200 matches: Ancelotti sets another Champions League record against Manchester City

With Real Madrd’s 3-3 Champions League quarter-final draw in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti has change into the primary ever supervisor to participate in 200 Champions League matches.

Coincidentally, Ancelotti drew degree with the earlier document, set by Sir Alex Ferguson, the final time he confronted Manchester Metropolis, in the course of the second leg of the 2022-23 Champions League semi-final.

Ancelotti has a powerful document of 114 wins from 200 UCL matches after the conclusion of Tuesday night’s quarter-final in opposition to Man Metropolis, which ended degree at 3-3.

Solely 9 coaches have amassed over 100 matches within the Champions League: Jurgen Klopp (100), Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus (100), Diego Simeone (101), Mircea Lucescu (115), Jose Mourinho (145), Pep Guardiola (168), Arsene Wenger (178), Ferguson (190) and Ancelotti (200).

Of Ancelotti’s 200 Champions League matches, six got here with Parma at the start of his profession, 10 with Juventus, 73 with Milan, 18 with Chelsea, 10 with Paris Saint-Germain, 25 in his first stint with Actual Madrid, 12 with Bayern Munich, 12 with Napoli and an additional 34 with Actual Madrid since his return in 2021.

• Carlo Ancelotti: 200
• Alex Ferguson: 190
• Arsene Wenger: 178
• Pep Guardiola: 168
• José Mourinho: 145

When Actual Madrid face Manchester Metropolis tonight, Carlo Ancelotti will change into the primary coach to handle 200 video games within the Champions League. 🇮🇹✨#UCL pic.twitter.com/KedFPTMvbF

— The Coaches’ Voice (@CoachesVoice) April 9, 2024