05-21-2021, 08:45 AM
(05-21-2021, 05:26 AM)Artan Wrote: We somehow don't have luck with coaches since Ancelotti left... Only one scudetto since then, 2-3 CL participations only, few meaningless EL participations.
It's not about luck.
I think you also have to look at the players we had in those periods. Ancelotti was/is a good coach, of course, but he had a squad of many world class players. It was not only because of Ancelotti that we were fighting for trophies.
Ancelotti's Milan did very well in Europe, but only 1 Scudetto in 8 seasons was nothing to be proud of really with the players we had.
His win percentage was way lower at Milan than it was in Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but slightly better than in his two years at Juventus.
I'm not trying to talk down Ancelotti, he is one of our legends both as a player and manager, and I respect him a lot for what he has achieved.
But if our current team had two or three of Maldini, Nesta, Stam, Cafu, Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Kaká, Shevchenko, Pato (not in his current form) I'm pretty sure things could have looked different for us even with a coach like Pioli.