HNine years have passed and many things between them, most of them positive for the Real Madridbut there are certain similarities between the second year of the first cycle of Carlo Ancelotti in the white club and the season 22-23the second since his return to the club Ashes. The Madrid coach and his squad retain a very high percentage of the credit obtained in the successful previous campaign, but this one presents some coincidences with the 14-15 that they have the Madrid fan on alert.
The January crisis
Real Madrid 14-15, who had just lost three of the first six games of the season, went on a spectacular series of victories. There were a total of 22 games won in a row, a record in the club’s history, which allowed Madrid to lead the league with authority. Liga and seal an impeccable pass to the round of 16 Champions with a full 18 points. The white streak was broken on January 4, 2015 in mestalla, where Madrid fell 2-1. A defeat with consequences because in the following match, the first leg of the round of 16 Copacame a new defeat, in the Caldern against the Atlantic from Madrid, a 2-0 that Madrid could not even turn around in Chamartn.
In this January 2023, Madrid also has two defeats, against Villarreal and the Barcelonawhich have also meant the loss of a title (Spanish Super Cup). The team is still alive in the Cup (the following cross measures the squad of The set), but, unlike 14-15, they do not lead the League after the defeat at La Cermica.
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Europe yes, Spain no
As in 14-15, the team began the course with the impulse of a title. That Madrid, after winning the Daughtersthey earned the right to aspire to another trophy, the European Super Cupwhich was won with solvency in the Cardiff final against Sevilla thanks a double of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Only ten days later, however, the white team saw the second title of the season slip away in the final of the Spanish Super Cupplayed in a double match against the Athletes. The rojiblancos got a valuable tie to one in the first leg, played in the Asheswhich they did well at the Caldern (1-0, Mandzukic).
At 22-23, Madrid once again beat the champions of the Europa League (2-0 in Helsinki against unity at the end of August), but they failed again in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, this time in Arabia Saud and in final four format. The whites could only win on penalties by Valencia in the semifinals, but they clearly fell in the final against the Barcelona.
The four titles of 2014 and 2022
Another similarity between Ancelotti’s two spells at the helm of Madrid is the excellent crop of titles in the first two years of each of them. In 2014the white team won four trophies (Copa del Rey, Champions, European Super Cup and Club World Cup), two of them corresponding to 13-14 and two to 14-15. But he could not repeat victories in the second year, so the club decided to bet on Rafa Bentez.
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Meanwhile, in 2022, Ancelotti’s Madrid equaled that record with four titles (Spanish Super Cup, League, Champions, European Super Cup), to the disappointment of Riad and waiting for what may happen in the Club World Cupwhich has seen its dates delayed due to the Qatar 2022 appointment.
connected stages
In that 14-15 Madrid could not win the Liga despite reaping 92 points. And, above all, they fell painfully in the semifinals of the European Cup against the Juventus because of two goals, one in Turn and another in Madrid, by Álvaro Morata. Despite winning the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, Real Madrid decided to put an end to the Ancelotti era and pass the baton to Bentez, which did not curdle Barely half a year of the Madrid coach before the arrival of Chamartn de Zinedine on the bench Zidane. The rest, as they say, is history (11 titles, including three consecutive Champions), that Ancelotti has been able to resume in this second stage at the club with the 2022 League-European Cup doublet. The Italian knows better than anyone the way to avoid repeating past mistakes.
