievement, because now we all see that they are proper shite. And he's spent 1 year at Roma and won the conference league.

[@Iron-Bridge]

This season's Champions League run is really Ancelotti's magnum opus. The knockout stage was a giant slaying run. Very difficult but somehow managed it against every single world class team and world class manager they faced.

[@irGuilty]

How have you described that champions league run without using the word lucky? Even ancelotti would admit a lot of luck was involved

[@andrew7taylor]

@@irGuilty Luck is always involved. But it is never "The Factor". Luck didn't win against Inter, PSG, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool. Luck didn't score 15 goals in 7 knockout stage matches. Luck didn't win the Champions League 5 times in 9 years.

[@rusuyta4429]

Real winning this year is equivalent to Greece winning the Euros in 2004 or Chelsea winning the CL in 2012. They were an inferior team in literally every knockout game and just got unbelievably lucky. The luck factor is extremely important in football, especially in knockout competitions, and something like this is bound to happen every now and then.

[@mojebi3804]

@@rusuyta4429 I hate Real Madrid but they were never the inferior team except the first leg against City. You can't do what they did with luck. And Greece wasn't lucky either. They were the best team, even if they didn't have the most talented players.

[@andrew7taylor]

@@rusuyta4429 LOL, don't go from one extreme to the other and act like Real Madrid winning the Champions League is a once in a lifetime event like Greece was. The only match they were significantly outplayed was the final. This is a team that had won 4 CLs already and Benzema in the form of his life. They weren't a team of nobodies.

[@thegrindpodcastwithdanielr3781]

I think something that was missed about his man management was that he always gives credit to his players when they win and takes the fault when they lose. He keeps their morale high, even the players that don't play as much. Recently in an inevitable with Hugo Sanchez he said that he cannot treat humans as football players, they are humans that happen to play football. This shows on the players, you can see that they're all willing to run through a wall for him, he kept even the bench players happy. His ability to get the best out of players is second to none, and this quality will bring him success anywhere he goes.

[@lucioledizerot196]

Sorry but all good managers do this, it isn't specific to Ancelotti at all

[@alexhoward5501]

This. This is real!

[@alexhoward5501]

@@lucioledizerot196 Totally disagree with you. I won’t name names but… we both could name a few managers in the Premier League who would be the first to blame the field conditions or the refs.

[@lucioledizerot196]

@@alexhoward5501 all elite managers understand the importance of morale support and player empowerment. Sometimes, if they seem to act salty, it's often to deflect attention and media spotlight from their players onto them.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

"I think something that was missed about his man management was that he always gives credit to his players when they win and takes the fault when they lose." Also known as a "reverse Mourinho"!

[@gmoney1664]

Yeah, Everton was what cemented him as a great manager for me. I don't know his history that well, but getting the performances he did out of that squad shows his quality

[@sukhdevr3489]

People say he failed here but he got 59 points, in some seasons that would get you 5th. He was steadily improving us and we got that without fans. We are a club that really relies on fans for home form.

[@DjokerFan]

Yeah and didn't allow Liverpool to win over there as well. Man has some deep seated anger against Liverpool since their Istanbul triumph

[@zoeysiddiqi1532]

@@DjokerFan bro has a personal vendetta

[@athos5761]

he's won several champions league before he was manager at Everton. I think he proved his worth then

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@DjokerFan He just always beats Klopp tactically.

[@_DioBrando_]

Carlo is just as good as any other legendary coach you can think of if not clearly better. The Peps, Klopps, and Joses only have him beat in marketing and that's it. He always goes out of his way to give credit to the players, unlike other coaches who love to bask in the limelight when people call them geniuses. It's funny that a guy who had an excellent career as a player is by far the most humble out of coaches today. Proper gentleman, great tactician, by far the best at being a leading figure in a locker room with big ego players.

[@nuqmanmursyid569]

Truer words have never been spoken, even Zidane inherited that same 'praise players when they win, criticise himself when losing' as well. Carlo and Zidane, the great mentor and great protegè, both legendary players and legendary managers, both proper gentlemen as well, really they are like two peas in a pod, inseparable in football philosophy and how they go about with life in general.

[@paulhardy4846]

I think with Klopp/Guardiola etc -- where there is a System there will be Disciples, or at least passionate advocates. So some of the marketing may not be the fault of the managers themselves but their acolytes. An extreme example is probably Bielsa, whose trophy haul is minimal but whose reputation is stellar. By contrast no-one is likely to cheerlead for the Ancelotti "method" because it's not quite identifiable :)

[@darthmaul408]

He’s an excellent man manager. Handling egos is his thing. He also seemingly builds his tactical set up around the players he has. It’s not rigid from club to club.

[@cjewe1z]

He was in the past. After what happened at Juventus, he realised that he needed to be more flexible and he became better.

[@aspencat2239]

@@cjewe1z except that in bayern they didn't like him, everywere else good, but in bayern, juventus and napoli not so much.

[@martinhartecfc]

He also sounds like a genuinely nice guy. Seemingly the most humble of the elite managers.

[@ronanfitzpatrick1261]

IMO he's underrated in the English speaking world at least because in football we call season/multi-season ways of playing Tactics instead of Strategy. Tactics outside of football are more often short term, situation based plans of actions which is what he excels at. So I see Pep & Klopp as Strategic managers, who occasionally dabble in tactics and Ancelotti as the best Tactical manager. Problem with repeated patterns of play is that it can only be so flexible so if someone finds a weakness it's back to the drawing board. Someone like Ancelloti is talented enough to spot those weaknesses AND adapt his team sufficiently to exploit them. Which is easier said than done.

[@ronanfitzpatrick1261]

He's never managed at United but I always hoped he would

[@hrgagan9192]

@@ronanfitzpatrick1261 he fits perfectly at United. Let’s hope United become great again to attract this great man, surely a match made in heaven.

[@hrgagan9192]

Amazingly well said. It’s ridiculous how people write off managers as man managers simply because they don’t play or own a certain style of play. Tactics is only ever successfully when players execute them on field. It doesn’t matter who the name is when they win, the team executed different styles of tactics better and eventually won the game.

[@decode3667]

Pep & Klopp are overrated, there are plenty of flops for Pep & Klopp but people forget their name as the success overshadows the flops. I am sorry but Real Madrid is what Man C or even Liverpool hope to be. They had a midfield for 10 years & so many players that were the best in the world in their position for about 10 years. So many trophies per net spent is insane, people praise Liverpool for the way they buy but Real Madrid is 25th on net spent & Liverpool is 12th, yet Real has 5 CL in 9 years & many other trophies. The strategy is done by the president or sporting director, the only reason why Pep/Klopp gets praised is because they're owned by clueless owners who don't know football, thus they give so much power to managers.

[@faris8745]

@@hrgagan9192 he said that he'll retire after Real Madrid

[@vishal7arora]

People focus too much on his man management and forget that he has done his time as a tactically stringent 'revolutionary' coach in his hayday as Sacchi's heir. He just evolved to something better. To be flexible as a coach is just being better. Something people underrate. Same thing Carlo's protege too suffer from. Zidane's flexibility is from Carlo's book.

[@laddanerskit3199]

I'm not sure what he exactly did with Di Maria back in 2014 or why it worked but he put him in midfield in a free role (a lot like Iniesta) and it was honestly unplayable. He came deep and picked up the ball, drifted all over midfield and made piercing runs into the box. Di Maria was crazy good that season. Can't figure out why Man Utd and PSG didn't use it.

[@alesksander]

Combined with Isco that team could hold ball at will.

[@lalaoepsi7572]

Tuchel kinda did it too with di maria at PSG

[@MrWillypanda88]

He made Di Maria a box-to-box midfielder, and yes I enjoyed that version of Di Maria (Di Maria probably hated it though, considering the amount of grass he had to cover), I guess in a way that's what he asked Valverde to do nowadays.

[@OrlandoOrtiz570]

Di María was so cold

[@Redonepunch]

He took a Madrid team who had convinced themselves they were in a transitional period and gave them belief. True “mentality monsters”

[@adewolecoleadetayo9360]

It was at Napoli that he truly earned my respect, I'd never seen anyone play with a Centre-Full Back, It was a 4-4-2 on paper but with the right back played by Maksimovic who was a centre back, and Fabian a centre midfielder as a Left Wide Midfielder, the formation morphed into a 3-3-4 and was brilliant to see. Definitely one of the best managers to ever grace the game.

[@caturmuharjab5947]

Costacurta usually play at right back at milan. And jaap stam too.

[@Simone-bc2fo]

Napoli fan right here. He was shite for us, it was physically painful to watch the team play.

[@zoeysiddiqi1532]

@@Simone-bc2fo didnt he secure CL knockouts and like a CL spot the year before? i might be wrong not a napoli follower myself

[@aspencat2239]

@@zoeysiddiqi1532 i think that was benitez

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Vinicius and Valverde not only neutralised Liverpool's wide threat in the final, they also tortured Robertson and Arnold whenever the opportunity arose. Liverpool were forced to attack through the middle with Henderson seeing a lot of the ball, and with creativity not being one of his strengths, it became hard for them to create clear chances. This shows just how well Ancelotti did his homework while Klopp went for the tried and trusted. It's a myth that Ancelotti doesn't do tactics. He just is a lot more balanced in his approach than your Guardiolas and Klopps and focuses on lots of other areas of management. Players who worked with him love him, and he's managed some giants of the game like Buffon, Thuram, Cannavaro, Crespo, del Piero, Zidane, Pirlo, Seedorf, Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo. Kind of disgraceful that English-based journalists in particular don't give him his dues, probably because he worked very few years in England and didn't win CL with an English club.

[@strength_by_forge]

God it was like Ronaldo was in the room. I have chills. Oh and very underrated manager.

[@FrttMs]

My thoughts exactly!

[@patera83]

He sounded German!!

[@FrttMs]

@@patera83 To start with, yes. I'm also pretty sure it was a joke ;)

[@aspencat2239]

not underrated at all, he's a top top

[@myochii5726]

His 14-15 real madrid team is also an example of this. He shifted his 4-4-3 that won la decima to a 4-4-2 to accommodate James, Bale and Ronaldo. They were scoring goals for fun until modric got injured and the team was exposed.

[@myochii5726]

4-3-3*

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

13/14*

[@theguardintemriel]

@@vespasiancloscan7077 what? 13/14 was when they won la decima, the guy clearly was talking about the following season 14/15. James didn't win decima with Madrid.

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

@@theguardintemriel my bad

[@abdullahzackariah3642]

Those were the times you'd regularly see 5-0, 6-1,7-2 scorelines from real Madrid, Ahh good times

[@kakuite]

I still remember Mourinho's Madrid because that was the time I started following Real Madrid. Didn't won much to show for but Mourinho's Madrid were absolute Demons to play against. Thanks to him we acquired "Never say Never" attitude. In my opinion, it was after Mourinho, Real Madrid started to make a team rather than just a group of Galacticos. And after a decade, here we are! The Champions of Europe.

[@kevdeeA]

The Real Madrid teams of early 2000's under Vincente Del Bosque also had a never- die attitude as well but, in addition also played aesthetically some of the best football that rivaled even Pep's Barcelona or Kloop's Liverpool.

[@Timbone07]

@@kevdeeA Until they got rid of Makelele and Cambiasso

[@leeregno]

I have always said this too. Mourinho re-vitalised real madrid.

[@Timbone07]

@@leeregno Many consider his time there a failure to fit their narrative. He doesn't get credit for the work and record(s) he created there Given how they sacked Carlo and begged for him back. It shows that they sacked managers unjustly.

[@beardedentity]

THANK YOU. Yes...Mourinho is for me the one who deserves the most credit of what this squad has achieved in recent years. That's why he will always have a special place in my heart.

[@mashegomokabane4207]

Perfect manager for Real Madrid. In the end he will be remembered for all his trophies and glorious moments not his “tactics”. Watching the “tactician master” Pep scratch his bald head not knowing where to look in extra time was blissful. Make no mistake about it, he is the reason why Vini JR is excelling at the moment. That alone deserves so much praise. And ofcos Benzema’s Balon D’or season was under his watch. These are not coincidences.

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

He got two Balon D'or players under him. Another one is Kaka.

[@LuisSalgado1993]

Ancelotti's first run at madrid was a 4-3-3, he converted Di Maria, into an inverted CM, and it was amazing. I miss that Modric/Di Maria/Xabi Alonso midfield

[@LaughterCigar]

Damn right! Under Ancelotti we saw the best Di Maria. For a while he was at least top 3 in Europe, such a joy to watch.

[@Chidera.98]

Di Maria was frightening on the counter that season

[@laddanerskit3199]

CM Di Maria was scary, Real Madrid's best player that season. Can't figure out why Man Utd and PSG didn't use it.

[@sidvyas8549]

That was a badass midfield

[@zoeysiddiqi1532]

@@laddanerskit3199 PSG were able to utilize some aspects of di maria game manu just wasted him

[@manuel7102]

It's amazing how young Ancelotti was considered a radical coach in applying Sacchi's principles, so much so that he basically forced Zola out of Parma to Chelsea (also Parma was signing Baggio but he pushed to abort that deal). Then he learned to adapt, mixing his great tactical knowledge with the ability to manage players as human beings, becoming probably the best manager (in the literal sense of the word) ever

[@shaf621]

Ancelotti is such an overlooked manager, he's one of the few that have a great record against Klopp and Guardiola, during the 13/14 Champions League when he faced both Klopp and Guardiola in the QF and SF's respectively he beat them, then likewise last season in the SF and the Final he beat both of them, plus on top he beat Tuchel as well. The Don's still got it, form is temporary but class is permanent.

[@brettduce5243]

I think the players and pundits often mistake tactics for strategy. Strategy is essentially tactics for the long-term - the teams that set up a specific identity in how they play. Ancelotti is purely tactical - how to win the next game.

[@langletprolet8378]

Brilliantly put

[@Mysterialic]

Must've felt nice playing under him as a good player. Choose your best position and just vibes with the trophies.

[@teviz309]

Being Ancelloti means you've transcended into the next dimension of football. He is the only manager that have the deepest understanding of the game, when some one gets into his level they get rid off their ego and use every player by giving them the role that gets the most efficient and effective result. His trophy cabinet speaks for itself and there is no right way of football, it is only the most effective way. Give him a Guardiola team, a Klopp team or a Mourinho team he will win more than them in their own playing style, that is how deep he understands football. The real 🐐

[@tioluwaniolawuyi3611]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@arsenalogist4285]

Wenger is the 🐐

[@asm7406]

But Guardiola with less years already exceeded half of his palmares.

[@_michaelyuhhhh]

I remember when Modric played that outrageous pass through He-Man's legs in the PSG game, can't believe he accidentally fell on his sword. Skeletor laughing in the stands was an iconic CL moment

[@edmundbloxam2714]

Ah, the classic accidental Seppoku move. They fall for it every time!

[@jordyb7460]

what? lol

[@_michaelyuhhhh]

@@jordyb7460 jj made a joke about PSG having all the players, messi, neymar, he-man

[@nguyenminhhoang6127]

I remember reading an article from the Athletic about CR7's relentless work ethic which mentioned how Carlo wanted to play 4231 in Madrid when Ronaldo met him in private to voice his preference to play on the wings instead of central. Ancelotti then agreed to change the formation bc "you are the best player and so we should play however best for you". it shows how good of a manager he is that like the video says, he creates systems that best accommodate the best players to gel together.

[@mediastarguest]

What you forgot to mention and which is very significant, Ancelotti was a top class midfielder who won trophies on the playing field with AC Milan playing alongside the likes of Gullit, Van Basten, Baresi, Maldini, Donadoni, etc.

[@giannb5145]

He is in that great tradition of Italian managers that are all about realism, adaptability and emphasizing the human factor. Italian Serie A has declined since the mid-2000s, but Italian managers are still very much in demand across the world.

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

Agree. Serie A is exporter of good coaches. A bit underrated though. Ancelotti, Ranieri, Mancini, Spaletti, Gasperini, Prandelli... Conte is good, but he has some "angry" outlook 😂

[@t1lt252525]

It feels like there are two distinct paths of great managers: systems and personnel managers. Klopp and Pep get your team working like absolute machines but sometimes your big personality players can't fit into them (Ibra and Pep). Then you get your Carlos (and I'd maybe put Fergie and Zidane in here). They can get the best out of huge personalities and when you have such talented players playing at their best, you always have a chance of winning any game no matter how bad the situation is (Real Madrid in the Champs this season). I'd have loved to see what Carlo could have done with the United squad last season, lots of talented big personality players not performing at their highest and not able to change their style to a different system. Could Carlo have made Ronaldo, Pogba, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford, Fred work? We'll never know lol

[@wugglebee9522]

Fergie's tactical abilities are forgotten these days, but he was pretty amazing at that too. His use of Cantona was pretty revolutionary for British football at the time, and even when Mourinho comes in after Fergie's been there for years and changes things even further, but he kept up, revamped the squad and adapted to fit with the changing times. Not many managers are that sharp and that adaptable for as long as Sir Alex

[@t1lt252525]

@@wugglebee9522 that’s true, I don’t want to imply that managers like Fergie had no tactical awareness. More that their biggest strength was in getting the best out of the players they had at their disposal.

[@dennisgichohi5392]

I agree with u and it makes me mad to think about why on earth didn't man u get Carlo when he was in everton

[@dennisgichohi5392]

Also another attribute managers like ancelotti have is that they are able to win with the players they have like the 2ucl he won with real weren't "his" team unlike pep and jurgen who need specific type of players

[@suyashshukla149]

​@@t1lt252525 ya that's the thing, they more tactically aware coz unlike pep or klopp they don't have fixed systems, it's very flexible according to the players at hand and the oppostion like for eg zidane converted an all out attacking machine of real madrid(with a poor defensive record) to a team with the best defense in real madrid history and in that season the best acroos Europe, and that too with the same players, that's not an easy task

[@jimherstein]

Against superior opposition teams. He neutralizes the game at the start by setting up the team in a way that matches the difference in players' quality. Then bring the right players as a sub and try to win and avoid defeat. He is more simple but very adaptable and effective.

[@enasnIdnuosnU]

In the 2020/21 season, many called Mourinho (Spurs) and Ancelotti (Everton) wash up has been and fast forward 2021/22 season, both are European champion in their respective category (UCL & ECL). Football bloody hell, won't be surprise if Man Utd gets relegated now

[@uriustosh]

He motivates young men to perform better and adjusts tactics to fit his opponents.

[@mart4414]

Pretty obvious that Ancelotti prioritizes protection and control in the middle of the pitch (AC Milan, Chelsea, Real Madrid) but rather than imposing a style of play he makes sure to utilize his best players and get the most out of them. If he has a trademark its getting the max out of the experienced players and always having a reliable spine that always performs and shows up in big moments. His teams can be argued as being bred for the big moments and the big occasions which shows how much he cultivates mental strength.

[@AlessandroRossi-zl9mu]

Well put 👏

[@BOABModels]

"Picks the best players he has, makes them play well together and puts them in their best positions." When you put it like that, it DOES seem obvious!

[@mojebi3804]

Why didn't I think of that?

[@WizardGrizzlyBear]

Pick the best players, help them play towards their strengths, add a team culture that inspires togetherness. Then set the team up to counter the other teams tactics. Simple brilliance. A sign of true mastery is being able to keep things simple and effective.

[@ant777live]

When Liverpool were at their best, the only manager who beat them regularly was Ancelotti...including in friendlies (when he was managing Napoli). He was the first manager to work out how to find the weaknesses in Liverpool's tactics, this season everyone started to understand, so Liverpool have changed slightly into more of a 3-4-3 or 3-2-5...depending on the situation also sometimes a 4-3-3 like before

[@nikhilpratapsingh6631]

JJ kinda missed on Milan's formation and details like Oddo was on right for most of the time and Gattuso was there as rm in 4-4-1-1 in possession and on out it becomes 4-3-2-1

[@kelvinengland3991]

Seedorf was an incredible player. Hugely underrated and imo one of the best midfielders in the world in his day.

[@shahzadirani]

14:20 to 14:54 that’s exactly what distinguishes Sir Alex and Don Carlo. They have different game plans for different games depending on the oppositions. They play different formations (442, 4231, 433 mainly) and there’s subtle variations in each of these formations (such as third man runs, man marking, staying in a mid block, etc.). This is exactly what some folks don’t get when they say Sir Alex and Ancelotti have no tactics. They are the best man managers and great tacticians. They also hold the record for reaching the most UCL finals (Ancelotti with 5 UCL finals and Sir Alex with 4 UCL finals). You don’t hold such a prestigious record without being a great tactician.

[@leo1fun]

He's a puzzle solver, and above all, a motivator and a place of security and respect.

[@adhynugroho9424]

Ancelotti was relevant when I started watching football in 2003 (right at the time Milan beat Juve in the UCF finals). It's 2022/2023 now, and Ancelotti is not only still relevant, he's managing REAL MADRID! Of course he deserves to be in a certain GOAT conversation when it comes to winning.

[@shawngillogly6873]

Ancelotti over Mourinho. Because of the "pragmatists", Don Carlo has won more. In more places. And done so adapting to times, to players, and needs of the club. Also, as this showed, he's a match planner. Because he's adaptive, rather than idealistic, Ancelotti has no problem shifting between shapes and concepts to put his players in the best matchups to win. It doesn't create confusion to play more direct, like it would with Pep. Because the commitment is to get the ball to the most dangerous players. Not dominate possession or compress space.

[@Timbone07]

Dumb argument. Mourinho is the most adaptive to anyone who pays attention. Look at Roma playing a Back 3 to mitigate their lack of an anchor man and shitty defenders. Pragmatist with the most goals ever in a La Liga season

[@genocidejoe]

@@Timbone07 if mourinho could adapt then he would not be a roma, love mourinho tho

[@Timbone07]

@@genocidejoe You are saying rubbish. Carlo was sacked at Madrid and Chelsea. Is it because he cannot adapt? Spurs and Man United have problems that had nothing to do with the managers. Until the likes of Pogba and Dele Alli left both jobs were a poisoned chalice. Clubs like Madrid and Chelsea will soon run out of managers. That's why they are going back to previous managers.

[@shawngillogly6873]

@@Timbone07 Mourinho's tactics have always been Mourinho's tactics. His methods have been largely similar as well. If anything, as he's been criticized more, he's become even more dogmatic. Ancelotti has won playing defense first. Possession heavy. Counterattacking. His style is fluid. And he's as adept a match planner as anyone.

[@Timbone07]

@@shawngillogly6873 Wow. You know nothing about Mourinho. Facts do not lie. You can have your own opinion but not facts. Kane got top scorer and top assister under Mourinho. Spurs scored the most goals in Europe behind only Bayern. Roma created the most chances in Serie A. Tammy could have been top scorer if he finished better and did not hit the post so much. Sorry but facts cannot be changed and you know nothing. Mourinho has the best defensive record in the Premier League and the best attacking record in La Liga. That is the definition of fluid. He plays to his teams strengths. Mourinho was able to get Spurs into a cup final. Win a trophy with Roma. Carlo cannot do that. PSG and Bayern and even Milan to an extent were winning the league regardless of the manager because those teams were the favourites. People act like Real Madrid are underdogs when they have a 100 million forward in Hazard on the bench and a Ballon d'or winner Modric on the pitch. Mourinho lost to Conte as Man United boss and in the rematch he made Herera Man mark Hazard and Chelsea spent most of the game with zero shots. None in the first match. As Tifo pointed out, Mourinho is more of a reactive manager. That's a synonym for fluid. I can give you more examples. Even Tifo disagrees with you

[@shahriartanvir977]

He delivers. That makes him the greatest of all. Who said you need a style of play or "identity" to win?

[@friendlypenguinlinards2094]

what a manager ... i believe many players would love top play under him. I would certainly love to play under him as a professional

[@LaughterCigar]

The thing is Carletto makes the players feel important. He doesn't treat them like they're children, or like they're dumb. He doesn't act like he knows everything and they know nothing just because he's the coach. He acknowledges they're the ones who actually go out on the pitch every week, so they know better than anyone what they're good at and what they're bad at, and what the team needs, and he works together with them to find the best results. He's one of the best in the world at helping players reach their potential, both individually and as a team. Look at Vinicius, he was a very promising but very rough product. The way he was playing it looked like he could equally turn out to be a world-class player, or another young Brazilian flop. Then Carletto arrives, and suddenly nobody would dare to doubt he's one of the best u-21 player in the world. That's no coincidence. Look at Militao's evolution too. Last season he was already looking like a failure. Under Carlo he became Madrid's most reliable CB. Under Carlo, Courtois finally silenced all the doubters, Benzema had the best season of his career and is set for the Ballon d'Or, Modric looks like he's 23 again, we saw the best Carvajal and Asensio we've seen in the last 3-4 seasons, Rodrygo and Valverde have become decisive players, and Camavinga has integrated perfectly into the team.

[@channers625]

His first spell at Madrid he used 433 and 442 with Dimaria in the midfield. 4231 was mourinho

[@cyandamadlala9610]

james was playing as a 10 in 4231 during carlos time, he changed it later though due to his injury

[@channers625]

@@cyandamadlala9610 It still wasnt a 4231 Modric and kroos weren't playing as double pivot

[@waleed7338]

He did play 4-2-3-1 a number of times with alonso and khedira as a double pivot

[@channers625]

James came for his second season… he’s first season ozil left and we got bale. Then di maria left for james. He didn’t play 4231..

[@Kiluei]

His style of play basically is adaptability. Not much managers are able to withstand different decades or football. Even when football philosophies change, he's able to stay at the top because of how relatively easily he can adapt and isn't stuck in 1 style.

[@blessingschanda1728]

He defeated Pochettino,Tuchel,Pep and Klopp on the road to UCL Glory 💪🏽 An Underrated Feat👏🏽

[@johntreherne4611]

Considering in the Italian league teams sporting directors typically decide on who the clubs signs to compliment the team it makes sense that he doesn’t have a fixed concept of team setup. Even so what he has achieved is impressive even that Milan side who beat Liverpool in 07 you think they lost shevchenko in the summer almost got kicked out because of calciopoli and than the season afterwards failed to qualify for champions league football it is a massive achievement. Also considering how well he adjusts to new eras remaining relevant and successful it hard to think of a comparison

[@channers625]

Zidane once said about his managerial style - for him, it's not about trying to improve a player by teaching them new things it's more about building and helping these players work as a team. Guardiola/ Klopp/ tuchel/ arteta/ naggelsmann etc are not just managers but also coaches who focus extensively on teaching them a new way of playing football. Klopp is more about coaching without-the-ball side of the game such as the pressing and less about the ball. There are other managers who are not coaches but it really does not mean that they are less tactical. I would say Mourinho is a very tactical manager but he leaves the attacking side of the game(on-the-ball stuff) more to the players to improvise rather than through methodical repetition. Same with zidane/anchelotti they all know about the 'tactics' but it's less about coaching these players a new way of doing things.

[@MylesB93-]

Really cool how you managed to get an interview with Ronaldo - couldn't believe it when I heard his voice!

[@alexmanai1953]

He is everything thomas tuchel isnt, a coach that is loved by the dressing room, a coach that makes the players better and happy

[@benhall1741]

💯💯💯

[@aceman775]

That is total bullshit. Are you saying that Tuchel doesn’t improve his players?!! What about Auba, Ousmane, Mount, Reece, Havertz

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

Tuchel is overrated.

[@isaac15752]

He proves that the most important thing is man management, if you can handle humans you can win anything as a coach, this is why pep and Mourinho did have a hard time in recent years, now you can argue with guardiola and it will go extensively, but that’s my opinion, winning the league with the amount of money he has and full backing of the board is the minimum he can achieve

[@mattj1829]

I agree regarding Pep should be winning the league with all the resources he has at his disposal but saying he's had a hard time recently when he's won 4 out of the last 5 leagues is a little disingenuous

[@Timbone07]

That's a myth. Regardless of the manager, Alli and Pogba are just crap. Man United and Spurs have problems that have nothing to do with the manager

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

I have the same opinion about Pep, but he did improve in recent years.

[@StriderDSC]

His AC Milan team played absolutely beautiful football and I'd match them up against anybody.

[@rw4025]

Fantastic vid. To me that's what makes him an all-time great manager. He's not hidebound, he's able to adapt to his situation and keep winning. Similarly Sir Alex kept on evolving Man United, knowing when to move players on - and consistently kept United as one of Europe's top teams. Guardiola keeps evolving his tactics to meet new challenges. Lots of managers come up with a tactical innovation that teams aren't used to - but the true greats are the adaptable ones.

[@hb3393]

Goat of man management. Never heard a single player say anything bad about him. Sacking him was the biggest mistake Chelsea ever made. Think he was also in a star trek film wasn't he?

[@marctaddei7524]

Robben was pretty fed up with him during his spell at Bayern Munich.

[@isaac15752]

@@marctaddei7524 that is what the video explains, ribery and robben didn’t want to admit they were in a decrescent

[@suryac850]

Carlo is underrated in my opinion. He is a true genius and one of the best coaches ever. He has adapted his football with different teams for 3 decades now.

[@nickfury8973]

He was famous for Christmas tree formation You gotta consider his playing career. He was a great player in his own right. And he played with some of the best footballers in his generation. He is fairly old compared to the likes of Guardiola but don’t forget where he comes from

[@langletprolet8378]

You need to be a great player to be a starter in that Milan team. Ancelotti was one for Milan and Roma 💪

[@rrraynoorrr]

Somehow I think players were much happier playing for Ancelotti than other high calibre managers (especially pep).

[@escocoward]

Not all players. JJ glossed over his time at Bayern and Napoli. Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers ever but players respond differently to different managers. And Ancelotti like Pep and Mourinho will have players that just didn't vibe with him even though majority will.

[@Baba6ita]

He gives you the same team without rotating it making it obvious on who's going to play and and how he's going to play therefore, selling a dream to the opponent, especially if he's losing, it makes his opponent come down and that's exactly how he wants you to react, then in the dying minutes he makes some weird random substitutions which Real had already revised and are already aware of what those substitutions mean and what tactical changes they have to make which will have to take the opponent's time to adjust but it's nearly impossible to adjust with time against you and that's how he takes advantage and preys on the opponent

[@ebutuoy2565]

This is one of the best Tifo IRL videos so far, love the use of Don Carlo's book

[@JoeMulaparthi]

I think a lot of managers are slowly realizing that forcing star players into roles they're not exactly suited for isn't the best way to winning football. Even Pep, notoriously known for having his players play exactly a certain way, has recently embraced the creative talents of Foden, Silva, and of course, De Bruyne who is allowed to make almost whatever pass he pleases in the final third, because Pep knows playing a strict possession-based style when you have a player with possibly the best playmaking vision in the world is reductive. Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, Emery at Aston Villa, and plenty of others are embracing systems that allow them to field their best 11 and allow the players to amplify their natural strengths.

[@sagarshrestha2358]

Ten-Hag the revolutionary genius fails to understand this thing!

[@Ajibolaa]

He goes with the flow and wins. That’s his style. He makes players play the way they want and blends that into a team game. ABSOLUTE MONSTER OF A MANAGER

[@indrohari1908]

Ancelotti change after his time at Parma and at Juve he find Zidane in his team who he cant find place in his "beloved" 442 .. From stubborn to implement Sacchismo to be more flexible ..

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

Klopp mentioned as one of the best ever is absolutely tragic.

[@davidlean1060]

At least he's won something...Nagelsmann on the other hand is constantly mentioned as a modern great..yes, the same Nagelsmann that allowed Villarreal beat his Bayern team.

[@iv0rysh0es39]

I’d love to see another gaming series where the Tifo staff each pick an iconic manager, and create their respective dream teams (only including players that they have managed in their entire careers). Pep, Klopp, Carletto, Mourinho, Wenger, Sir Ferguson, etc.

[@gm2407]

It is old school management. He manages clubs who have players drilled and taught by coaches in every conceivable tactic. Selects the team and expects them to adapt and change based on the requirements. They have a discussion and try what the experienced heads feel they are capable of doing. Doesn't work in bad situations when players havent played in winning systems or have a low responsibility about them.

[@vicvinegar6787]

He is a reminder to the tactics and data plebs that football is won by the best players most of the time. Get extremely good players, put them in areas and positions to excel, have them understand their roles in the team, don’t rotate incessantly, have luck with injuries among key players, and you’ve got a really good shot at winning anything.

[@samuelconway8961]

But the “data plebs” figure out the best players and allow them to become them, thinking about Liverpool there, I believe apart from VVD there was doubt with pretty much every signing Klopp made, with the quality of the player or amount of money etc, but I get your point, even with Leicester winning the league, with a few players that have gone on to show they are absolute world beaters…just gotta have good players 😅

[@waleed7338]

You wouldn’t have called Vini jr, Rodrygo, militao or even Benzema the best in their positions at the start of last season. He turned them into the “best” by coaching them to play to their strengths instead of imposing a “style of play” for them to adapt to which would potentially take years to set in

[@archipiratta]

I'd say his style/approach is really a pragmatic one that focuses on putting his players in the best possible position to be at their best. I'd say this works well with a mature team that has seasoned players who have been around the block. May not be as effective with a younger squad who probably need a more set style of play

[@waleed7338]

I disagree. I think it works best with younger players. If you’re developing them to play at the best possible level in their position you’re turning the younger players into a cl winning squad. I’d say senior players are actually more often used to a style of play if they have been at a club for long so they’re less likely to adapt to different tactics

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

He did some excellent work with young players at PSG and Real Madrid. Just don't give him a squad full of young players... but then he had one at Parma and did fairly well there too.

[@langletprolet8378]

This is not true. He has turned younger players into their best selves.

[@Timbone07]

Not true. He needs leaders.

[@daviel9431]

10/10 Ronaldo impression. Gotta love JJ

[@mihlalinjoli1658]

I consider him to be one of the best. I also think it's worth noting that in his managerial career he's only won five league titles, which can be considered an underachievement when you see the teams he's coached. Four European titles is incredible though.

[@WillCowlin]

I think being adaptive is more tactical than relying on a single system and play style for every game

[@BrockMak]

6:49 Same things I kept ignoring in PES even in lower difficulties, so when I had to address it on higher difficulties, I started switching to 4-2-2-2.

[@davidlean1060]

Carlo just gets it done and he does so without lording himself up as some sort of coaching prophet (Nagelsmann, I'm looking in your direction!!).

[@sridharjorapur3422]

Wherever Carlo Ancelotti has been successful he has managed teams with quality experience and depth so he has been able to win Cups with great man management and exploiting opposition weakness due to his squad depth but he hasn't been very consistent with league results because league title calls for greater tactical discipline.... He has won no league title twice..... Great Manager..... No doubt.... Would love to see Real Vs City Final in the champions league a final of contrasting personalities Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola ❤😊

[@CC-xq2qi]

His midfield diamond is pretty unforgettable

[@thatguygreg]

As a Liverpool fan it pains me to say this but Carlo knew exactly how to beat us in Paris. He knew Liverpool would go full throttle from kick off and instead of trying to match them, he just intentionally disrupted their rhythm but doing simple things like kicking the ball out of play. This happened in the first 3 mins of the match when Liverpool were in the Madrid half. As soon as Madrid won back possession they just kicked the ball out for a throw in and it threw the whole Liverpool team off their game. At the time I didn’t get why they did that because there were passes available but you could see the Liverpool,players were confused and it just knocked them out of that high intensity rhythm. Carlo is an absolute legend. Just love the guy. Pure class.

[@FanofAslan]

It would have been interesting to see what Ancelotti would have made out of the current Man United squad. His talent seems to lie with turning talented individuals into a high-functioning team. But could even he have done it with the shaken jigsaw box of the Man United squad?

[@swagmark3t]

God seeing Jj grow from when he first started this is so amazing he’s really come into his own and it’s so great to see

[@FootballPill]

He basically makes players express themselves.

[@jakovcu]

Similar aproach Like Zidane with Real

[@TomiwaAdegbola]

He gets the best players on the field, and formulates a system that helps the players do their best on the pitch. Simple!

[@ryanpiyo98]

Guess Sacchi really inspired so many great coaches. Klopp and by extension Wolfgang Frank took different things from Sacchi compared to Ancelotti.

[@danielallen4450]

What does Ancelotti do? Win. Win games and win trophies. If he has an Achilles heel, MAYBE you could say he's more a cup manager than League Manager? One of the reasons I'm so excited for him to manage Brazil, along with Man management.

[@Absilicon]

Why did you include Klopp in the conversation for best ever 😭

[@Timbone07]

He has spent almost a billion at Liverpool according to do.

[@Smoddo]

Tbf the last real madrid win was less tactical mastery and more plot armour. It was insane they got the victory in the end.

[@iv9449]

Out of all those managers he's probably the most efficient .....all the other ones tend to have a choke with their rigid philosophies

[@glowwurm9365]

I loved him at Chelsea, he just got on with his business, he never moaned he never complained, was one of Romans worst mistakes when he sacked him. He’s very adaptable (pragmatic one might say), we played a 4/4/2 in a diamond, but as the video points out he played totally different formations with Milan and Madrid.

[@faris8745]

Worst thing was that Roman sacked him after he finished 2nd in the league

[@brianlam1121]

It was Chelsea's fault.

[@bogiminator]

he's a football manager.

[@herbysbreadloaf8631]

This guy is the best of the Tifo staff. He's hilarious, informative, love your vids, keep it up mate

[@arcaine101]

No. Simply because of EPL bias. All the names you mentioned are "EPL" managers.

[@MrSilviotrav]

True! How can you not include in the list managers such as Cruijff or Sacchi?

[@JavierRodriguez-de3qy]

The little shot by JJ about Inzaghi “poach and score goals, miss a bunch of chances but then score the winner”😂😂

[@joshualewis3337]

06/07 Milan beat Liverpool in the final, not Juventus.

[@catalogueboys2538]

Flexibility and efficiency in adapting his playstyle to his players strengths instead of restricting them to fixed roles

[@TheKrostiman]

its fun to see all these tactical setups ending up with 5 defending/holding players and 5 attacking players.

[@peacefrog5193]

Can you do a video on Álvaro Morata and how so many clubs have spent such fortunes on a donkey

[@MarkBanks77]

Of course he's regarded as one of the all-time greatest managers. What a ridiculous thing to say...

[@BaggyCreature49]

I love how ancelotti has had success by just building a simple system around his players strengths. Bored shitless of every manager trying to play guardiola football without guardiola players and having absolutely no original ideas, not mentioning any names (rogers and arteta) Nvm I mentioned them.

[@jamodavodavies8348]

Swansalona.

[@razvangeorgescu1556]

I think what you pointed out about the calm and finding the player's best position makes the difference. The man knows where to put players. Or even who to put on the pitch . Take Milan as an example. He brought Kaka from Brazil , played him as a sort of a shadow striker and Kaka was brilliant. Moving at Real at being used more on the left side didn't bring much out of Kaka. As for the second point: he had Abiatti in goal. Dida came from loan from Brazil, Carlo dropped Abiatti ( Italy's number 2 keeper at the time) and put him in the starting 11. The man can see the players he needs and play to their strenghts. That is his best quality. World Class manager

[@108u9]

“90 mins is overrated. My teams only play last 15 mins” - Carlo Ancelotti (probably)