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I want to talk about Carlo Ancelotti I was recalling a conversation I had about Milan with @gilles talking about the Golden Age of Milan, that Ancelotti coached: Kaka, Rui Costa, Maldini, Nesta, Seedorf, Gattuso, Pirlo, Cafu. That Milan. That was truly a wonderful Milan. Seedorf is a 10, Pirlo is a weird 10, and Rui Costa and Kaka are of course 10s, but of a different style. And Ancelotti somehow figures out a way to combine all of them together on a pitch and succeed. Some accuse him as being tactic-less. In this modern age of Football, the extrapolation of The Cruijffian Totaalvoetbal taken to its natural extreme -- through the Tiki Taka of BarƧa Guardiola, Gegenpressing of JĆ¼rgen Klopp, the new Brighton De Zerbi, Arteta's Arsenal, the Guardiola disciple. Even Unai Emery's new Aston Villa does a lot of positional play, and the new Bayern Guardiola / Man City Guardiola -- it feels like positional play is that's all there is these days. And then you realize, Ancelotti won the UCL, again??
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Oh such a nice thread. Iā€™m a huge Milan fan and I love to read such beautiful words for Mr Carlo Ancelotti my generation of Milan fans remember first of all Arrigo Sacchi, and probably you heard about him, who trained Milan and Ancelotti was a splendid midfielder of that team. Sacchi was the guy who really changed the game and in the few years he was Milan coach he won 3UCL, 2clubworldcup, and some SerieA scudetto. That was a real ā€œsuprematismā€ football, made by position players tactics and aggressive pressing. How itā€™s possible that Carlo Ancelotti (who was also assistant coach of Sacchi) went out from that experience with a completely different mindset? Ancelotti quote: I give defenders instructions on positioning because they need focus, but the attackers can do what they want. Mr Sacchi probably fainted to this words šŸ˜‚
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Of course, Sacchi is an absolute legend - def a generation before me
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Yes he was absolutely innovative. I let you imagine the shock we had when we first witnessed his game. šŸ¤Æ
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