Italian Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid coach, turned into a “nightmare” for his Argentine counterpart Diego Simeone, coach of Atletico Madrid, and increased his suffering during the current season with the second pole of the Spanish capital.
Real Madrid overturned its delay with a goal against Atletico to a 3-1 victory, at the end of the quarter-final matches of the King’s Cup competitions, which were held on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, the stronghold of the “Royal” club.
???? Ancelotti: “It was a very competitive game. With a very strong opponent. He played very well, better than us in the first half. In the second half, we put all our energy in, and we got the win.”@MrAncelotti | #CopaDelRey pic.twitter.com/lxm5IunRh4
– Real Madrid (@realmadridarab) January 26, 2023
And the Spanish newspaper “Marca” confirmed that Ancelotti continued to outperform Simeone in terms of knockout matches, despite the existence of a kind of convergence in the number of matches won by each of them.
And she explained that Ancelotti beat Simeone 8 times, out of 19 confrontations that brought them together (17 with Real Madrid and 2 with Bayern Munich), compared to 7 victories for the Argentine coach, while they were drawn to a draw several times.
In contrast to Ancelotti’s slight superiority over Simeone in the matches, the knockout matches witnessed an overwhelming advantage for the first, who eliminated him from 3 tournaments (2 in the King’s Cup and one in the Champions League), and he also defeated him once in the European Championship final (2014).
???? SUMMARY #CopaDelRey I Quarterfinals
3-1 | @realmadrid – @athletes
⚽ 0-1 I @AlvaroMorata (19′)
⚽ 1-1 I @RodrygoGoes (79′)
⚽ 2-1 I @Benzema (104′)
⚽ 3-1 I @vinijr (122′)???? Santiago Bernabéu.
???? All summaries: https://t.co/ASfzAWL1kg#LaCopaMola pic.twitter.com/KKG5TlukU2
— RFEF (@rfef) January 27, 2023
The newspaper, which is issued from Madrid, indicated that Ancelotti is the second coach to achieve more victories over the Argentine “Cholo”.
Only one name is superior to the veteran Italian coach, Spaniard Luis Enrique, who managed to beat Simeone 9 times.
Since his return to Real Madrid on June 1, 2021, Ancelotti and Simeone have met 4 times, 3 of which ended in favor of the Italian, in exchange for an orphan victory for the Argentine, which he achieved on May 8, 2022, at the “Metropoliatno” stadium, one day after guaranteeing “. Al-Merengue won the league title for the 2021-2022 season.
???????? @MrAncelotti ???? @Simeone ❤????#AtletiRealMadrid #LaLigaSantander #ElDerbiDeMadrid pic.twitter.com/aLPnEZxUro
— LaLiga (@LaLiga) September 18, 2022
It is scheduled that the confrontation between the two men will be renewed for the last time in the 2022-2023 season, when Real Madrid will host its arch-neighbor, Atletico, in the second leg of the “La Liga”.
The expected match will be held on February 25 or 26, 2023, for the 23rd round of the Spanish League.