Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti’s pre-match team talk to his players ahead of the Champions League final has found its way into the public domain.
Nobody knows how to coach a team in the showpiece of Europe’s premier club competition better than the experienced Italian. This is Ancelotti’s fifth Champions League decider as a coach – more than anyone else – and he has guided his sides to three victories in his previous four attempts.
Ancelotti has lifted the tournament twice with Milan – in 2003 and 2007 – alongside his 2014 triumph with Los Blancos in his first spell at the Spanish giants. Of course, the one time his side did fall short was against Liverpool – when his Milan side remarkably blew a three-goal advantage at the break to eventually lose on penalties.
