Ancelotti boasts of victories

Ancelotti sings victory. The one achieved against Rayo Vallecano this past Saturday was not just any triumph for the Italian coach, who reached a milestone: 100 games won as Real Madrid coach. And he has celebrated it with a message spread on his social networks. “An important and special victory … Reaching 100 victories is an honor and a motivation for the search to be better,” Ancelotti wrote in English for the more than 17.4 million followers that he gathers on his Facebook and Instagram profiles. and Twitter.

Reggiolo’s is the seventh tenant on the white bench to achieve that round figure. Before it was achieved by Miguel Muñoz (357 wins in 605 games), Molowny (107/183), Beenhakker (121/197), Del Bosque (133/246), Mourinho (128/178) and Zidane (172/263). Ancelotti is the one with the best success rate of the seven. 74% of the 135 games he has led on the Madrid bench have ended with victory for the whites. His defeat rate, 13.3%, is only worse than Mourinho’s (12.6%).

The games won by Real Madrid with Ancelotti at the helm of the team are divided between League (65 victories), Champions (22), Copa del Rey (10), 2 in the Club World Cup and another in the European Super Cup. In his first stage he won these last two titles, in addition to the Copa del Rey and the 2013-14 Champions League. In addition to titles and other honors such as being the only coach who has trained in the five major leagues, Ancelotti has streaks such as the 21-game winning streak he achieved with Madrid in 2014-15.