The quadruple lives on as Paris prepares to host the Champions League final; however, we specifically talk about Carlo Ancelotti's quest for a fourth European Cup. The Real Madrid manager can outshine legendary Liverpool manager Bob Paisley and his predecessor at Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, becoming the first to win four Champions Leagues as manager if the LaLiga champions beat Liverpool this Saturday at the Stade de France ( broadcast LIVE on ESPN and Star+ only for South America, except Brazil).
History awaits Ancelotti, the 62-year-old Italian coach who won two European Cups as a midfielder in the great AC Milan squad led by Arrigo Sacchi in 1989 and 1990; however, there is no perception that personal legacy is a driving force for him this weekend.
"He doesn't care about the record books," Chris Brady, co-author of Ancelotti's "Calm Leadership" book on management and coaching, told ESPN. "He's aware of it, but he shrugs it off when you mention it. In Carlo's opinion, he only cares about one thing. I asked him what his job is, and he said, 'keep the president happy,' and so he does." he has done with Florentino Perez at Real Madrid, with Silvio Berlusconi at Milan, Roman Abramovich at Chelsea.
"It's not about Carlo, and it has never been."
The same applies this weekend in Paris. This coach has won the same number of European Cups as the sum of honors between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp; more Champions than Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, Vicente del Bosque, Ottmar Hitzfeld, and Johan Cruyff. However, despite being on the verge of becoming the first coach to win it four times, the pre-match preparation is not focused on Ancelotti but Karim Benzema and Mohamed Salah, Luka Modric, and Virgil van Dijk: the great footballers. They will decide the outcome of the match on the pitch.
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