Since he left, Madrid have been through five of them: Rafa Benítez, Zinedine Zidane, Julen Lopetegui, Santi Solari and Zidane again. Atlético Madrid have changed homes, moving out of the Vicente Calderón and heading to the Metropolitano 22km north-east, but not their coach. Diego Simeone was in charge at Atlético when Ancelotti came the first time and was in charge when he left. It will be a decade this month, not 14 years as Ancelotti said, but Simeone is different, an outlier now. Carlo Ancelotti led Real Madrid to Champions League glory against Atlético Madrid in 2014.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2021 02:54 UTC