Sand the Real Madrid beat Real Mallorca on Monday, entering the final stretch of the League with a lead of +8 at the top of the League. Whatever happens on the island, the team at Carlo Ancelotti depends at this point on himself to be champion, which would add another blazon to Carletto’s career: the conquest of the five major leagues in Europe.
The first was the Italian, with the AC Milan, in the 03-04. Then came the Premier 09-10, with the Chelsea. After Ligue 1 12-13 (PSG). And finally the Bundesliga (Bayern, 16-17). But the Madrid coach has not yet won the Spanish League. In the first season of their first stage (13-14), the team finished third, three points behind athleticchampion, arriving with options until matchday 37. Madrid was the leader from matchday 25 to 28, in a tough battle with the rojiblancos and the Barcelonabut lost first place after the defeat against the azulgranas at the Bernabu, 3-4.
The 14-15 League was even more painful for Real Madrid, who saw their team defend the lead between the days 10 and 25, in another close fight with Barcelona. The defeat in San Mams put the leadership in the hands of the Catalans, who would successfully defend it until the end of the competition, certifying it with a victory in the caldern on matchday 37 (0-1, Messi).
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The title which came on May 17, but four days before, on the 13th, Madrid was eliminated in the semifinals of Champions ante la Juventus after drawing one in the It’s gray and the defeat (2-1) at Juventus Stadium. It was that European defeat, above the loss of the League, which certified the end of Ancelotti’s first stage in Madrid. In fact, it was the only Champions League tie lost by Madrid between the 13-14 and 17-18 seasons.
In his second stage at the Bernabu, which began in the summer of 2021, the coach can not only get even with that European bitterness after the comeback in the round of 16 of the European Cup against him PSGbut he can also become the first coach in history to win the big five league European. Without forgetting the conquest of the Spanish Super Cup in the past month of January. Not a bad balance for one of the most successful coaches in history (21 titles, five with Madrid), and who has won the 74,5% of his games as white coach.
