‘Italian coaches are the best in the world’: Ancelotti makes bold claim

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has declared Italian coaches the best in the world, a statement that might raise eyebrows.

Carlo Ancelotti is undoubtedly one of the best coaches to have ever grace football with the Italian winning numerous trophies with top clubs across Europe.

The Italian expertise has now seen him welcome a group of students including Juventus legend Del Piero, current Milan youth coach Ignazio Abate, new Udinese assistant Giampiero Pinzi and ex-midfielder Cristian Ledesma

In order to get their senior coaching badges to work in Serie A, Italian tacticians must go through the course set by the FIGC and receive a Master’s degree.

This is an intensive process with lectures and a final thesis, but also includes visits to clubs in order to study their methodology.

Previous coaches who showed the next generation the ropes include Roberto De Zerbi at Brighton and Francesco Farioli at OGC Nice.

Now the class is spending two days with Real Madrid and receiving instruction from Ancelotti.

Speaking in a recent class, Ancelotti said:
“I always remember the coaching school, because that is where you start to learn what it means to be a coach. I recall the exchange of ideas and views that we had between classmates”.

“I have to reiterate: Italian coaches are the best in the world.”

Ancelotti is certainly a great example of success, having won the Champions League four times and the only coach in history to have won all five major European league titles.