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Carlo Ancelotti: Portrait of an AC Milan and AS Roma Icon
- Updated: December 6, 2016
AC Milan and AS Roma find themselves in similar situations ahead of their clash next Monday at the Stadio Olimpico. Both teams sit within the Champions League qualification spots in Serie A on 32 points—four ahead of the chasing pack, four behind champions and leaders Juventus.
Beyond the present circumstances, though, little appears to connect the two clubs; after all, they represent different cities and have experienced divergent histories. However, down the years a number of great players have pulled on the colours of both sides.
Reliable defender Christian Panucci and flying wing-back Cafu represented Milan and Roma throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Long before them, legends such as goalscoring supremo Pierino Prati and the rugged Fabio Capello did the same. But none played for both with the same level of distinction as Carlo Ancelotti.
On Tuesday night, the Italian with the famously raised left eyebrow will lead Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League action as the German giants take on Atletico Madrid. This will just be the latest step in a long and trophy-laden managerial career.
Yet, while he has become renowned as a coach to the stars over the last two decades, Ancelotti first made his name as an exceptional player for Milan and Roma.
Breakthrough with Parma
“We never had to go to the supermarket. Everything we produced at home. The bread, the milk, the cheese. We had chickens for the eggs,” Ancelotti told the Daily Mail’s Matt Lawton when reflecting on his upbringing in 2014. “You know I was 16 before I had my first shower. I remember standing under it thinking, ‘what is this?’ But we were comfortable, my sister and I, living with my parents and grandparents.”
Growing up in Reggiolo in the 1960s, Ancelotti became accustomed to farm life, even helping out his father, Giuseppe, in the production of parmesan cheese when he wasn’t studying. At the same time, his burgeoning passion for kicking a ball around could not be ignored. And in 1975, after years playing for the local youth team, he signed for Parma.
Carlo Ancelotti waktu masih jadi pemain AC Parma. #SaveParma pic.twitter.com/pOWY0ENT8z
— Mblo
