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Coach real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti you can’t be happy even though you’re already superior on aggregate Chelsea from Champions League quarter-finals. Memories of his opponent’s comeback terrorized him.
Real Madrid will host Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Wednesday (13/4/2022) early morning WIB, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The hosts are in a superior position on aggregate.
In the first leg, Madrid can bend Chelsea 3-1 in London. Victory makes The whites just need to maintain his lead in order to advance to the semifinals.
Instead, Chelsea must win 2-0 to force a penalty shootout, or win by three goals to qualify directly for the last four. The mission is fairly difficult for the Blues to look at.
Even so, Chelsea can still hope to turn things around against Madrid. Moreover, Real Madrid, now being coached by a person who has had painful experiences with turning defeats even though they have won on aggregate.
Carlo Ancelotti also once led a team, which was already a goalscorer in the Champions League, then lost. There are three games that are most memorable.
First in the 1997/1998 season, to be precise in the semi-finals of the second leg, Ancelotti led Juventus against Manchester United in Turin, after a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. The Bianconeri had the upper hand.
Two quick goals scored by Juventus in the first half. However, MU can chase three goals, and turned to win 3-2 over the representatives of Italy. MU advanced to the semifinals and eventually became champions.
Then, Ancelotti’s painful defeat also occurred while coaching AC Milan. In the 2003/2004 season, the Rossoneri were sacked by Deportivo La Coruna through a sensational comeback.
In the quarterfinals at that time, Milan had won 4-1 after winning in the first leg. However, Deportivo La Coruna hit back with a 4-0 win in the second leg, and claimed a semifinal ticket.
And lastly, Milan’s defeat to Liverpool in Istanbul, Turkey, in the final of the 2004/2005 season was also a painful moment that was felt Carlo Ancelotti,. How not, the defeat occurred after Milan was three goals ahead.
In the first round of the 2004/2005 Champions League final, Milan led 3-0 over Liverpool. However, the Reds made a comeback, and pulled back three goals in the second half. In the end, Liverpool won on penalties.
Three perceived opponent comeback Carlo Ancelotti, will definitely haunt him when Real Madrid fight Chelsea. Even though the coach The Blues, Thomas Tuchel, judged that it was almost impossible to do so, but opportunities still lay on the field this morning.
(then / krs)
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