On the evening of December 29, Beijing time, Real Madrid officially announced that it officially renewed its contract with coach Carlo Ancelotti until June 2026, and the Italian coach will continue to lead the team to more titles as Real Madrid coach. This also means that the Brazilian national team's plan to poach An Shuai has completely failed.
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Carlo Ancelotti is 64 years old and originally from Italy. In his five seasons as coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti won 10 titles: two Champions Leagues, two Club World Cups, two UEFA Super Cups, one league title, two Copa del Rey titles and one Spanish Super Cup.
Carlo Ancelotti is the only coach to have won the European Cup four times, the most wins in the history of the competition (118), and the first to win Europe's top five leagues (Italy, England, France, Germany and Spain).
Recently, a number of ** have reported that the Brazilian Football Federation has reached a written agreement with Ancelotti that he will become the head coach of the Brazilian national team in the future in 2024, but after completing the contract renewal with Real Madrid, the rumors of Ancelotti coaching the Brazilian team have also been shattered. Brazil** reacted quickly, with the headline of the newspaper Reims reading "The end of the dream", O Globo headlining "Project failure" and Gazeta Esportiva headlining "The story is over".
Real Madrid's official announcement of the manager's contract extension comes just days before Ancelotti and the Brazilian Football Federation could hold formal talks. Real Madrid generally don't like to make a manager's decision to renew his contract at this stage of the season, but in the current exceptional circumstances, they know how attractive the Brazilian team is to Carlo Ancelotti.
The Italian coach's original contract expires next summer, and although the link with the Brazilian national team has left Ancelotti's future uncertain throughout 2023, a contract extension with Real Madrid has always been Ancelotti's preferred option. And Real Madrid's contract renewal announcement on Friday local time actually surprised Ancelotti himself, despite the fact that the two sides had previously had informal conversations.
The specific reason for Real Madrid's renewal of Carlo Ancelotti's contract is that, in addition to Ancelotti's excellent record, the Real Madrid board of directors attaches great importance to the way Italians work with young players. In addition, they believe that the stability of the manager selection is crucial to the long-term development of the team. Ancelotti's ability to cope with the club's financial challenges was also highly praised by the board.
After Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that he had no hope of taking charge of Brazil for the next three years, possible replacements emerged, with Brazil pointing to more options such as Jose Mourinho, Pacos Ferreira, Renato Gocho and Jorge Jesus.
Edited by Ou Peng.
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