Ancelotti chases another record at 2026 World Cup

Ancelotti chases another record at 2026 World Cup One of the most successful coaches of all time, Carlo Ancelotti chases another record at the 2026 World Cup. There’s just one coach in the world to have won the domestic title in each of the top five European leagues and the Champions League five times: ex-Milan boss Ancelotti. The 67-year-old has grabbed trophies at almost every club he’s coached, with just a few exceptions. Clubs like Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Milan all lifted silverware under the Italian tactician in the last 20 years, but Carletto is eager to get even more. Ancelotti chases new record The former midfielder has just taken over his first-ever World Cup as a coach after working as Arrigo Sacchi’s Italy assistant in 1994, when the Azzurri reached the Final, but lost it on penalties to Brazil. The Seleçao is now the team Ancelotti represents. The World Cup is as exciting and unpredictable as games on baxterbet casino , yet Ancelotti aims to bring the cup back to Rio de Janeiro for the first time since 2002, becoming the first Italian coach to win the World Cup with a foreign country. epa12137404 Italian Carlo Ancelotti attends a press conference where he was presented as new head coach of men’s Brazilian national soccer team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 26 May 2025. EPA-EFE/Antonio Lacerda Will he make it? Time will tell, surely the start has been excellent with two wins and one draw in the opening three group stage games. “Now we are playing as a team, that is the goal. We are not perfect, we have things to improve,” Ancelotti said after a 3-0 win over Scotland, which allowed the Seleçao to win Group C, level on seven points with Morocco, but with a better goal difference . “We can be a little quicker when we have control. I’m happy because the team has improved a lot, now we are solid. In the knockout stage, solidity is very important. We have a solid team. Compared to the first game, we are making fewer mistakes, we have more rhythm, and we are more effective up front.” MADRID, SPAIN – OCTOBER 22: Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid is challenged by Federico Gatti of Juventus during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3 match between Real Madrid C.F. and Juventus at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on October 22, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Vinicius Junior, one of Ancelotti’s former stars at Real Madrid, has already netted four goals in three games. “It is satisfying to see Vini shining because I had no doubt about how he could arrive at this World Cup,” Ancelotti concluded. “For him, it is an honour to play for the national team. He is doing very well, he also scored with a header, which is very rare for him. I’m not the one who is going to discover Vini. For me, Vini is top class. He is one of the best in the world, obviously.”