The Liverpool vs Real Madrid, Champions League 2021-22 final will also pit two legendary managers -- Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti against each other.
Days after becoming the first-ever manager to complete football's own 'Grand Slam', Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti created yet another history Wednesday night -- this time by바카라 웹사이트reaching a fifth UEFA Champions League final. (More Football News)
No manager has done it before him. Besides becoming the first man to lead four different clubs to the Champions League semi-finals, the Italian is also one of only three managers to have won the tournament three바카라 웹사이트times. Bob Paisley (with Liverpool in 1977, 1978 and 1981)바카라 웹사이트and Zinedine바카라 웹사이트Zidane are the two others.
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Before Real Madrid's sensational win against Pep Guardiola's City, 'Don Carlo' scripted remarkable come from behind wins over Lionel Messi's Paris-Saint Germain and defending champions Chelsea in the previous rounds.
But in Jurgen Klopp's quadruple-chasing Liverpool, Ancelotti will probably face the biggest test this campaign. Liverpool, who바카라 웹사이트defeated Villareal 5-2 on aggregate, are in their third Champions League final in바카라 웹사이트five years.
This will be Klopp's fourth final -- 2013 with Borussia바카라 웹사이트Dortmund, and 2018, 2019 with Liverpool -- a feat he now shares with Alex Ferguson and Marcello바카라 웹사이트Lippi.
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Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp have a바카라 웹사이트3-3 win-loss record against each other in ten previous meetings, including six in the Champions League, three in English Premier League and one in FA Cup.
On a Wednesday magical night in Madrid, the 13-time바카라 웹사이트European Champions overturned a 3-4 first leg defeat바카라 웹사이트against Manchester City to win the tie 6-5 on aggregate바카라 웹사이트and set a final date with Liverpool.
Carlo Ancelotti has started his second with Real Madrid바카라 웹사이트on a rousing note by winning La Liga title with four바카라 웹사이트games to spare. Real Madrid hammered Espanyol 4-0 in바카라 웹사이트front of a jubilant Santiago Bernabeu crowd on바카라 웹사이트Saturday. This was Real Madrid's 35th La Liga title, nine바카라 웹사이트more than the second-most successful Barcelona.
In the process, the former Everton manager had become바카라 웹사이트the first-ever manager to win all five of Europe's major바카라 웹사이트leagues -- Italy's Serie A with AC Milan (2004), France's Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain (2013), English바카라 웹사이트Premier League with Chelsea (2010), German바카라 웹사이트Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2017) and Spain's La바카라 웹사이트Liga with Real Madrid (2022).
Ancelotti, 62, last won the Champions League with Real바카라 웹사이트Madrid, helping Los Blancos end a wait of 12 years to바카라 웹사이트complete 'La Decima'. On May 29 at Stade de France in바카라 웹사이트Paris, Carlo Ancelotti can lift La Orejona for an바카라 웹사이트unprecedented fourth time.
Carlo Ancelotti first won the Champions League, then known바카라 웹사이트as European Cup, as a player with AC Milan in 1989 and바카라 웹사이트1990. The former Parma and AS Roma midfielder was바카라 웹사이트also part of the Italian national football team which바카라 웹사이트finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Ancelotti won his first Champions League medal as a manager in 2003 after helping Rossoneri beat Juventus바카라 웹사이트on penalties after a goalless extra time. But Ancelotti바카라 웹사이트and Milan were stunned by Liverpool in the 2005 Istanbul바카라 웹사이트final. Milan were leading 3-0 at half time, then lost on penalties.
Milan however got their revenge in 2007 with a 2-1 win바카라 웹사이트over Liverpool in Athens, thus making Carlo바카라 웹사이트Ancelotti one of the most successful managers.바카라 웹사이트In the 2014 Lisbon final, Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico바카라 웹사이트Madrid 4-1 in extra time for their 10th Champions바카라 웹사이트League title with Ancelotti at the helm.
Real Madrid had since won three more titles under Zidane, in 2016 (vs Atletico Madrid), 2017 (vs Juventus) and 2018 (vs Liverpool).