Carlo Ancelotti’s past with PSG

DBasia.news – The meeting of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the 16 round of the 2021-2022 Champions League has a special meaning for Carlo Ancelotti. The Los Blancos coach returned to meet his former club.

Madrid will travel to PSG’s headquarters in the first leg of 16th round, Wednesday (16/2) morning WIB. This is one of the matches that football fans have been waiting for.

Ancelotti himself has handled PSG for 1,5 seasons. The moment occurred in December 2011 to May 2013.

At that time, PSG had just been taken over by a consortium led by Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Indirectly, Ancelotti was believed to have led Les Parisiens to an era of glory.

Ancelotti became PSG’s weapon to attract star players. Names such as Maxwell, Thiago Motta, Marco Verratti, to Zlatan Ibrahimovic were successfully signed at the Parc des Princes.

Unfortunately, Ancelotti was only able to present one Ligue 1 trophy while dealing with PSG. He then left for Madrid in the summer of 2013.

“I’m happy to be back here because this club has a great history. Being a coach is a real pleasure and a great experience both here and at Real Madrid,” Ancelotti told the club’s official website.

Ancelotti certainly knows very well the amount of pressure when being in PSG’s coaching position. He also knows this can be an advantage when colliding tactics with Mauricio Pochettino.

“The bigger the club, the greater the enjoyment. Pochettino is doing a great job here and it’s not easy because there is so much pressure,” he added.

On paper PSG are more favored to win the first leg. But Madrid have the capacity to turn this prediction around.