Former Real Madrid assistant backs Jose Mourinho’s appointment: ‘Ideal coach at this moment’

Former Real Madrid assistant backs Jose Mourinho’s appointment: ‘Ideal coach at this moment’ Jose Mourinho is Real Madrid’s desperate attempt to bring the team back on track after two trophy-less seasons. Last year, the team failed to win any silverware and saw two young managers arrive with radical ideas and eventually fail to bring out success. The year before that, it was Carlo Ancelotti who failed to bring home silverware and eventually left the club to take up a role in the Brazilian national team. Davide Ancelotti praises Mourinho Carlo Ancelotti’s son  Davide Ancelotti  recently spoke out in a detailed conversation with  AS , where he backed Jose Mourinho’s appointment and explained the rationale behind the club’s decision. Davide Ancelotti has backed Mourinho. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) “Yes. Recent Madrid history shows why Mourinho is the ideal coach at this moment,”  he began, backing the appointment. “He is in love with Madrid and has an enormous amount of motivation. It’s something I experienced with my father. At this stage of their careers, having this opportunity is like getting to live it all over again,”  he added. Davide Ancelotti also spoke on how the manager’s desire would inevitably transfer to players and why the appointment makes sense. “And that enthusiasm will spread to the players. I think yes, he is the ideal coach at this moment.” Davide Ancelotti is inspired by Mourinho Elaborating on the impact the new Real Madrid manager had on his career as a professional coach, he added, “Of course. I even interviewed Mourinho for my coaching course. He has always been very kind and affectionate with me, even when we have met as opponents. He has always had a kind word for me.” “He is part of football history too, alongside my father. He won his first Champions League 20 years ago. Nobody gives you anything in this profession. That’s clear,”  he added. Mourinho and Davide Ancelotti have similar beginnings. (Photo by Christian Bruna/Getty Images) Speaking on Mourinho’s coaching journey, Davide Ancelotti likened it to his personal journey so far. “Sometimes I see myself reflected in him. Like him, I didn’t have a great professional playing career. I also studied Physical Education.” On Mourinho’s methods “Mourinho’s methodology was something very innovative when he started, particularly in terms of training. And that has to be recognised,”  he added. He also credited Mourinho for ‘changing’ the sport, stating, “In his own way, he changed football. And I’m talking about football, not his personality. Everyone already knows about that. He is a winner.” Finally, he was asked about his father and where Carlo Ancelotti sat in terms of the greatest managers in the sport. “There is no doubt. After everything he has achieved, he is at the very top. He is a reference point in the profession. There is no debate.”